LANDSCAPE DESIGN Honored for being asked to teach. Not a lot of experience as a teacher. Interrupt if you have questions. I will try to go over: 1. Design Elements and Principles 2. Preparing a Base Plan 3. The Design Process 4. Composition

LANDSCAPE DESIGN The art of organizing and enriching outdoor space through the placement of plants and structures in an agreeable and useful relationship to enhance the natural environment. Landscape Design Includes creating a plan to make the best use of space available in the most attractive way. shaping the land to make the most of the site’s natural features. designing such features as fences, walls, and patios, and selecting and growing the plants that best fit the design. Definition on Slide

DESIGN ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES Color Line Shape Form Texture Space Odor PRINCIPLES Scale Balance Unity Simplicity Rhythm/Repetition Harmony Accent/Dominance Space Dividers/Transitions Contrast The basic building blocks of the design process. Used consciously and sub-consciously. Need to focus on using them consciously and to achieve desired results. Elements - Basic building blocks of design. Principles - The relationships between elements in a landscape design and also between the landscape design and its surroundings.

ColorWarm Colored Garden Colors used will be based quite a bit on individual taste. Colors can cause different feelings (calming/soothing, exciting). Dark colors get hot to the touch. Plants against brick wall, dark patio. Light colors reflect heat and light. Glare around a pool from white concrete.

Cool Colored Garden Pastels, like pinks, blues, purples. Creates a calm feeling.

Monochromatic Gardens It is important to use textual contrast (plants with very different flower forms) when composing a monochromatic garden. Conversely, when working with flower forms, it is important to use contrasting colors, otherwise the plants will all look the same.

Color There are endless color combinations. All the secondary colors are made up of the primary colors. Warm vs. Cool Warm - Red, Orange, Yellow Cool – Pink, Purple, Blue, Green Monochromatic is one alternative.

Direct Complementary

Split Complementary

Contrast Contrast of textures (size and shape) and also forms (upright and pointed vs rounded).

Bold contrast. Should be used sparingly however.

Contrast Form, color or texture can be emphasized through contrast. Contrasting course texture of the drift wood with the smooth texture of the glass.

Line Lines can be formed where materials meet - edges. Lines can be decoration. Sight lines are important in garden design. This is usually where an important focal point exists to draw the eye or where a focal point can logically be placed because the eye is already there.

Shape 2-D On the planes. 1. Ground Plane 2. Vertical Planes 3. Overhead Plane

Line Lines can be bold and strong or uncertain and wavering. Bed edges look better when smooth.

Formal garden. Straight lines and mirror images.

Space 3-D Negative Area Defined by the planes in some way. This definition is not always what you might think of as walls, floor, ceiling. Spaces have size and form. Traffic whizzing by can act as a wall to a space. Tree canopies can be a ceiling. A raised deck can be a self-limiting space. When designing spaces, think of the type of indoor space would be adequate for the use and try to translate this to outdoor space. ie. Room size for outdoor cooking and dining.

Scale How the size of design features relate to the size of the space. How the size of design features relate to each other.

Scale Human scale is a familiar point of departure. This fountain is meant to be viewed by people while walking, standing or sitting.

Balance Informal vs Formal Balance.

Balance – Asymmetrical Still Balanced – just not the same on both sides (blood good maple and grasses balance the pergola). A design can be asymmetrical and unbalanced.

Simplicity Before and after Atlantic Ave. photos. EDAW Landscape Architects

Simplicity A much cleaner design Less distraction Easier to focus on important elements *Trees also act as a barrier between vehicles and pedestrians

Harmony

Dividers/Transitions

Accent/Dominance

Dividers/Transitions