Economic Value of Landscape design | Michelle Mopkins

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Michelle mopkins
Landscape Design
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Landscape Design

• The art of developing property for its greatest
  use and enjoyment
• Involves understanding the environment around the
  structure and selecting plants that perform well
  in that environment.

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Economic Value

• Increase property value 6 to 15 percent
• Reduce energy costs
• Buffer wind
• Control solar heat gain

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Functional Value

• Aesthetic value
• Enhance livability
• Conservation and environmental protection
• Solar heat control
• Wind control
• Sound control
• Slope stabilization

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Environmental Effects

• Landscaping can
• Moderate temperatures
• Reduce glare and wind
• Use water more efficiently
• Clean the air
• Provide wildlife habitat

Bird and Butterfly habitat
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Rules and Regulations

• State, local, and/or community regulations may
  control landscape design.
• Storm water drainage
• Tree ordinances
• Street trees
• Street yard
• Buffer yards
• Street wall
• Parking screen and islands
• Trash screen

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Rules and Regulations

• Storm water regulations

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Rules and Regulations

• Tree Ordinances

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Rules and Regulations

• Street Trees

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Rules and Regulations

• Street Yard

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Rules and Regulations

• Buffer Yards

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Rules and Regulations

• Parking Screens and Islands

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Rules and Regulations

• Trash Screen

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Principles of Design Concepts used to
organize the elements of a design

• Repetition
• Balance
• Emphasis
• Unity

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Repetition
Principles of Design

• Use of the same element over and over
• Repetition is achieved when the same line, shape,
  color, texture, plant, or material is used
  throughout the landscape

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Repetition

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Balance
Principles of Design

• A sense of equality that can either be symmetric
  or asymmetric.

Formal Balance A symmetrical design in which
the design can be divided into two identical
halves. Informal Balance An asymmetrical design
that can not be divided into identical halves but
that provides an overall sense of equilibrium.
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Balance
Formal Balance

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Emphasis
Principles of Design

• The result of focusing attention on one aspect of
  a design.
• Emphasis is constructed by creating a visual path
  from at least one vantage point to the focal
  point.

Focal Point The object of attention Vantage
Point The place from which the focal point is
viewed
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Emphasis
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Unity
Principles of Design

• The impression that the separate parts of the
  design belong together or are part of a whole.

• Unity is created by
• A consistent style (Japanese, formal, etc.)
• Visual pathways
• Consistent color scheme
• Repetition of lines, plants, and hardscape

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Unity
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