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April 2024
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Inside the April Issue |
Environmentally Friendly Practices
Sustainable Landscape Management
The principles of design offer practical guidelines to develop general ideas of landscaping into specifics. It involves seven traits that, when given proper consideration, will allow any design to be unified, cohesive and beautiful.
These principles will also affect how the design feels, flows and works, though they have no specific order or hierarchy. They can each be critical or not apply at all, depending on the situation. They are general themes and easy to comprehend. Once understood and applied, their impact will vastly improve any sustainable landscape design.
Simplicity
Elements that do not provide improvement
or impact on the design can be omitted.
Prioritize what is important and what
is not in order to keep the design clean, neat
and uncluttered.
A simple, well-defined design is one that
will be easier to maintain and increase
functionality.
Variety
Shape, size and form selections should
be diverse in order to create visual interest.
However, do not forfeit simplicity merely to
create varied combinations.
Balance
Everything that is placed in a design will
carry a certain visual weight with it. Balance
is the concept of ensuring the weight feels
even throughout the plan. Full story »
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