Landscape design

Landscape design

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

Industry: Architecture; Design

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Trees

Design; Landscape design

A woody plant that usually has one main stem and reaches a height of at least 12 ft. Trees are very important for screening, framing, and shade, and are considered early in the landscape design ...

For the purposes of the Sustainable Landscape Information Series, a unit is a group of publications that concentrates on one topic area. There will be four units in the SULIS which are: Sustainable ...

Visually pleasing

Design; Landscape design

A landscape having an overall desirable appearance. A beautiful landscape would also be considered a visually pleasing landscape.

Water feature plan

Design; Landscape design

A CAD rendering with photo ideas of the proposed water feature and its location in the landscape design.

Secondary elements of design

Design; Landscape design

Secondary elements are used when narrowing down the types of plants used. Secondary elements of design include environmental tolerance (wind, pollution, cold), disease and insect resistance, soil ...

Seasonal interest or colour

Design; Landscape design

Seasonal interest and colour are created by the colours that we see when we look at a plant. colour is the element that is often first noticed about a plant. colour is often used in a landscape to ...

Sequence

Design; Landscape design

A gradual transition from one area to another within a landscape. A landscape with sequence has one element changing at a time rather than several changes at once. A landscape with a coarse textured ...