Every landscape design is serving a function in one form or another. Although there may be additional functions intended here, I’m sure the main objective was to provide privacy. And rightfully so! This home is on a busy road and intersection. In addition to road noise I’m sure headlights at night are another annoyance. Here’s [...]
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Ornamental Trees – A Key Element In Landscape Design
Used As A Corner Plant This is only one of several ways an ornamental tree can be used in the landscape, and I look forward to illustrating others in future posts. The basic principle behind planting on the building corner is to help visually blend the vertical line of the building with the horizontal plane [...]
Screen Planting for Pool Privacy – RB Project #4.3
Screen Plantings Don’t Just Screen We all know the two main purposes of screen plantings: privacy and block an unsightly view. But there are other things to consider when planting a screen. You should be familiar with the term “outdoor room“. It’s that fundamental principle of dividing a yard into “spaces” according to their purpose [...]
A Home For Your Iron Garden Bench
Picking The Location and “Setting” A design client of mine called to ask if I’d help him find a spot in the landscape for his new iron garden bench. He tells me he wasn’t looking for one, but happened to come across this “rocking” one (literally – not figuratively). I believe they call this an [...]
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