| A well put together residential landscaped property is | | | | Repetition is important in any landscaping design. |
| not only beautiful but will add value to your home as | | | | Consider a house that has different sized windows all |
| well. There are many homeowners who try to | | | | around. This looks tacky and unprofessional even |
| achieve a professional looking landscape but fall short | | | | though each window may have its own unique style. |
| just from lack of education. Learning the process of | | | | Using the same design over and over again will bring |
| bringing a yard together and blending in with the | | | | unity and structure to a scene. If you begin with a |
| natural elements and your home's exterior can help | | | | pattern of flowers or shrubs, don't stop with one |
| you plan your own fabulous landscaping dream. | | | | look and begin with others as you round the |
| There are hundreds of options in landscaping designs | | | | property. This is not to say that everything should be |
| but they all have one thing in common, simplicity. | | | | repeated exactly but a flow and ebb style should be |
| Keeping your colors to a minimum of two or three | | | | consistent. |
| basic choices will keep your blend easier to work with | | | | Decide on whether you want to pursue straight lines |
| and not make your yard look overly busy. Only | | | | or a curvature. Curving lines can add a gentle, more |
| choose one theme and stick with it. You may like | | | | natural grace to your surroundings while straight lines |
| colored rocks or lots of butterflies but too much of a | | | | are more direct and strict in their presence. |
| good thing can go bad in a hurry. | | | | Whichever method you choose, stay with it. |
| Two types of balance exist in landscape design, | | | | Switching from curvy lines to straight lines can make |
| symmetrical and asymmetrical. A symmetrical image is | | | | an abrupt looking change instead of harmony. You |
| when you have a mirror design all the way around | | | | might compare to planting a couple of tall bushes in |
| the boundaries. Totally even and balanced in design is | | | | the midst of shorter, dense ground coverings. It will |
| a good way for a beginner to start with a | | | | make you wonder why you would want to damage |
| landscaping project. However, if you are the creative | | | | such beauty. |
| sort, asymmetrical can work if you balance the | | | | Landscaping design can be fun and interesting with so |
| theme throughout the project. For instance, you may | | | | many different ideas and natural plants at your |
| have a line of bushes along one border but not on | | | | fingertips. Play with your favorite types and |
| the opposite border. You don't have to run out and | | | | remember the lessons in achieving a unified look that |
| buy matching bushes to have a symmetrical balance | | | | will not only bring out the beauty of your yard but |
| but use your imagination, using like colors or theme | | | | also your home as it blends into the complete |
| to blend in the complete appearance. | | | | atmosphere. |