Facts about landscape planning:
Successful landscape planning involves these three considerations.
· The ground is its floor and your property lines are its walls. The ceiling is the canopy created by structures, tree plantings, and the sky. A good landscaping plan is developed in terms of these three dimensions.
· Next, study the floor plan, window locations, and primary living areas of your house to establish a relationship between living and service areas in the house and similar areas out of doors. Note on your plan those areas that require attention, including views into your property from adjoining areas.
· Your final landscape plan will depend upon your lot and its orientation to wind and sun, your house plan, the amount of money, time, and effort you want to spend on maintenance, your family’s interests and activities, and even the neighborhood itself.
Try to preserve all of the best natural resources of the site, such as trees, brooks or streams, good soil, rock outcroppings, and turf. Carefully study good as well as bad views. Screen out unattractive and objectionable views either by structures or by proper plantings.
Did you know that landscaping can increase the value of your home by 15% or more?
A landscape architect is a professional that will listen to your needs and suggest several solutions to make your landscaping appealing and an asset to your home or business. While contractors bid on plans – we interpret your ideas, and then incorporate your site’s considerations and elements of design to prepare a unique landscape plan for your site.
A quality landscape begins with good planning. To achieve a good plan you need a professional who is educated in a several key areas.
Landscape architecture is a field of study that incorporates design, horticulture, earth science, and construction. It includes a broad base of knowledge in both theory and real world application. Landscape architects combine their knowledge of plants and engineering savvy to create designs that are aesthetic pleasing and that have functional realities. Their goal is to provide quality landscape design through integrating structures, paving, hardscape materials and plantings.
I couldn’t agree more with this article. Completely accurate and very intriguing to read. We take our landscape architecting very seriously and anyone that wants their home or business to look great and really stand out, they should do the same.