With the development and progress of society, Chinese garden landscape is constantly updated and changed with the development of humanistic spirit, and interact with and promote the development of society. As an art of human existence, landscape architecture is closely related to social culture, economy, politics and other external factors once it appears. On the one hand, these factors determine the development form and connotation of landscape architecture. On the other hand, the development of gardens in turn promoted the development of social material civilization and spiritual civilization. The modern landscape design discussed in this paper is a summary of the development of Chinese landscape art and provides necessary reference for the future development direction of landscape.