WHAT IS LANDSCAPE DESIGN?

Unlike gardening or floriculture, this area is not focused on agricultural activities, but on a much broader sphere of tasks. Landscape design-a discipline that encompasses the implementation of ideas on garden plantations, construction (change) of architectural (small) forms, as well as the arrangement of slides, lawns and flower beds. Landscape design allows you to make your garden or garden plot is unique, beautiful, cozy.

That is, conflicts arising between urban development and pristine nature should be resolved, and their edges – erased. Aesthetics, beauty and ease of use of modern infrastructure without harm to green spaces – this is the main priority of landscape design.

For the first time, the importance of resolving the conflict between industrialization and the environment began to be discussed at the beginning of the twentieth century, when cities began to grow rapidly, substituting for themselves the primordial nature that hitherto surrounded urban centres. It should be noted that the improvement of plots has been practiced for centuries, but before the main bias was made to increase the fertility of land and agricultural activities.

COMPONENTS OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Today, no one doubts that landscape design is a real art. It embodies aspects of three areas, one can say, rests on such components as design and architecture, plant science and botany, the history of culture and philosophy. When designing projects, specialists do not lose sight of any of these aspects.

1. Design and architecture

The most important point and the first stage is, of course, the design and layout of the territory. It is necessary to think over and draw up on paper a plan of placement of all objects.

And the arrangement consists not in simple placement of objects, and in their stylistic Association taking into account all features. In other words, it is necessary to make a complete self-sufficient composition, in which everything will be in place.

In addition, the preliminary design allows to determine structure and order of carrying out of engineering works such as installation of irrigation systems, drainage device, wiring lighting, etc.

2. Plant science and botany

In the process of design development, the terrain, its climatic features, soil characteristics are also taken into account. And it already gives the chance to pick up those combinations of green plantings which will develop well in the conditions of a concrete site, and at the same time will harmoniously fit into space that too is important.

3. History of culture

The third point has a great influence in the creation of thematic gardens and compositions. For example: Japanese gardens, Chinese gardens, etc. Here you need to know about the culture, the style of which the composition is created, its philosophical trends and directions.

ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Today, the diversity of elements allows you to create a truly Paradise landscapes. In each case, it may be their own thematic elements, but the main groups that make up the "base" for the design, the following:

• Buildings - they form the center of the design project;

• Grass seed - coating are formed from different kinds of herbs;

• Green spaces - trees, shrubs, flowers, as well as entire ensembles in the form of flower beds, rabatok, rockeries, rockeries, etc;

• Various water elements - stream, pond, fountain, pool, mini waterfall;

• Driveways and playgrounds;

• Small architectural forms - gazebos, benches, arches, pergolas;

• Small decorative elements - musical pendants, lamps, figures of animals and fairy-tale characters, various sculptures;

• Various technical components such as lighting, irrigation systems and the like.

Of course, the above principles of landscape design – this is not dogma. Quality design is always unique, so do not dwell on other people's advice and recommendations. Suggest to give vent to their imagination.