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Diana Alfuth, Horticulture Educator UW-Extension, Pierce County
Landscape Design Designing Landscapes as Part of a Sustainable Landscape Diana Alfuth, Horticulture Educator UW-Extension, Pierce County
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Why Landscape?
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Sustainable Landscape Design
Functional Maintainable Environmentally Friendly Cost Effective Visually Pleasing
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Sustainable Landscape Design
Consider the function of each portion of the landscape Note problems/attributes in the existing landscape Evaluate the site characteristics, including soil type, pH, light, wind, etc. Decide on your goal and landscape style
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Garden Design Garden Design Formal = straight lines, plants in rows, symmetrical, globes and columns Informal = curvilinear patterns, plants in intertwined masses, asymmetrical, natural plant forms
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Sustainable Landscape Design
Locate gardens as part of your overall landscape design Create a good turf area, with functional spaces and gardens behind the concept lines that form the turf shape
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Garden Design Consider each individual viewpoint when designing the gardens and planting beds
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Sustainable Landscape Design
The most beautiful landscapes are “designed”, not decorated. They create unity by incorporating Principles of Design, including:
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REPETITION (more info in later slides)
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VARIETY
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BALANCE
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SCALE
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SEQUENCE
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SIMPLICITY
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Garden Design Design beds to keep maintenance to a minimum
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Sustainable Landscape Design
What makes it look good? Human eyes need a place to start: FOCAL POINT A focal point is the first thing we see when we look at a landscape.
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Sustainable Landscape Design
Examples of things that create focal points are: Artwork A plant that is different than those around it Structures Birdbaths, birdhouses, birdfeeders Boulders Bare spots Diseased/dying plants Debris FOCAL POINTS CAN CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE SEASONS!
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Focal Point
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Sustainable Landscape Design
Focal point
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Locating Focal Points Any given view of the landscape should have one major focal point, and maybe one or two secondary focal points. Too many focal points creates a “busy” landscape. Locate focal points 1/3 of the way from one side .
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Focal Point??
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Sustainable Landscape Design
After our eyes find a focal point, they need to go somewhere, and look for lines to follow. Lines can be formed by edging, paths, structures, plant masses, plant form, shadows, etc.
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Focal point
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Lines
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Lines
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Sustainable Landscape Design
Too many lines, or no lines, create a confusing, busy landscape. Lines should take the eye where you want it to go—and keep it in the landscape. Avoid lines that take the eye into the sky, or into the neighbor’s yard!
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Sustainable Landscape Design
Before you start thinking about specific plant species, to get a good design, you must first plan for each plant’s characteristics, or “Principles of Design”
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Principles of Design Repetition Variety Balance Emphasis Scale
Sequence “R.V. BESS”
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Repetition Similar use of colors, plants or shapes within an area or entire landscape. Repetition can be overdone Avoid becoming monotonous and predictable
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Repetition: Similar use of colors, plants or shapes
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Repetition: Similar use of colors, plants or shapes
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Repetition: Similar use of colors, plants or shapes
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VARIETY
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Variety = Lack of monotony
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Variety = Lack of monotony
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Variety = Lack of monotony
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Balance “Visual Weighting”
This doesn’t mean that design elements have to be mirror-imaged Balance should consider the “fulcrum effect”
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Balance – a focal point draws the eye and serves as a fulcrum to the rest of the landscape
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Balance – a focal point draws the eye and serves as a fulcrum to the rest of the landscape
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Emphasis: Major landscape components are highlighted more than less important ones. Framing, plant numbers, or creating an unusual focal point are examples of creating emphasis in the landscape. Emphasis
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Scale
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Scale – plantings are relative to the size of their surroundings
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Scale – plantings are relative to the size of their surroundings
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Scale – plantings are relative to the size of their surroundings
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Scale – plantings are relative to the size of their surroundings
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Scale – plantings are relative to the size of their surroundings
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Scale – plantings are relative to the size of their surroundings
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Scale – plantings are relative to the size of their surroundings
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Sequence
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Sequence – proper arrangement on the basis of size
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Sequence – proper arrangement on the basis of size
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SEQUENCE Sequence – proper arrangement on the basis of size
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Can you see RV BESS?
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