signages, lighting, benches, and other landscaping elements

2.  Signages help provide information in the form of logos/ pictures,
words or a combination of all.
 People are bombarded with signage -- from traffic signs and
billboards to signs identifying businesses, neighborhoods, parks and
museums.

15. Landscape your
sign to make it
stand out.
Landscaping around a sign is one way to
draw attention to the information the
sign presents!
SIGNAGES

17.  Native grasses and
perennial plants
used instead of
exotic breeds.
 Less water
requirement
 Choose plants that
cannot grow tall
enough to
eventually block the
sign

18. Establish attractive
landscaping around a sign with
a tiered effect, using the
variation in sizes of plants.
High level- tallest plants
Beyond high level-
medium sized plants
Farthest-smaller border
plants
Planting closest to
the sign
Variation in Size of Plants to Create
aTiered Effect

19.  The mass of color
will draw attention
to the area and your
sign.
 Plants with many
different textures or
colors is confusing
to the eye and will
take attention away
from your sign.

21.  Plantings can draw the attention of
pedestrians and drivers to your sign.
 When choosing trees, shrubs or
perennial plants to frame the signage
and connect it to its location, take into
consideration the size the plants will
achieve in four or five years.
 A small shrub or ornamental grass can
quickly grow large enough to obscure a
ground-level, or monument, sign.
Flanking your sign with large, vertical
specimens such as trees will help to
draw the attention of drivers.
 A tapered or curved bed of plants that
leads the eye from a sign to its related
building or entrance connects the two
and directs people inside the building.

22. Another method of drawing
attention.
Done by planting small
blooming trees or shrubs,
such as redbud trees, crepe
myrtles, or ornamental fruit
trees
prune or train them –
grow up the side of the
sign
over the top without
interfering with the line of
sight
Framing the sign with
plants

23. When someone looks eye naturally drawn
toward the middle.
Hence a circle more effective than a square
or rectangle arrangement as a focal point is
created in the former.
Create a Circle or Oval

25. Planter Box
unable to build a flower bed because the area
is covered with asphalt or cement, build a
planting container around the bottom of the
sign with stone or wood. Fill the planting
container with soil, then add colorful
perennials or ornamental grasses that spill
over the sides and create an attractive and
eye-catching display.

26.  Drip irrigation
 Use Native or other locally adapted plants
 require less supplemental water
 can handle local weather better than exotic
species
 Adding a 3 to 4-inch thick layer of mulch
annually to the landscaping bed that frames
your sign will reduce the amount of weeds
that must be removed by hand labor or use
of chemicals

27.  Planting masses of flowering annuals helps
draw attention to signage.
 These plants will be replaced frequently, they
can be planted close together to reduce the
space available for weeds.
 In addition, changing the color and variety of
annuals you plant is a relatively inexpensive
way to update the look of your signage and
create new interest in your target viewers.

28.  Visibility at night is vital to the success of signage.Coordinate the placement of
lights that illuminate a sign's information with the plant material of the landscaping
Either choose plants that will not grow into the light beams or include the cost of
periodic pruning in your operating budget

43. Attractive
circular stone
sitout in a
forest like area
Abstract
shaped
bench
cum
containe
r for
plants

44. Seating in a
sitout area
outside a
bungalow
A cozy seating
in a lawn area
Cozy sitout in
a lawn area