ELEGANT LANDSCAPE DESIGN
LANDSCAPE DESIGN IS THE ART OF ARRANGING OR MODIFYING THE FEATURES OF A YARD, AN URBAN AREA, ETC., FOR AESTHETIC OR PRACTICAL REASONS. FOR ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSE, IT IS OFTEN DIVIDED INTO TWO MAJOR PARTS: HARDSCAPE AND SOFTSCAPE. STUDENTS OF THE FIELD BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH A NUMBER OF CONCEPTS THAT DEAL WITH HOW THE VIEWER PERCEIVES THE LAYOUT OF A LANDSCAPE AND HOW THE DESIGNER CAN CHANGE THAT PERCEPTION SUCH AS 1) UNITY 2) BALANCE 3) PROPORTION 4) TRANSITION LANDSCAPING IS MORE OVER-ARCHING OF THE TWO AND IS OFTEN SELF-TAUGHT. STUDYING LANDSCAPE DESIGN CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE SUPERIOR LANDSCAPING BECAUSE MANY ASPECTS OF LANDSCAPING PROFIT GREATLY FROM A DESIGNER'S EYE. SINCE THE PLANTS ARE KNOWN AS THE HEART OF THE DESIGN, KNOWLEDGE OF