Parks History

The first parks were land set aside for hunting by the aristocracy in medieval times. They would have walls or thick hedges around them to keep game in and other people out.

These game preserves evolved into the landscaped parks set around aristocratic houses from the sixteenth century onwards. These may have served as hunting grounds but they also proclaimed the owner's wealth and status. An aesthetic of landscape design began in these parks where the [[natural landscape]] was enhanced by landscape architects such as [[Capability Brown]]. As cities became crowded, the private hunting grounds became places for the public.

With the [[Industrial revolution]] parks took on a new meaning as areas set aside to preserve a sense of nature in the large industrial cities. Sporting activity came to be a major use for these urban parks. Areas of outstanding natural beauty were also set aside as [[national park]]s to prevent them being spoilt by uncontrolled development.

In the twentieth century a number of meanings arose which associated the "designed " landscape of a park with other uses such as [[business park]]s, [[theme park]]s and [[parkway]]s.
Man has alwayas been atracted by the beauty of nature.Green trees,colourful flower beautiful lakes and stream have always given him joy and happiness.
Tere was a time when the greature parts of this earth was covered whith forests.As man progressed he cleared the forest to make his villages and cities .As the population of human begings increased the frest began to recede.With the beginning of the industrial revolution bigger and bigger cities began to grow vast industrial estates began to spread on miles and miles of land which was once rich whith natural beauty.This is why some people who loved beauty and nature protested against the Industrial Revolution.
The parks and gardens are not only just thing to beauty.Of course they are beautiful and are sources of happiness..But they are also very neccesary for the physical health of human beings.They help in making the climate pleasant.They preseve the underground water.They attract rainfall.They purify the air.