LESSON 38 
CuyuuRCH GROUNDS 
HIS exercise presents another type problem in 
landscape gardening as applied to civic improve- 
ment. The student should get some practice in 
drafting from this lesson, but his attention should 
be turned chiefly to the principles on which an 
) existing design has been revised. 
Illustration 
The drawing herewith presented shows a design for the improve- 
ment of existing church grounds. The present layout may be seen 
in the paced survey shown on page 32, and that survey must be 
consulted in the study of the present lesson. In the existing layout 
two serious defects appear (1) the entrance is irregular, blocked, 
“‘blind;” (2) the plantings are scattered, miscellaneous and aimless. 
The front door of the church is not now visible from the street, 
but is hidden behind high and dense shrubbery, and the approaches 
are crooked, unsymmetrical and ugly. A stranger would hardly 
find his way into this church without a guide, whereas the church 
would like to appear particularly inviting. 
In the revised plan the front porch and door have been opened 
to full view. The large (existing) elm in the center is high-branched 
and does not in the least obscure this view. 
A main feature of the new plan is a large paved concourse in 
front of the porch. Seats are set along the margins of this concourse. 
The purpose of this feature is to invite everyone to linger for a few 
sociable moments with friends either entering or especially on leaving 
church. 
The broad plaza and broad, direct walks are expected to open 
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