Landscaping
Landscapingrefers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including:
Living
elements, such as
or
fauna; or what is commonly called
gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating a beauty within the
Natural elements such as
shape and elevation, or
bodies of water; and
Abstract elements such as the
and lighting conditions.
Landscaping requires expertise inhorticultureand artistic design.
Kettering is a large market and industrial town in Northamptonshire, England, 70 miles (113 km) north of London and 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Northampton, west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) of Ketter's people (or kinsfolk)".[1]
At the 2011 census, it had a population of 93,475.[2] The town is twinned with Lahnstein, in Germany and Kettering, Ohio, in the United States. It is part of the South Midlands and, along with other towns in Northamptonshire, has a growing commuter population as it is on the Midland Main Line railway, with East Midlands Railway services direct to London St Pancras International taking about an hour.