Planning the Home Landscape
A landscape which is designed properly is a source of enjoyment for
the entire family, it enhances a community and adds to the resale
value of your property. Landscape design involves much more than
placing trees, shrubs and other plants on the property. It is an art
which deals with conscious arrangement or organization of outdoor
space for human satisfaction and enjoyment.
Some of its major goals include:
Organizing and developing the site for maximum use and
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pleasure.
Creating a visual relationship between the house and the site.
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Reducing landscape maintenance to a practical level.
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Americans spend tremendous amounts of money landscaping their
businesses, homes, streets, parks, schools, etc. Much of this money is
wasted, however, because of little or no planning. People cannot
understand

how to landscape until they know
why they landscape.

There are several reasons why people landscape: some think it
improves the appearance of their place; others like to grow plants; still
others just want their place to look pretty. Too often these landscapes
dominate rather than serve. Masses of plants or other materials in the
landscape may take up a large portion of the space and leave little
room for people.

So how does the designer arrange space so that people will find it
useful, beautiful, meaningful and functional? His methods include:
Observing and analyzing the habits of the people who will be
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using the space, including their needs, desires and how much
space each of their activities requires.
Studying past landscaping methods.
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Surveying available materials to solve design requirements.
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Analyzing the environment of the site including the view in and
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around the site. The ecology of the site should be carefully
analyzed since it is important in determining the design.

In Homeowners Guide To Landscaping you will learn how to:

Organize and developing your yard for maximum use and
pleasure.

Create a visual relationship between the house and the site and

Reduce landscape maintenance to a practical level.