Landscaping a True Art Form
To be a quality landscaper you must be able to be able to create an area that is visually appealing to the senses, and to visitors who view your work. Different forms of landscaping are most often classified by the personal preferences of those doing the work.
Two fairly general forms of landscaping that you may be familiar with are formal landscaping and informal landscaping.
Formal Landscape Designs
In the formal form of arranging a garden or any area, one can see order in the landscape that has been made or is to be made. The plants and flowers chosen are usually chosen with care to complement each other because they bring out the features of the landscape that they are planted on.
Formal landscaping usually has low hedges or low walls to separate flower beds in an orderly fashion. Some formal garden designs are patterns that are geometric in shape and form. The essence of formal landscaping is to have a sort of order that is hard to miss.
Water structures as well as other stone or wooden structures are also found in formal landscaping designs. Stone is a common medium used in formal gardens since they add a touch of class and elegance. Most formally landscaped areas are rather large because the beauty and order of the formal garden needs to be seen in a larger picture.
Informal Landscaping
When tackling an informal landscape you might be surprised that it isn’t as easy as you thought. Jumbling plants together is one thing but actually having them look like something special and unique is entirely a different matter.
A good professional landscape designer will have to know what the property owners are after in their informal design and more or less guide the garden to the way they want it to be over a course of time. Kinda like natural growth with a designers touch.
By culturing the plants in a natural way, without any large scale pruning or trimming, you the gardener actually lets the garden have some semblance of disorder which is natural in nature.
Landscaping can be a very interesting project for those who wish to do it themselves. The actual process of planning the area to be landscaped as well as making the design which you will base on the basic lay of the land is a worthy project that a homeowner can tackle. Not only will you have fun planning your garden or your yard but you will also enjoy maintaining your garden after the entire landscaping project has been finished.
June 24th, 2008 at 9:20 am
May someone explain it a little bit deeper for me, please?