Landscape design

Landscape design

The art of arranging or modifying the features of a yard or an urban area for architectural or aesthetic purposes.

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Landscape design

Concept lines

Design; Landscape design

Visible or invisible lines that define spaces or divide areas in the landscape. Some concept lines become bed lines or edging lines in the completed landscape.

Concept plans

Design; Landscape design

Initial drawing of how the spaces in the landscape will appear. This drawing evolves from the shapes developed in the bubble diagram.

Corner plantings

Design; Landscape design

Any planting group that occupies a corner location - typically the corner of a property. Corner plantings blend border plantings together.

Residential grounds

Design; Landscape design

A family-owned house would be the best example of residential grounds. These grounds are most often maintained by the owner of the property.

Scale

Design; Landscape design

Scale is the relative size of one part of a landscape to another. Scale may be the proportion or ratio of size to other components in the landscape.

Screen plantings

Design; Landscape design

Plantings used to screen an area to provide privacy, block a poor view, or as a natural boundary or barrier.

Coarseness or fineness of the plant. Texture should be one of the first design considerations when placing plants in a landscape. Texture in plants can be created by leaves, branches, bark, or other ...