A most specific features of landscapes created in parks and gardens is their "human" scale (whereas natural landscapes dominate over the human being). Everything in the garden resembles nature but is done by and for the human. When the garden composition is closely connected to its function and purpose, when it is harmoniously balanced with the human scale, it usually meets the requirements of aesthetics and exerts and emotional effect. 

The artistic three-dimensional design of parks and gardens results from the compositional synthesis of the different elements: hardscapes, flora, water areas, architectural and sculptural forms. The flora prevails in terms of importance to the overall characteristic aspect of the composition constructed by living elements which evolve continuously. In comparison to the contrast architectural realm, trees, shrubs and flowers in parks and gardens sprout, grow, bloom and die thus changing the whole volumetric and spatial effect.