People always wanted to live in a nice house that can provide them with the best moments of their lives.

Having a garden included can really make your dream come true. Landscape design can be really demanding sometimes and asks for a lot of time and nerves. The design process starts when you know what your desires and needs are. For this you have to be very cautious with every little detail that you are planning to use in your project. Based on these facts the designer can organize the plants that he is about to use and the hardscape materials.

The basic principles are the most important concept of composition such as unity, order, repetition and proportion. All these are serving as a guideline in order to create and organize the features of a beautiful landscape. A harmonious creation can be acquired through all these principles.

Proportion has to be found in everything, from plants to hardscape. Considering the plant proportion this has to be taken in consideration with all the surrounding plants, the human scale and all the other object scale. A balanced proportion can be achieved if you maintain the same scale of open space and the planted one. Another principle is order. This has to be balanced. It can be perspective, symmetrical or asymmetrical. Order can be fulfilled even by taking a mass of features and concentrate them around a fundamental point.

Another landscape design principle is repetition. You have to pay attention to this principle because if it is used on an extreme level it can create monotony. But on the other hand if it is used just a little it can create confusion. Repetition can be more interesting just by using alternation, which is a slight difference in the sequence. The graduation is another form of making the repetition more interesting. The basic principles of landscape design are not achieved without unity. This consists in a logical feature of your composition. Dominance is a feature that makes unity attracts attention. The most impregnant features are named focal points. These are used in order to capture the attention of the eye and guide it through the landscape. In order to have the perfect landscape demand respect for all these principles; it is not that hard to follow them and if there are any issues you should get help from those who are specialized in this field.

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