Choosing the Right Landscape Design for Your Home

Landscape design is an art. Unlike art that is painted or drawn, this art is more of a collection of ideas compiled into one place. The individual who puts it together will be doing the most artistic part. If you are not artistic, you can still do the initial designing. The main thing is that your yard contains elements of designing to make it look like a work of art in the end.

There are five areas that you should look at as you do landscape design for your yard. You should always consider the color, line, texture, pattern, and a pop.

Color is self-explanatory. Make sure that you do not just choose some of your favorite colors, choose flowers that come in those colors, and plant them in one area. If that is the way you will be planning, you may as well stop and hire someone to do this initial phase and the harder work afterward. Take some time to look at a color wheel. Look at the colors that are across from each other. Those colors compliment each other. This means that they will look good together.

The line of your landscaping has to do with how you will lay it out. You will need to consider shapes that will be small gardens, or you should consider the borders of the flower beds. The lines in the landscape design will be boundaries.

Texture is another important part of landscape design. There are so many textures when it comes to plants, foliage, and flowers. It is a good idea not to have too many textures represented, but the ones you do have should be cohesive. You might have a small area of roses bordered by a short wrought iron fence. Low-growing phlox can then grow along the edge of the main borders of your landscaping. Other textures could be different types of grasses, berry bushes, and flowers. Your yard can look too busy if you put all of these textures right next to the other. Plan carefully, but also remember to take into consideration that certain plants need more sun or shade than others.

Pattern has to do with texture as well. Some of the plants that have texture have pattern. You should have a subtle blending of the components so that the look is not overwhelming.

The last area to consider is the pop. This is the thing in your landscaping that catches attention. It might be a sparkling ball on a stand. It could be the arch with roses growing up it with twinkling lights. There should not be too much of it, but it should pop and catch attention.

When you are done with the landscape design, you should have a work of art that an actual landscaping designer will be able to bring to life. He or she may need to tweak it, but you should be proud that you were able to accomplish this task.