Landscape design styles
Landscape design is the art of landscaping the site. The main task of landscape design is the correct arrangement of plants, lawns, ponds and other elements.
There are several types of site decoration that must match the architectural style of the house. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the characteristics of the site.
Landscape design styles
During the period of installation of landscape design, various directions for its implementation arose. Each country had its own view for landscaping. Thus, landscape design styles appeared.
There are 19 main styles in landscape design. But some designers recognize only two basic, basic ones, according to which the future image of the territory is formed – these are the so-called formal (regular) and landscape (landscape) styles.
The formal or regular style of garden design is based on compliance with the rules of symmetry. This style determines the observance of the same distance between plants of each species, the creation of clear geometric shapes when placing bushes and trees. In territories made in a regular style, the straightness of rows, plantings and paths is clearly visible.
The landscape or landscape style of the garden, on the contrary, involves the free layout and placement of plants close to that which is characteristic of wildlife. In the territories decorated according to the rules of landscape style, there is a lack of symmetry, straight lines and strict geometric shapes (rectangles, squares, etc.).
Adding elements of a particular country to the landscape style, we get a new style: French, English, Japanese…
Even if you grow vegetables on your site, one way or another, you need to carefully plan the beds, and take into account the needs of vegetables , as well as the height of the crops so that they do not shade each other, and, for convenience, the correct location of the paths between the beds and flower beds. With careful and competent planning of the garden, you can already be called a designer.
To decide in what style to make your garden so that it is harmoniously combined into a single aesthetic space, you need to be guided by two main criteria:
• his individuality, a clear understanding of his style.
• relief, configuration of the site, its details, buildings, features and characteristics.
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