Module 1 Landscape Design 10092020
Module 1 Landscape Design 10092020
Module 1 Landscape Design 10092020
ASSIGNMENT
Module-1
Time Of Year:-
If you live in a rainy or snowy climate, it’s a great idea to start planning your
landscaping design in the winter months.
This will give you ample time to plan and save for the coming spring, when
the ground temperatures warm and become receptive to new plants.
Ours Needs:-
Do you enjoy taking care of plants that need seasonal care Are there pets on
the property that might cause damage to delicate species Will the space be
used by children, for hosting parties, or growing herbs and vegetables for the
household? Keep all of these factors in mind as you design your landscape.
Climatic / Natural conditions:-
Soil:-
need to know the composition of soil to get to know why each type is
different. Every kind consists of mineral particles in three different
compositions.
Sand is the dominant particle, followed by silt, and then clay. The amount of
each particle in the soil decides its texture and various other properties
The following are the kinds of soil that are most suitable for landscape designs:
Clay soil:
This kind of soil has dense but tiny particles that play a huge role in retaining
nutrients and moisture.
The downside of choosing clay soil is that it becomes hard and compact
when left to dry—which means it needs continuous moisture.
Sandy soil:
This is the exact opposite of clay soil. Sandy soil has large particles, allowing
the water and nutrients to move easily.
Silts soil:
This soil has finer particles that are compactly packed together. This improves
air circulation and drainage within the soil.
Loam:
This is the ideal kind of soil for most plants. It has the perfect balance of all
three particles (sand, silt and clay).
Water:-
A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how
they integrate with natural or man-made features
A landscape includes the physical elements of geophysical defined landforms
such as (ice-capped) mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes,
ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous
vegetation, human elements including different forms of land use, buildings,
and structures, and transitory elements such as lighting and weather
conditions
Vegetation:-
They can contribute to a sense of
character and new amenity that
significantly improves the live ability of
subdivisions. Trees are also very
effective at promoting legibility and
way-finding. If used consistently to
strengthen the road hierarchy, people
can find main roads and maintain a
sense of where they are.
Better Vegetation Design:
Provide street trees and landscaping in public spaces as early as possible, to
maintain continuous habitat, establish long-term amenity and character
features.
Use vegetation and landscaping to enhance the positive parts of the site and
important future land uses, rather than to hide the negative effects of poor
design decisions.
Try to use eco-sourced native vegetation, if it fits with the overall landscape
design strategy and helps to create low-maintenance and successful planting.
This will lead to the most ecologically appropriate and climate-resistant
landscaping outcome possible, as well as contributing to local identity.
Plant trees in places where they will not block high-amenity views and can
grow in a balanced and healthy shape instead of needing to be shaped into
an unnatural form. For example, avoid planting trees where they will need to
be pruned back from overhead power lines.
Plant street trees in the berm between the vehicle lane and the footpath.
Consider planting trees within the parking lane in formed islands at regular
intervals, especially on local roads. This helps to make trees easy to see,
creates buffer or refuge spaces and can help to slow down vehicles close to
pedestrians by making the carriageway appear narrower.
Where road space is limited or too narrow to accommodate trees, provide
street trees in the front yard of lots and protect them with legal mechanisms
such as protective covenants or consent notices.
Temperature:-
There’s often warm sunlight bouncing under the eaves of buildings and along
other vertical shapes, and then back down.
Structures and objects in the landscape absorb and reflect both warm and
cool light onto surrounding objects as well as.
It’s easier to make a warm color cool when painting than it is to make a cool
color warm. Under washes are a great way
Humidity:-
Humidity tells you the moisture content of the atmosphere, or how much
water vapor there is in the air
When the humidity is high it feels oppressive outside because sweat doesn't
evaporate and provide cooling.
When the humidity is low, you feel cooler but your skin dries out and you get
dehydrated more easily because more moisture is being evaporated from
your body.
Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from
atmospheric water vapor and then become heavy enough to fall under
gravity.
Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for
depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth.
It provides suitable conditions for many types of ecosystems, as well as water
for hydroelectric power plants and crop irrigation.
Scale:-
The principle of Scale refers to the size of
landscape elements in relation to their
surroundings.
