Intro To Landscape Design: Choosing a
Garden Design Style
Initial Considerations ANS:Time Frame
Maintenance
Water Availability
Accents to strengthen the theme
Hardscapes
Paths, statues, gazebos, arbors, water features
Time Frame ANS:Installation
Executed all at once
Spread out over time
Phases
Maintenance ANS:No such thing as a NO maintenance landscape!
How much does the client want to do?
How much can a client do?
Flower gardens take work!
Reduce time:
Ornamental grasses, flowering shrubs
Less deadheading or infrequent dividing
Water Availability ANS:Irrigation
Faucets accessible
Xeriscaping
Designing the gardens ANS:Visual purpose:
Color
, Enjoyment of homeowner or public
Enhancement of unattractive building
Break up the expanse of wall or lawn, edge walkway, around trees, patio
Design Basics ANS:Style should be reflective of the client
Formal, informal, naturalized, or non of the above
"Listen" to the site
Keep an open mind for visions
Each plant is enhanced by another
Coordinate bloom times, colors, heights
Plant spectacular show once or twice a season
Muted the rest of the time
Use shrubs and trees as "bones"
Year-round
Tie garden together
Use foliage effectively
Varying sizes, textures
Formal vs. Informal ANS:Formal
Everything tidy
In its own space
Space between plants
Informal
Organized chaos
Let plants gently weave and grow together
Formal Design ANS:Symmetry
Even spacing
Garden Design Style
Initial Considerations ANS:Time Frame
Maintenance
Water Availability
Accents to strengthen the theme
Hardscapes
Paths, statues, gazebos, arbors, water features
Time Frame ANS:Installation
Executed all at once
Spread out over time
Phases
Maintenance ANS:No such thing as a NO maintenance landscape!
How much does the client want to do?
How much can a client do?
Flower gardens take work!
Reduce time:
Ornamental grasses, flowering shrubs
Less deadheading or infrequent dividing
Water Availability ANS:Irrigation
Faucets accessible
Xeriscaping
Designing the gardens ANS:Visual purpose:
Color
, Enjoyment of homeowner or public
Enhancement of unattractive building
Break up the expanse of wall or lawn, edge walkway, around trees, patio
Design Basics ANS:Style should be reflective of the client
Formal, informal, naturalized, or non of the above
"Listen" to the site
Keep an open mind for visions
Each plant is enhanced by another
Coordinate bloom times, colors, heights
Plant spectacular show once or twice a season
Muted the rest of the time
Use shrubs and trees as "bones"
Year-round
Tie garden together
Use foliage effectively
Varying sizes, textures
Formal vs. Informal ANS:Formal
Everything tidy
In its own space
Space between plants
Informal
Organized chaos
Let plants gently weave and grow together
Formal Design ANS:Symmetry
Even spacing
