Landscaping Design Terms

verb to cover a surface with a hard, flat material such as concrete or asphalt

• The city council decided to invest in paved roads to improve the infrastructure.
• I love riding my bike on freshly paved roads.
• The new skate park has some really smooth paved areas to ride on.
• Her dedication and hard work paved the way for her success.

verb to interlace or interweave branches or vines to form a hedge or fence

• The gardener used a special technique to pleach the trees in the park.
• I saw the gardener pleach the bushes near the entrance.
• Let's pleach these shrubs to make them look neat.
• She had to pleach together different ideas to come up with a coherent argument.

noun a garden featuring a collection of rocks, often arranged in a decorative manner

• The rock garden at the botanical garden is meticulously maintained and showcases a variety of indigenous stones.
• I love spending time in my backyard rock garden, it's so peaceful and low maintenance.
• Check out that rock garden in the front yard, it's totally rad.
• Her mind was like a rock garden, filled with carefully arranged thoughts and ideas.