城市园林是城市中的绿色氧吧，环境优美的游憩空间，不仅为城市居民提供了休息以及其他活动的场所，也为人们情感交流、文化鉴赏、享受现代科学技术带来了种种方便。城市园林在美化城市面貌、平衡城市生态环境、调节气候、净化空气等诸多方面均有着积极的作用。城市园林越来越受到城市建设者的重视，所以，园林设计的好坏直接关系到我们生存环境的优劣。本书是根据高等学校园林设计课程教学要求编写而成，适用于环境艺术设计、城市规划、园林等专业。本书广泛收集了国内外资料，囊括了国内外本专业最新的发展趋势, 总结归纳多年来园林设计课程的教学实践经验，突出时代特点，特别注重环境艺术专业课程的特点，对教学内容进行了认真的组织和编排，收集了较多的园林设计实例，供教学和设计时参考。(Urban gardening is the green oxygen bar of a city. The beautiful environment not only provides a place of rest and activities for citizens, but also brings convenience to the emotional exchange, cultural appreciation and enjoyment of modern science and technology.Urban gardening plays an active role in beautifying the urban appearance, balancing urban ecology, regulating climate, purifying air, etc.Since urban gardening is gaining concern of urban constructors, the quality of landscape design determines our living environment.The book is compiled in accordance with the teaching requirements of the landscape design course of higher education institutions and suitable for the majors concerning environmental art, urban planning and gardening.The book collects the domestic and overseas data covering the latest development trend of the major, summarizes teaching experience of landscape design for years, highlights the features of the time, pays special attention to the features of environmental art major, carefully organizes the teaching contents and includes a number of cases for the reference of teaching and design.)