Landscape Designing

LANDSCAPE DESIGNING FRMT 325 Cr. Hr. 3(1+2)

Lesson 15:Specialised Gardens

Marsh or Bog garden

• A bog refers to an area with stagnant acid water and where only plants such as sundew, butter worst, etc. grow.
• A bog or marsh garden may be formed on small or a large – scale in any low lying part of the garden.
• Bog garden in landscape gardening is actually a marsh where the soil is not sour or acid and a shallow stream or trickle runs, through it.
• The overflow water of a pond can be used to keep the marsh garden moist.
• A marsh garden should be low-lying where the surface drainage will collect naturally.
• A site having a sub-soil of sticky clay is ideally suitable for marsh garden. Only a trickle of water will keep this wet.
• A marsh garden can accommodate any moisture – loving plant, those which are found commonly growing on the banks of streams or ponds.
• Some of the plants which can stand in 12-15 cm of water are also included in a marsh garden.
• Plants growing in shallow water can also be accommodated in bog garden.
• All types of marsh plants can be grown in marsh in one place.


• In a small area it is advisable to create a greater variety by growing the dwarf marsh plants.
• In a vast area the vigorous growing ones should be used more freely to create background effect.
• While planting one should keep in mind the natural surroundings and should visualize what shape the plant will take in 2-3 years.