Abstract: In order to explore the development of residential garden environment during the three decades of reform and opening up, the residential area landscape which had built in Kunming since reform and opening up was analyzed, combined with the current domestic and foreign residential landscape construction concept to analysis and study, make the recommendations to future residential landscape construction for Kunming. The result indicated that: (1) plant species used average in every decade in proper order 11 species, 41 species, 75 species and 97 species from 1980s to the 2010 years later. (2)Respiratory-care plants species used average in every decade followed as 4 species, 8 species, 14 species and 20 species. (3) Plants arrangement, activities space, and water landscape et al becoming diversification gradually in different decades in residential area. In recent 10 years, the requirement for residential environment continues to improve, and people began to focus on construction of health garden.