Recognition of Regional Character as the Sources of the California Garden

The gardens of California are important manifestations of regionalism. Taking the regional expression as the source of garden design,the California gardens consist of three progressive culture-determined evolutionary stages:the intuitive recognition of regional character,the self-consciousness regional expression and the regionalism.Not only does this evolutionary model describe the development process of the California gardens,but suggests that regional character is not a constant designed expression,but evolves in response to changes in society;it also suggests that the regional character not only leads to a specific style,but a creative way to regional expression.