Oh, that gorgeous landscape design beckons from a home decorating magazine. Such layouts simply take your breath away, and they look enormously complicated. In truth, however, anyone can create a pleasing outdoors by learning three principles: unity, balance and color.
Proportion may seem like one of the most obvious principles of outdoor gardening, but in reality it's one that many home gardeners, especially beginners, tend to overlook. Making sure of proportions is one of the best reasons for sketching an outdoors design on paper or on a computer before putting in even one plant!
Meanwhile, blues, greens and pastels are termed "cool" colors; they tend to recede from one's attention. Hence, when designing a calming backyard retreat, a collection of soft green foliage and flowers in pastel shades will provide the perfect relaxing environment. Add some white flowers and the result is a garden that looks beckons in sunshine or moonlight.
When it comes to balance, simplicity is the best way to go. Especially for beginners, simplicity allows the homeowner to choose one or two ideas, such as a color scheme, and execute them without fuss. Balance can be symmetrical, with matching elements spaced more or less equally, or asymmetrical, in which similar elements are grouping in different but complementary ways. Most beginning gardeners have better luck trying symmetrical arrangements, but some have the artistic gift to bring off asymmetrical designs with little experience. The shapes of flowerbeds offer one way to try some asymmetrical elements without disturbing the overall layout.
So an essential principle of good gardening layout is to take some measurements! Figure out how much space you'll have for trees, shrubs, flowerbeds, pathways and outside decor like our nymph or fountain. With measurements in hand, you can see whether you nymph has a smaller sister or cousin who'd be more comfortable tucked away in a corner of your cozy courtyard. By the same token, your small fountain might come in a larger size that would command the focal point of your acreage.
By learning and applying the principles of unity, color, and balance, a homeowner can design a garden worthy of a magazine cover.
Proportion may seem like one of the most obvious principles of outdoor gardening, but in reality it's one that many home gardeners, especially beginners, tend to overlook. Making sure of proportions is one of the best reasons for sketching an outdoors design on paper or on a computer before putting in even one plant!
Meanwhile, blues, greens and pastels are termed "cool" colors; they tend to recede from one's attention. Hence, when designing a calming backyard retreat, a collection of soft green foliage and flowers in pastel shades will provide the perfect relaxing environment. Add some white flowers and the result is a garden that looks beckons in sunshine or moonlight.
When it comes to balance, simplicity is the best way to go. Especially for beginners, simplicity allows the homeowner to choose one or two ideas, such as a color scheme, and execute them without fuss. Balance can be symmetrical, with matching elements spaced more or less equally, or asymmetrical, in which similar elements are grouping in different but complementary ways. Most beginning gardeners have better luck trying symmetrical arrangements, but some have the artistic gift to bring off asymmetrical designs with little experience. The shapes of flowerbeds offer one way to try some asymmetrical elements without disturbing the overall layout.
So an essential principle of good gardening layout is to take some measurements! Figure out how much space you'll have for trees, shrubs, flowerbeds, pathways and outside decor like our nymph or fountain. With measurements in hand, you can see whether you nymph has a smaller sister or cousin who'd be more comfortable tucked away in a corner of your cozy courtyard. By the same token, your small fountain might come in a larger size that would command the focal point of your acreage.
By learning and applying the principles of unity, color, and balance, a homeowner can design a garden worthy of a magazine cover.
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