…What do you call a flowerbed-thingy that’s in an “island” in the middle of a pedestrian walkway? Like the Mickey Mouse flowerbed at the entrance of Disneyland?
Is there even a special name for it, or would you just call it a “flowerbed-thingy”?
A ‘island form’, or an ‘island’ or ‘island bed’.
I s’pose Philster’s answers are okay, but each of them could have an interpretation that isn’t related to flowers.
All my gardening books are on a shelf I can’t reach right now. . .
landscape island
In parking lots, they’re often there because they’re required under the local zoning ordinance.
Are you talking about a flower bed where a pattern or picture is formed by arranging plants with different coloured flowers and/or leaves?
Sorry, I misunderstood the question.
According to Parks: Design and Managment, by Phillips, they’re called “mass plantings,” but that can also apply to large beds in the landscape as well, not just in pedestrian areas.
No, just the “island” on which such a flower bed might be placed.
Thanks for the replies, all!
if the point is to divide traffic into two directions then it would be referred to as a median or median strip.