Landscape Design - Design for easy care

You may choose to design your own or hire a professional designer. Whichever you choose, keep these design elements in mind. You may choose to hire a professional designer. Whatever you decide, keep these basics in mind before you start.

• Be sure your whole garden is accessible.


• Have the right growing conditions. This includes choosing the correct plants for your zone to having good soil for them to grow in.

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Make Your Garden Accessible

When working in your garden, you should be able to reach the stems and branches of your plants without stepping on the soil. Soil is much happier when it is not compacted.

In order to accomplish this, measure your reach from a standing and kneeling position. Women can usually reach about 3 feet, men can reach a little further.

Once you know what your reach is, construct pathways at the correct intervals through the beds so that you can reach as many areas as possible. You may need to add stepping stones in certain areas in order to accomplish this.

Choose Plants That Are Right For Your Climate

Good landscape design includes learning about the growing conditions, soil and maintenance requirements, pest and disease resistance of the plants that you want to grow.

Locate plants so that they have room to grow. Be sure to read the tag that comes with your plant to see how big it will get.

Plants sited where they have plenty of room, the correct amount of light or shade, correct soil ph and nutrition. Drainage issues also need to be addressed in order to have healthy plants.

By creating the right landscape design plan and selecting the proper plant material your landscape will soften the overall appearance of your house and transfer it into a "home".

More Landscape Design Tips From Walter Glenn and Lark Foster

• Always consider your families unique lifestyle before you choose a "Master Plan."
• Try to pull the eye to the front entrance or front door of your home, avoid larger plants from blocking the view of your curb appeal.
• Most lots hae the driveway designed next to your property line. Consider seasonal screening to create beauty and privacy for your home.
• Designing parking areas are important to consider in your overall plan. Ask yourself how many vehicles are in the family, how much entertaining do we do, what will the traffic flow be when entering and exiting your home and vehicles?
• Always consider screening the service areas such as garage area, trash bins, pet and play areas, lawn equipment, etc.
• A large speciman tree, such as the copper beach above, should be incorporated into the backyard if at all possible to be viewed from the front of the house as the "backdrop". One should also be placed in the front yard.
• Determine what sun and shade exposure your overall lot has and select plant material that is appropriate for those specific areas
• Remember that the plants you choose have certain growth habits and growing requirements. Ask questions about the plants' needs and give them plenty of room to grow.
• Trees, shrubs and evergreens play a major role in your landscape. They are the anchors of you design. We use evergreen in our yard, as you can see in the picture below, to create "rooms" throughout our 5 acre garden.
• Once these important players are in place you can embellish or accessorize your entire landscape plan with seasonal color with.
• Consider having

  annuals for added interest in your lawn and garden.

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