Everyone
wants their landscape design to be beautiful and the cynosure of all eyes but
at the same time more and more people are taking the environment into
consideration. With water restrictions being imposed most people want their
landscape to be eco-friendly. The eco-friendly landscape requires a lot less
water than the traditional landscape which needs a lot of water for maintaining
it.
The
landscaping standards for eco-friendly landscape design stay the same as the
traditional ones. These designs also require being consistent and it needs to
harmoniously blend with the theme. There needs to be unity in the design.
Similarly there needs to be a balance, too much unity can upset the whole
design. The design needs to appeal to the eyes and this visual attraction can
be created with symmetrical or asymmetrical designs. Also there should be
emphasis in the design. For example, having a fountain at the centre of your
landscape will ensure that all eyes turn there or you can have a wheel as your
centre point from where your design originates. You can then create depth in
the design by creating a transition with plants and shrubs etc. There should
also be a rhythm to the design; there should be a proper flow of colours,
forms, textures and the like. The most important point is simplicity, whatever
the design it should be simple but create a profound effect on the viewer.
Using the
landscaping standards mentioned above many people are creating eco-friendly
landscapes by making use of eco-friendly vegetable gardens, planting trees that
bear fruits or plants that require less or negligible water. A term – edible
landscaping - has been coined for this type of eco-friendly landscaping. All
the food that grows in this landscape can be used for cooking. The landscape
not only looks good, you get a lot out of it too.
Desert
landscaping is another eco-friendly landscape design. Plants, flowers and trees
that are found in the desert is used in this design. These plants and trees
require very little water but they will add beauty to the design. Instead of
grass, abundant use of sand is used in this design. There are many plants and
trees that are native to the region, incorporating such plants and trees to the
landscape will not only make it beautiful, it will be eco-friendly too.
Hire a
professional landscape design company to look into your landscaping requirements.
Your landscape designer will provide you with a lot of eco-friendly ideas which
are also sustainable in the region.
Author
Bio: James
is a landscape designer with vast experience, to know more please visit http://www.parkslopedesign.net - 1158
26th Street, Suite 295, Santa Monica, CA 90403, Phone: 818.481.0883.
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