What is the main factor to consider if you are redesigning your landscaping? Are the trees, flowers, plants and the type of grass you choose for your garden the essential elements? Would it be the fence that frames the area? Can the style of sculpture or fountain you decide to install in your garden make all the difference? What makes all the difference between a beautiful landscape and one that isn’t so good is not a specific aspect of the landscaping, but instead how they are all mixed. So the real question is how to do it. In the next few paragraphs, you’ll find the answer to that question – how you can bring together all the perfect things in your landscaping to create the most beautiful and attractive landscape for your property :
Point number 1. Unity or harmony
When we emphasize unity and harmony in landscaping, we are referring to choosing the many elements of your landscaping so that they all harmonize well with each other, creating an overall consistent and elegant appearance. Whenever you analyze your landscaping, there should be a general pattern. All your different plant choices and plant arrangements should preferably lead to an appearance of harmony pleasing to the eye. This is the essential aspect that the landscaper must consider when landscaping a garden. Placing many identical shrubs in a repetitive pattern is a common practice to generate unity positively. However, a quality landscaper should assume that the plant choices’ functionality can be just as crucial as the unit. To summarize the need for unity, it is important to ensure that functionality and aesthetics are never overlooked when selecting trees, shrubs, flowers and turf types.
Point number 2. Focal point
Any landscaping would probably not be completed without including a focal point or centre of attention. Identifying a focal point in your project is fundamental only because it helps to draw attention to your garden and, also, to define the other aspects of landscaping better. There are famous landscaping landmarks, such as a full-sized pine tree or flower bed, a garden pool or pond, a fountain or artificial waterfall, or a beautiful statue or artistic sculpture. Although it is not entirely obvious, another factor that explains why a focal point is recommended is that it will also help establish the pedestrian traffic route in a person’s garden.
Point number 3. Proportion
How the specific elements of the landscaping fit together and with the land and building in terms of dimensions is what we consider proportion. For example, a small fountain is likely to get lost when placed in the middle of a huge backyard garden with massive trees and shrubs. When studied in another way, a large oak tree is unlikely to complement a tiny one-storey house, but rather to overhang it. The fact is that each facet’s relationship must be of a reasonable size and must not dominate the presence of the others.
Point number 4. Symmetry and balance
Considering the symmetry and balance of the entire project will always make a big difference when trying to generate a beautiful landscape design. We can usually check instantly if a landscape design doesn’t look good for any reason. One well-known reason is the lack of symmetry and balance in the landscape design. Curves, elbows and contours tend to be tiring, the use of plants and yard coverings is generally unsuitable, and there is no variety in the repetition of different features. Achieve balance in landscape design must make excellent use of contours, shape, consistency, diversity and colouring, all at the same time to produce a well-organized and pleasing overall appearance and theme. The repetition must be different from one area to another, and the plants and ground coverings must indeed be in harmony with all other facets of the landscape layout.
Point Number 5. Simplicity
You don’t need to overdo your landscaping and stuff it thoughtlessly with too many different bushes, flowering plants and trees. Simplicity is key. And it certainly needs to work in synergy with the four important elements mentioned above. As long as you always keep these five crucial elements in mind when developing your property’s landscaping plan, you will be sure to create the most beautiful landscaping imaginable, thus adding value and lustre to your property.
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