Flashcards: Garden features

A fountain (from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), a source or spring) is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air to supply drinking water and/or for a decorative or dramatic effect.

A stairway, staircase, stairwell, flight of stairs, or simply stairs is a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps.

A deckchair (or deck chair) is a folding chair, usually with a frame of treated wood or other material.

The traditional kitchen garden, also known as a potager (in French, jardin potager) or in Scotland a kailyaird, is a space separate from the rest of the residential garden – the ornamental plants and lawn areas.

Ironwork is any weapon, artwork, utensil or architectural feature made of iron especially used for decoration.

A hedge or hedgerow is a line of closely spaced shrubs and tree species, planted and trained to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area, such as between neighbouring properties where mature, Instant Hedges are used.

Public art is art in any media that has been planned and executed with the intention of being staged in the physical public domain, usually outside and accessible to all.

A nest box, also spelled nestbox, is a man-made enclosure provided for animals to nest in.

A sidewalk (American English) – also known as a footpath, footway or pavement in Australian English, New Zealand English, Irish English, South African English and British English – is a path along the side of a road.

A handrail is a rail that is designed to be grasped by the hand so as to provide stability or support.

A tea house is an establishment which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments.

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or paddling pool is a container filled with water to enable swimming or other leisure activities.

An umbrella or parasol is a folding canopy supported by wooden or metal ribs, which is mounted on a wooden, metal or plastic pole.

A sundial is a device that tells the time of day by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky.

A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane.

A tree house, tree fort or treeshed is a platform or building constructed around, next to or among the trunk or branches of one or more mature trees while above ground level.

A roof lantern is a daylighting cupola architectural element.

Stone walls are a kind of masonry construction that has been used for thousands of years.

A sylvan theater—sometimes called a greenery theater (French: théâtre de verdure) (also spelt theatre, see spelling differences)—is a type of outdoor theater situated in a wooded (sylvan) setting.

A desire path (formally referred to as desire line in transportation planning, also known as a game trail, social trail, herd path, cow path, goat track, pig trail or bootleg trail) can be a path created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic.

Garden furniture, also called patio furniture or outdoor furniture, is a type of furniture specifically designed for outdoor use.

Stepping stones or stepstones are sets of stones arranged to form a simple bridge or causeway that allows a pedestrian to cross a natural watercourse, such as a river; or a water feature in a garden where water is allowed to flow between stone steps.

Temnin el-Foka (Arabic: تمنين الفوقا‎‎) is a village in Baalbek District in Lebanon.

Outdoor cooking differs substantially from kitchen-based cooking, the most obvious difference being lack of an easily defined kitchen area.

Sustainable gardening includes the more specific sustainable landscapes, sustainable landscape design, sustainable landscaping, sustainable landscape architecture, resulting in sustainable sites.

Container gardening or pot gardening is the practice of growing plants, including edible plants, exclusively in containers instead of planting them in the ground.