Introduction to Landscape Design

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Introduction to Landscape Design
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Landscape Designs Can Be Used For

• Aesthetics
• Functionality
• To Insure Privacy
• For Energy Efficiency
• As a Source of Food
• To attract wildlife
• Xeriscape (See next slide)
• A combination of aesthetics and
• functionality

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Landscape Designs Use

• Formal layouts
• Informal layouts
• Combinations of formal and informal
• Naturalistic

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Formal Layouts Capitalize On

• Straight lines
• Geometrical Shapes
• Symmetry
• Even numbers
• Repetition

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Informal Layouts Use

• Free-form Lines
• Asymmetry
• Irregular Shapes
• Odd numbers

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Combinations of formal and informal
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Natural Landscaping
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Asian Gardens
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Landscape designers/landscape architects must be
able to

• 1. Develop a suitable design
• The design must be pleasing to the
• homeowner
• The design should fit the site
• The design should fit the homeowners budget

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• 2. Commit the design to paper/computer
• Landscape designs use
• Symbols
• Scale

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Miscellaneous Information

• Most designers learn by trial and error
• Good design principles incorporate looking down
  the road, visualizing what a design will look
  like when the vegetation is fully grown.