Planning A Garden
While planning and designing a garden can take on many different design styles, the basic principles
of landscaping remain the same. These principles are the basics of design and art and will give you a better idea about color, balance, form, plant
selection, and many other important considerations of garden planning.
The Basic Principles
of Landscape Design
WHERE TO BEGIN
If you're planning to build in stages as most people do, it's still best to have a complete
plan to start with. Don't just do one piece of the design at a time not knowing how it
will tie into or
influence the next. You'll run into some major problems in the long run.
The following link is a simplified, step-by-step, do-it-yourself guide to creating your own
plan, designing your own landscape, and doing your own garden planning. Landscape and Garden Planning
For most people, the initial plan idea is the most difficult part of garden planning. It just doesn't come naturally to everyone. So gathering, borrowing and plotting ideas is where most folks begin. So for that there are several free galleries of pictures, plans, designs, and ideas for you to take advantage of.
Gallery Of My Own Landscaping Ideas
Pictures Landscaping Ideas
Over 100 Free Garden Plans
Most people focus so much on shape and design that they get stuck in the process. Garden planning becomes so much easier when you consider all the aspects that tie together to make a whole.
Your creativity in planning your garden will increase in proportion to your knowledge of plants.
If you're not familiar with garden plants and their attributes, click here for plant selection in garden
planning.
NOTE: If you're creating a new design from an existing one, try and incorporate as many of the
existing plants and elements into your garden planning. Some trees and shrubs may only
need pruning and they will help give the appearance that the landscape is not really new.
Larger trees also make excellent natural focal points.
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