2. PERSIAN GARDEN
INTRODUCTION :- PERSIAN GARDENS ARE THE STYLE OF GARDEN LANDSCAPING WHICH
ORIGINATED FROM HISTORICAL PERSIAN REGION OR MODERN-DAY IRAN AND NEARBY
REGIONS.
THE STYLE OF GARDEN SPREAD FROM SPAIN TO INDIA.
THE STYLE MARKS ITS TRACES AROUND 4000 BCE.
TYPICALLY MOST PART OF IRAN HAVE HOT AND DRY CLIMATE, THE USE OF WATER AND
PLANTS HAS ALWAYS BEEN OF GREAT IMPORTANCE.
THE STYLE SUITED THE LOCAL CLIMATE WHICH HAS EXTREME – SUMMER HEAT AND
WINTER COLD.
THE PERSIAN GARDEN STYLE FOLLOWS THE GARDENING STYLES OF EGYPT.
3. FEATURES
CROSS PLAN
DECORATED POTTERY
HIGH WALLED STRUCTURE
GARDENS ARE ENCLOSED
AIMS AT PROVIDING RELIEF AND
RELAXATION.
EMPHASIS ON STRUCTURE OR
NATURE.
STRAIGHT TILE-LINED CHANNELS OF
WATER
4. FEATURES
FRUITY & SHADY TREES
BUBBLING FOUNTAINS
RELAXATION AS SPIRITUAL
SYMMETRICITY
RETREAT FROM HARDSCAPE
FLOWERING BEDS
CANALS ARE PLANNED STRAIGHT AND
PLANTS ALONG WATERED BY.
5. The local climate, high walled
structures, shady trees, water streams
and fountains are the factors which
makes the Persian garden a paradise on
earth.
The different styles of Persian garden
are :
Hayat
Meidan
Chahar Bagh
Park
Bagh.
WATER STREAMS
SHADY TREES
SUCH AS CYPRUS
6. Basic style's of Persian garden HAYAT
This is the old classical Persian
garden layout which highly
emphasizes on aesthetics.
The grounds are covered with gravels
flagged with stones.
Planting is very simple. The trees are
planted in a line with a shade.
The pools are the source of humidity in
the surrounding atmosphere.
7. MEIDAN
This is apublic, formal garden which emphasizes
more on biotic elements than structure.
Here we see bedding plants, trees, shrubs, grasses, etc.
In this garden also the elements like gravel pathways,
pools divide the lawns.
The shade providing structures pavilions are also
built.
8. CHAHARBAGH
These gardens are formal and private.
The garden structure mainly consists of four
quadrants divided by pathways and waterways
This garden has abalanced structure with proper
pathways and greenery or plants around the periphery
of the pool.
9. Park
• These are casual parks used for public
functions.
• These are full of various plants.
• Here we see pathways and seating but
these gardens are limited in terms of
structural elements.
• The purpose of such gardens is
relaxation and socialization.
10. Like other casual gardens, it focuses on
natural and green aspects of nature.
These gardens are often attached to
houses consisting of trees, lawns
and ground plants.
It gives less emphasis on waterways and
pathways.
The primary aim is FOR familial
relaxation.
BAGH
11. ELEMENTS OF THE
PERSIAN GARDEN
Sunlight :- an important factor of structural design in Persian gardens. Textures and shapes were specifically
chosen by architects to harness the light.
SHADE:- Iran's dry heat makes shade important in gardens, which would be nearly unusable without it. Tree
and trellises largely feature as biotic shade pavilions and walls are also structurally prominent in blocking the
sun.
WATER:-The heat also makes water important, both in the design and maintenance of the garden. Irrigation
may be required, and may be provided via a form of tunnel called a qanat, that transports water from a
local aquifer. Well-like structures then connect to the qanat, enabling the drawing of water.
12. Trees:-THEY were often planted in a ditch called a juy, which prevented
water evaporation and allowed the water quick access to the tree roots.
The Persian style often attempts to integrate indoors with outdoors
through the connection of a surrounding garden with an
inner courtyard.
Designers often place architectural elements such as vaulted
arches between the outer and interior areas to open up the divide between
them.
14. It is also called as Bagh-e-Fin located in Kashan, Iran.
It is a historical Persian garden. The garden might have its origin in Safavid period.
It was built near the village of Fin under the reign of Abbas I of Persia (1571-1629).
The area of garden is 2.3 hectares consisting of a main yard surrounded with four
circular towers.
The fin garden is full of water features.
There was a spring behind the garden on the hillside which was the main source of water
for this garden.
In this place the water pressure was such that fountains and pools could easily be
constructed without the use of mechanical pumps.
The garden contains many Cyprus trees.
15. The plan is a sophisticated charhar bagh with
grids of canals and paths.
The canals are lined with blue- green tiles, a
colour which contrasts wonderfully with the
desert outside the garden walls.
At Fin, all the channels are lined, sides and
bottom, with blue faience tiles so that the
very water seems bright and gay until it
flows into one of the larger pools, lined with
great trees.
17. ShaHzAdeh Mahan Garden is historical Persian garden located Mahan Iran.
The garden is 5.5 hectareswith a rectangular shape and a wall around it.
It consists of an entrance structure and gate at the lower end and a two-floor
residential structure at the upper end.
The distance between these two is ornamented with water fountains that are
engined by the natural incline of the land.
The garden is a fine example of Persian gardens that take advantage of suitable
natural climate.
A garden was built for Mohammad Hassan Khan Sardari Iravani 1850 on this
site, and was entirely remodelled and extended around 1870 by Abdol hamid
Mirza Naserodolleh.