Landscape Design

SIMPLICITY

• keep your design simple
• focus on what you think is important
• use few plants and design elements
• more can always be added later
• pick 2 or 3 colors and repeat them

ASYMMETRICAL BLANCE

• unbalance & abstract
• unity & balance through repetition
• different on each side
• Japanese garden
• use paths and walk ways

SYMMETRICAL BALANCE

• Equally balanced
• Same shape, height, form & group
• Mirror image
• use property lines & other important features
• High maintenance

Focalization

• Plants, fountains, pools and other items
• over use creates complexity & confusion
• directs visual attention to a point of interest
• contrasting color or unusual lines
• paths walkways and strategically placed plants

RHYTHM

• Illusion of motion & flow
• repeat color scheme, shape, texture, & line
• eliminates confusion in the landscape

LINE

• use sweeping bold lines & curves
• 5 basic, Rectangular, Arc & tangent,
• Arch & radii, Arc & Arc, Curvilinear
• form emphasis
• create small & large spaces in landscape

SCALE

• Low scale is relaxing & calming
• High scale is used to create action
• keep length, width, & height of plants in mind
• avoid disproportion in landscape
• But don't want all the same size plants

PROPORTION

• pay attention to the size of surroundings
• Consider plant size
• Don't want all the same size
• But not to many different sizes