The Basic Elements of Garden Landscaping Design

Executive Summary by: Milos Pesic

Landscaping Design: Designing a garden seems to be easy. By familiarizing the five elements of landscape design, a gardener can put up a garden that is both visually appealing and organized.

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• Form
  The first element of garden landscaping design is form. The position of plants with careful consideration on their form gives the garden a unified feel.
• Line
  The second element of garden landscaping design is line. Line refers to the fact that a person’s eye movement is unconsciously guided by the garden’s borders, the arrangement and outline of plants and other structures.
• Texture
  The third element of garden landscaping design is texture. An out of proportion garden disrupts the landscape since the height and size of the plants and objects do not offer a good transition.
• Color theory
  The final element of garden landscaping design is color theory. Expert gardeners use color theory to provide unity or contrast in their gardens.

Color theory can also set the atmosphere of the garden.

Using Landscaping Design Software

Technology has contributed a lot to the art of landscaping design. Nowadays landscaping is much easier using landscaping design software. All landscaping design software contains easy to follow step-by-step instructions for creating your plan.

Landscaping design software is also helpful even for those who are venturing into professional landscaping.

Finding landscaping design software is very easy. Some landscaping design software is available through catalogs or online sources. There are different kinds of landscaping design software.

The price range of landscaping design software varies considerably. The cheaper ones are more of the basic software in landscaping design.

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