Garden Features, Ranked
- Moon gate
- Garden pond
- Avenue
- Herbaceous border
- Hedge
- Ha-ha*
- Garden railway
- Moon bridge
- Pergola
- Orangery
- Terrace
- Sylvan theater
- Fountain
- Trellis
- Zig-zag bridge
- Reflecting pool
- Stepping stones
- Belvedere
- Bosquet
- Aviary
- Water garden
- Cascade
- Nymphaeum
- Borrowed scenery
- Deck
- Green wall
- Greenhouse
- Monopteros
- Garden room
- Labyrinth
- Gazebo
- Lawn
- Folly
- Turf maze
- Parterre
- Gloriette
- Exedra
- Pavilion
- Hedge maze
- Jeux d'eau
- Mound
- Water feature
- Artificial waterfall
- Patio
- Topiary
- Shed
- Stumpery
- Shell grotto
[Image via Wikimedia Commons]
*"Due to the hidden nature of ha-has, they can pose potential injury to the public (especially considering their initial designs were to be invisible).
In 2008, during a nighttime guided walk to watch bats at Hopetoun House (Scotland), a participant of the walk attempting to make his way back to the carpark fell off a ha-ha wall, and suffered a severe fracture to the ankle. A successful personal injury claim of £35,000 was settled upon, as the judge presiding the case deemed the ha-ha to be a dangerous man-made feature, and thus it was up to the groundskeepers to highlight the invisible danger that it presented. The presiding QC judge, Alastair Campbell, deemed a ha-ha wall to be outside the scope of the law regarding obvious dangers, such as cliffs or canals, where an occupier is not required to take precautions against a person being injured. This was due to it being an unusual man-made feature that the public would be very much unaware of, especially across a wide lawn."
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