by Dina Silva
Keeping a sense of proportion forms a key element of good landscape design. After putting enormous effort into such things as unity, color, balance, and texture, the last thing any homeowner wants is to ruin a good garden with elements that are totally out of size range.
Unity can be understood as consistency and repetition in your planting choices. Repeating similar elements such as plants, groupings or outdoors decor brings unity, as does consistency in the choice of plant characteristics. These can include height, size, texture or color of different elements.
For example, let's say your home is on a small lot. The front yard is practically a postage stamp, so there's no need for more than a simple lawn and a few cozy shrubs. However, the backyard offers an enticing compact space that can be an awe-inspiring courtyard, provided the designer pays attention to the proportions. This means that as attractive as it may seem at the gardening center, that seven-foot-tall statue of a Greek nymph would simply overpower everything else. Besides, with a garden that small, your nymph would not have enough room to dance in the moonlight.
When it comes to balance, simplicity is the best way to go. Especially for beginners, simplicity allows the homeowner to choose one or two ideas, such as a color scheme, and execute them without fuss. Balance can be symmetrical, with matching elements spaced more or less equally, or asymmetrical, in which similar elements are grouping in different but complementary ways. Most beginning gardeners have better luck trying symmetrical arrangements, but some have the artistic gift to bring off asymmetrical designs with little experience. The shapes of flowerbeds offer one way to try some asymmetrical elements without disturbing the overall layout.
Finally, there's color, which brings out the life in the garden. Warm colors such as bright reds, yellows and oranges tend to draw people's eyes toward them, making objects seem closer. Cool colors such as greens, blues and pastels seem to recede, so that they look farther away. Neutral colors like blacks, whites and grays work best in foregrounds such as garden borders, rocks and other hard elements.
This principle can be applied to all elements including size, texture and color. A "stair-step" effect of grouping large trees behind smaller trees, then down to shrubs and flowerbeds would be a good example. The reverse application, from shorter to larger plants, would make a focal point in the garden really stand out. That's the intention of good landscape design.
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Title: Good Landscape Design Includes Unity, Balance And Color
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