Garden restoration in Russia - St Petersburg Summer Garden as a case study

Abstract

Since the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) Russia has developed a very strong scientific school of restoration and reconstruction of historic gardens. This paper discusses the main concept and principles of this garden restoration school, called the St. Petersburg Garden Restoration School, using the case study of the Summer Garden, the oldest garden in St. Petersburg.

Keywords

garden history; garden restorarion and conservation

Published in

Bulletin för trädgårdshistorisk forskning
2015, number: 28, pages: 8-11

SLU Authors

• Ignatieva, Maria

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Landscape Architecture

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/73433