BETTER GARDEN DESIGN Fundamentals
Garden Magic is the creator of the BETTER GARDEN DESIGNTM methodology and uses this improved approach on its landscape planning and garden design projects. BETTER GARDEN DESIGNTM focuses on the most important concepts and factors, resulting in outstanding creations – gardens unmatched by landscapers or those developed using classical design methods.
Better results are not achieved by adding complexity, but rather concentrating on design fundamentals, plus some ingenious enhancements on traditional methods. Applying BETTER GARDEN DESIGNTM unleashes the magic of an average garden, turning it into an extraordinary one.
Notice some fundamentals are as much about making and keeping a garden as they do about planning and designing one. That’s because garden design and gardening are so interrelated. There is little reason to develop a great garden design if the plants will not survive or if they will be allowed to become overgrown.
Design Fundamentals
- Appearance matters
- Select an overall theme/style
- Identify normal viewing points
- Work with a plan
- All gardens need some order
- Choose plants suitable for site conditions
- Embrace natural attributes
- Use an assortment of forms, colors, textures, and heights
- Focus on intermingled repeats, spacing, and proportion
- Design for all four seasons
- Plant for today, but consider tomorrow
- Plant correctly and with care
- Avoid plants with invasive tendencies
- Gardens take time to establish
- All gardens require maintenance
