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Landscape Design

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 RegulationsState, 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 RegulationsBuffer 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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• Repetition• Balance• Emphasis• Unity

Principles of Design

Concepts used to organize the elements of a design

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Repetition

• 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

Principles of Design

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Repetition

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Principles of Design

Balance• 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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Principles of DesignEmphasis• 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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Principles of DesignUnity

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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