Elements And Principles Of Garden Design

Landscape plants should be arranged so as to conform to these principles.

Elements and principles of garden design. That the garden for all its naturalness or wildness is founded on strong principles what s sometimes known in garden circles as good bones second that regulating lines at least as i employ them are subjective. Get ready for a dazzling set of garden photos to help bring this concept to life. The elements are the components that make up the design.

Everything in the garden involves line. The english gardeners have written prolifically on the details of what they consider the nuances of their gardens and of their structure. Bones of a garden.

Line is one of the most important and useful of all design elements. Broad sweeps of color are more effective than dabs and patches. These elements and principles of design can also be used to great effect in the garden to create a sense of distance to reinforce visual garden design balance to create an illusion of space or to cause a focal point to visually advance toward the viewer.

First is the idea of underlying order. Stone garden elements like statues columns or follies also provide points of interest throughout the garden design. The principles are the ways in which the elements are combined.

Texture pattern and rhythm using surface characteristics recognizable motifs and the cadence created by the spacing of objects as elements of design. They are often the central feature of enclosed groves or mark intersections on pathways. Proportion is the sense that the size of the individual components the landscape plants or groups of components in a landscape is consistent with the landscape as a whole.

That doesn t mean visitors viewing your garden should be darting their eyes about every which way. It s the designer who identifies and manipulates them to create the garden. Texture pattern and rhythm add layers of richness and interest to a garden.