lanscaping

1. LANDSCAPE

2. LANDSCAPING
Landscaping refers to any
activity that modifies the
visible features of an area of
land, including living elements
such as flora or fauna, natural
elements such as landforms
and abstract elements such
as the weather.

3. Landscaping Defined Modern landscaping is a process that
makes changes to an area of land in one or all of the
following three categories:
•Plants - The addition of ornamental, edible,
native or other types of landscaping plants.
•Terrain - Changing the shape of the land through
grading, backfilling, mounding, terracing, etc.
•Structures - Constructing fences, patio covers,
walls, decks, raised planters or other built features.

4. There are two main components in landscape design
•Hardscaping
Landscaping with design elements
that are solid and unchanging as the
years go by. Some examples of
hardscape are rocks, walkways,
retaining walls, paver patios,
•Softscaping
Softscaping is unlike hardscaping in
that it doesn’t have that long-term or
permanent quality. It is the living
animated part of a landscape like
plants and soil

5. ELEMENTS OF LANSCAPE
The 5 basic elements of landscape design
are:
•Color
•Form
•Line of sight
•Scale and balance
•Texture

6. COLOR
Color theory is often used in landscape
design by dividing the color spectrum into 4
categories:
•Primary: reds, yellows and blues
•Secondary: greens, violets (purples)
and oranges
•Tertiary: Mixtures of the primary and
secondary categories.
•Neutral: White, grays and silvers.

8. FORM
In landscape design terminology, form is
the shape of a plant
•Upright
•oval
•columnar
•spreading
•broad spreading
•weeping.

9. LINE
•The line of sight is the viewer's eye
movement or flow being influenced by the
arrangement of plants and their borders
•Vertical lines can be used to
pull the eye up and make a
space feel larger
•Horizontal lines an make a
space feel bigger by pulling the
eye along the ground.

10. SCALE AND BALANCE
The visual relationship of the landscape
components, relative to size.
•Equal sizes on both sides of the
landscape gives balance.
Balance are divided into 2 ;
•Symmetrical
•Asymmetrical

11. •Symmetrical
the repeating of the elements on either side
of an axis

12. •Asymmetrical
equal size or weight on both sides of the axis,
without repeating specific elements

13. TEXTURE
•texture is the touch or
visual surface quality of
an object, or plant
•The texture of a plant's
foliage or bloom can be
viewed as coarse, medium
or fine
•Using plants with different
textures is a great way to
create variety in a garden.

14. MATERIALS/DESIGN ELEMENTS USED IN
LANDSCAPING

15. Fencing
•Concrete, brick, metallic chains, wood, bamboo are the
materials that are used for the purpose of fencing.

16. Fencing
•Lights are built to
provide artificial lights
to an area and
beautify the look of
the place even in the
dark.

17. Stones
•For hard landscaping, the most common material used
is stone. Stones are available in various colors, textures
and forms.

18. Paving
•Paving is the pathway or
passage in a landscaped
area for the circulation and
also avoiding harm to the
plants

19. Water sources
water bodies are quite attractive and also enhance
the beauty of the surroundings.

20. Plantations
The greenery and the floral parts besides adding
colors to the environment also give an extremely
pleasant feeling and also improve the air quality.

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