There are two factors to consider – one is the
size of your house, and the other is the size of
objects in the larger landscape
the top image illustrates a house that is visually
overwhelmed by the landscaping – the shrubs
next to the house are as tall, or taller than the
house, with some even obscuring windows.
And the shade trees are huge in relation to the
house – this scale is too large.
The middle example is the exact opposite.
The trees and shrubs look like toys in comparison to the house – the scale of
this landscape is too small.
The bottom example is what we’re after. The landscape elements are well
suited to the size of the house, hence this represents appropriate scale.
Material:-
Concrete. The Basics: Concrete is among the most cost-effective and long-
lasting landscape materials.
Asphalt. The Basics: Asphalt is made from crushed rock mixed with bitumen,
a sticky petroleum byproduct.
Brick, Pavers, Flagstone, and Rock. The Basics: Brick, flagstone, and
interlocking pavers are durable...
Design elements:-
Furniture selection and design should take into account weather effects such
as sunlight, expansion and contraction, wind stress, moisture, and in some
cases, salt spray, frost, or ice. The best designs usually incorporate strong,
simple shapes, native materials, and natural finishes, generally in black, grays,
and earth tones, accented with bright colors.
The most popular materials used are steel and wood; other possibilities are
stone, concrete, recycled plastic and various other materials.
Landscape lighting
Lighting components-
There are many different types of landscape lighting systems, controls and
switching, wiring connections, fixture types, functions-purposes-styles, and
light sources.
To better understand how to design for a landscape , the two main
elements-
that make up outdoor living spaces are known as hardscape and softscape.
The easiest ways to remember the differences: Hardscape and softscape are
the complete opposites of each other, yet both are necessary to make a
landscape fully functional. Both terms are often used to emphasize the
distinction between the two.
Hardscape is the hard stuff in your yard: concrete, bricks, and stone.
Softscape is the soft, growing stuff, like perennial flowers, shrubs, succulents,
and trees. Softscape is living; hardscape is not.
Hardscape Elements:-
Once you know the distinction, the characteristics of hardscape make sense.
Among them:
repetition:-
Repetition is directly related to unity. It’s good to have several elements and
forms in a garden, but repeating the same elements gives your design various
expressions.
Too many objects that are not related can make your design look unplanned
and cluttered. Also, don’t overuse an element since over using an element
can make your design feel boring, uninteresting, and monotonous.
Symmetry:-
Conclusion:-
In With these 8 basic principles of landscape design designing a landscape
can be a nice way of unleashing your creativity.
Utilizing, colors, contrast, and lines all can help influence the design of your
landscape. When creating a new landscape, or sprucing your current one, the
experts at Richard’s Total Backyard Solutions know how to incorporate design
to give you a functional backyard that is also visually pleasing.
Elements of Landscape Design:-
A landscape design is like a floor plan for an outdoor area. Like a floor plan, a
landscape design creates a visual representation of a site using scaled
dimensions.
Landscape plans include natural elements like flowers, trees, and grass as
well as man-made elements such as lawn furniture, fountains, and sheds.
Landscape designs may also include overlays for irrigation and lighting.
then lists ten elements of natural design and gives examples of how to
apply them as you develop your landscape to achieve the three basic
categories.
Learn to appreciate the beauty of nature — the contrasting patterns and
colors.
Minimize disturbance of existing native growth — restoring nature is a lot
harder than leaving it be.
Decide how closely you want to emulate the natural landscape — the
“surrounding landscape, client dictates, architectural style, site characteristics
and the scale of the site” will be a factor
Allocate open space, transitional areas and landscape type — include edges
with the natural landscape patterns
Include native plant communities which match the conditions of the site
plants out of place will not thrive
Consider future changes to the landscape because of natural processes
ecosystems are not static
Occupy all the spaces — reduce the opportunity for unwanted species to
invade.
Preserve rainwater on site — include rain gardens, ponds, wet basins and
porous paving surfaces.
Reduce high-maintenance lawns — use low maintenance native grasses such
as sedges and fescues, mosses and low-lying flowering perennials like violets
and wild strawberry.
Exclude invasive, exotic plants — maintain the diversity associated with
native plants
Landform:-
A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how
they integrate with natural or man-made features