How does your Landscape design score?
Every method for landscaping your outdoor living space, or for improving an existing layout, has two definite parts. The first involves the relationship of the house to the surroundings. The second consists of selecting plants, trees and shrubs to gain desired effects, and making certain that they are used for a purpose. These basic challenges must be addressed before any actual construction is begun.
To help analyze them clearly you can use a method of scoring based on certain fundamental home and garden relationships which are fairly constant even though each design has its own peculiarities and problems. By comparing your situation with a typical example you may get an idea of how to work on your problems. If you are shown some specific difficulties and how they were addressed, you may be able to use similar methods.
To achieve unity between house and grounds, you must understand the relationship of the first-floor plan of your house with arrangement of your outdoor living space. The first floor of your house typically comprises of three main areas designated as public, private, and service. Your yards immediately surrounding your house should be divisible into three corresponding areas closely related to those indoors. Even though this may not sound like a “gardening” problem, it should be the first consideration in planning the layout of your yards and if done designed well will result in economy in labor, time, and materials.
Public Area:
Related to the entrance and hall of your house, or the indoor public area, is the outdoor public area lying between sidewalk and front door. Here your layout, including walks and driveway, is usually formal. Your plantings should be designed to emphasize the front door as the center of interest. Sometimes it is developed as a broad sweep of lawn flanked with shrubs, small trees, and a few large shade trees of enduring character.
Service Area:
The outdoor service area should lie close to the kitchen and be reached from the rear entrance. In or near it is a place for rubbish disposal, perhaps a tool shed, cold frames, and a compost heap carefully screened. One of its chief structures is the garage which, in some cases, would have a greenhouse attached, and which also may have a place to turn the car or a parking space. Often some of these details are combined, as the garage and tool shed, etc. This is an important area and should contribute to efficient household work yet be as attractive as any other area of the yard.
Private Area:
The outdoor private area, sometimes called the outdoor living room will, like its counterpart inside the house, reflect the interests and tastes of the family. If you are definitely garden minded, you will probably want this to be a place to show off and enjoy your plants and shrubs. For people with no special interest in gardening it may be relegated to lawn, shade trees, easily cared for shrubs, paved terrace or screened porch, pergolas, arbors, play space, etc. It will definitely be a place to relax and enjoy the out of doors.
So this gives you an overview. Next time we will score our Design.
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December 29th, 2008 at 10:56 am
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January 18th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
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March 9th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I have often wondered how to evaluate my yard.
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Interesting ideas and way of looking at things.
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