Abstract: Nature-approximating landscape architecture is not only a planning and construction idea of sustainable landscape architecture and one of the modes of ecologic al garden construction, but also the key measure to actualize resources-saving landscape architecture and the development trend of landscape architectu re. Based on the analysis of the problems in current garden construction in Chin a, the conception, connotation, and theoretical basis of nature-approximating l andscape architecture were expatiated, and the essential construction principles were brought forward. The methods of nature-approximating landscape architectu re design, implementation, and management were summarized in detail, and the pro blems in nature-approximating landscape architecture construction as well as th eir solving measures were analyzed and developed. This review would provide the basis for emphasizing the idea and promoting the research and construction of near nature landscape architecture.

Key words: Subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, Castanopsis fargesii, Seed rain, Spatial and temporal pattern