| Under the background of national vigorously promoting the construction of beautiful countryside,rural tourism is developing rapidly.At the same time,as a plant landscape with great ornamental value,flower-themed rural tourism scenic spots gradually come into people’s view,meeting people’s needs for flower viewing,flower activity experience,leisure and vacation,flower purchase,etc.This paper takes rural flower-themed scenic spots as the research object,and explores the theory and method of landscape design of flower-themed scenic spots from the viewpoint of rural tourism by adopting the research methods of literature review,field research,hierarchical analysis and case study,in view of the problems such as indistinct theme landscape,single industrial model,unscientific flower planting and imperfect experience function in domestic rural flower-themed scenic spots.The main research results are as follows.1.This paper selects four typical rural flower-themed scenic spots in the south of the Yangtze River in Shanghai Blossom Sea Ecological Park,Liuyang Meet Childhood Scenic Area,Shaoxing Hangzhou Bay Sea Flower Field and Xiangtan Pan Long Grand View Garden for field research.A questionnaire survey was also conducted on the visitors of the four typical cases to summarize the visitors’ demands on the theme type,landscape form,activity content,industrial model and basic service facilities of the rural flower theme scenic spots.It is found that the successes of the field cases include: reasonable layout of planning,innovation of flower landscape application forms,transformation and upgrading of rural industrial structure and updated utilization of scenic spot publicity methods,etc.;at the same time,the following shortcomings also generally exist: short viewing period of flower landscape,not abundant flower species,insufficient potential for sustainable development of scenic spot industry,weak infrastructure perfection and less experiential activities,etc.2、For the ornamental flower species suitable for planting in Hunan area,a comprehensive evaluation of garden application is conducted from four aspects of flower application value,ornamental value,cost and adaptability,and a comprehensive evaluation system of flower species in rural floral theme scenic areas in Hunan Province is constructed.Through questionnaire consultation with experts in related research directions,data were collected and weights of index factors were calculated to quantitatively analyze the ornamental value and landscape application value of flowers.And finally screened out 119 kinds of flowers suitable for rural floral theme scenic spots in Hunan.3、For the landscape design of rural floral theme scenic area in Hunan Province,we propose to follow the principles of "ecology,theme,experience,art and economy" in planning;establish a three-dimensional industry chain of "vertical + horizontal" in industrial development system;in the In the landscape design method,the six aspects of planning layout,ecological landscape,industrial landscape,cultural landscape,experiential activities and plant landscape are carried out;especially in the plant landscape design strategy,the characteristics and diversity of plant landscape are strengthened.Focus on plant landscape design to highlight the advantages of rural flower theme scenery.4、Complete the design of landscape improvement and transformation of the core area of Changsha Huatiancuo Flower Art Town.Put forward specific transformation methods in terms of scenic area master planning,plant landscape design,scenic area industry renewal,infrastructure construction and landscape activity planning,etc.,to provide reference for similar flower-themed scenic area upgrading and transformation design.The construction of rural floral theme scenic area should start from the perspective of changing the development mode of rural tourism,realizing the renewal and upgrading of traditional floral landscape to composite floral complex,creating a rural floral theme scenic area that is pleasant to travel,study and live in,promoting the sustainable development of rural industry,and then promoting rural revitalization. |