I. Dongyuan
There are neat ginkgo biloba and Metasequoia glyptostroboides on both sides of Dongmen Square, the central flower bed is evergreen all the year round, and a large-scale bluestone rockery stands on the southeast side, which is connected with the simple and modern portal ring and overlooks the lake surface of Daning Lake in the park, making the whole open square wider, solemn, lively and full of vitality.
The surface of Daning Lake looks like a gourd with a long neck. It is located in the eastern park from east to west, with a length of more than 700 meters from east to west, a width of about 250 meters in the east of the lake and a width of only 10 meters in the west of the lake. The coastline twists and turns. During the wet season, the water depth is about 4.6 meters, and the lake water is connected with groundwater, with good water quality and an area of nearly 100 mu. Enter from the square along the east gate, that is, Daning Lake opens the lake surface, and the left side around the lake is the lake embankment scenic spot. On the right, take the main garden road (or the 4-meter secondary garden road), walk around the lake through the white sand beach in the lake embankment scenic area, and you can lead to the Huguang Mountain Scenic Area respectively.
Second, Xiyuan.
Entering Xiyuan Park from the mountain gate at the intersection of Guangzhong West Road and Yuncheng Road, the first thing you see is the famous brand "Daning Lingshi Park" inscribed by ChouHuei, a famous Shanghai female calligrapher. Along the roads on both sides of the famous park, the sunken square surrounded by elegant park commercial buildings on both sides is Shanmen Square. The square is quite open, with a mist fountain filled with elegant mist, jumping springs and spewing springs along the stone steps, giving people unlimited fun, as if they were in a garden. In fact, visitors have to climb stairs along the square to enter the park through the mountain gate. However, this mountain gate is not the "mountain gate" of a Buddhist temple, but is named after the meaning of entering (opening) the mountain gate to see the mountain.
The mountain forest scenic spot and the European scenic spot in Xiyuan District are alternating in the shape of "D". By setting the European axis of the waist of mountains and hills to Xiaoxiaoge, the two major gardening schools are ingeniously combined, which is amazing. Enter the mountain gate, bypass the mountain gate pavilion, and the tourists are already in the mountain forest scenic area. The front of the pavilion is facing a circular pond, which is named "Tianchi" because it is located above the mountain gate. There is a slightly smaller pool across the road to the north of the pool, which is the water source of the waterfall scenic spot. There is a hole about 10 meter on the left side of the pavilion, which can go down to the waterfall scenic spot, and along the garden road, you can go down to Beiyuan Luqiao or the European promenade. On the right side of the exhibition hall, you can cross the woodland stage through the forest plank road to reach the forest static platform and the bamboo forest scenic trail, or you can go down the mountain directly to the European promenade and reach Nanyuan Road and Bridge. Ge You Garden Road descends steeply to the west fork road, leading to the Park Ring Road, leaving the side door of the West Square on the right, and leading to Nanyuan Road Bridge on the left. If you cross Beiyuan Road Bridge or Nanyuan Road Bridge, you can reach Dongyuan Community and Guangzhong Park.
Third, Guangzhong Garden
The terrain of Guangzhong Park takes Guangzhong West Road and Gonghe New Road as an included angle, and extends to the southwest in an irregular pentagon. Because of the short sideline of Gonghe New Road, if the park is vertically divided into the central part and the western part based on Guangzhong West Road, it can be seen that the gardening techniques between the east and the west (which can be called front garden and back garden) are very different. The front garden is built in a regular layout similar to a right triangle, and the back garden is built in ponds and streams, with low slopes and extending along the water, forming a natural garden pattern. On the west side of the regular layout, a slightly regular garden and children's playground are arranged from north to south.
Looking at the overall layout of Guangzhong Park, the eastern and western parts (that is, the front and rear gardens) adopt different methods of regular asymmetric layout and natural garden, which are unique in conception and very ornamental except for the shade of the garden. However, the asymmetric and impervious configuration of the garden and children's playground is not conducive to the transition and connection between the gardens in front of Guangzhong Park again, and the influence of the large blank park in the northwest corner makes the whole garden feel messy.