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Attitudes of landscape professionals towards naturalistic versus formal urban landscapes in the UK

“…The great majority of professionals from all groups agreed with the statements supporting the common expectation, apparent in the literature, that naturalistic landscapes are more beneficial to wildlife and are of value as conservation education and recreation sources (Emery, 1986;Hitchmough, 1994). The literature highlights advantages of naturalistic design in formulating a sustainable development strategy and suggests that they embody natural renewal more strongly than can be achieved by a formal landscape (Hitchmough, 1994;Dunnet and Hitchmough, 1996;Dunnet and Clayden, 2000). These expectations are also supported by this study as the great majority of professionals agreed with relevant statement.…”

“…In most cases, naturalistic planting is also claimed to encourage natural regeneration of spontaneous vegetation on site and allows distinctive urban common vegetation to develop (Dunnet and Hitchmough, 1996). Furthermore, naturalistic designs contribute to sustainability as they are better associated with community participation in the design process, flexibility over final use and the use of locally derived materials while reducing labour input (Dunnet and Clayden, 2000).…”

“…Different planting styles have different consequences for sustainability in terms of diversity and dynamism and naturalistic plantings and ecologically inspired planting design are generally seen as more sustainable than traditional planting styles (Dunnet and Hitchmough, 1996). In most cases, naturalistic planting is also claimed to encourage natural regeneration of spontaneous vegetation on site and allows distinctive urban common vegetation to develop (Dunnet and Hitchmough, 1996).…”