1. Design Principles and Elements Unit 2204 Landscape Design

2. What elements will a well planned landscape address? Traffic flow Environmental Protection Continuity Aesthetics Land Value

3. Landscape Types Commercial –Balance between practicality & function Residential –Public Area –Service Area –Private Area

4. Principles of Landscape Design Unity Scale Proportion Balance Repetition Contrast Dominance or Emphasis Transition

5. UNITY All parts inter-relate to the whole Repeat colors/textures Plant materials in groups of 3 –Magic of Three’s 3 Musketeers 3 Stooges 3 Amigos

6. SCALE Proportion is pleasing relationship to whole design Keeps parts from looking too large or small

7. PROPORTION Size in units of materials related to each other Use constant scale

8. BALANCE Visual relationship between elements of a landscape Symmetrical Balance –Items of equal weight on each side Asymmetrical Balance –Items with more weight on one side

9. Symmetrical Balance

10. Asymmetrical Balance

11. Repetition Repeated use of color or plant material to emphasize continuity

12. Contrast Use texture, scale, color and size to emphasize point of interest

13. Emphasis Feature point or theme for site

14. Transition Blending of texture, scale or color without sharp contrast

15. What’s missing from this Base Plan?

16. House #2

17. House #3

18. House #4

19. House #5