Landscape Designing

LANDSCAPE DESIGNING FRMT 325 Cr. Hr. 3(1+2)

Lesson 05:Art Elements And Principles Of landscape Design

Characteristics of an ideal landscape composition

• The ideal landscape garden should express some single thought.
• Beauty and utility should be harmoniously combined.
• Area should be divided into parts and plan should be conceived for each area.
• Overall plan should be such that the observer catches the entire effect and purpose of the plan without stopping to analyze its parts.
• The garden and building should merge into each other and there should not be stopping abruptly in front of building.
• The view of garden from the windows and doors should be very attractive.
• Planting around the building, climbers against wall and on the porch, decoration of verandah and rooms with attractive foliage, flowering plants, hanging baskets serve to unify the building with garden.
• Every part of the compound should be planned in such a way that it gives surprising effect to visitor.
• Simplicity of design should be aimed at in the execution of the plan. An ideal landscape should have open space. Overcrowding of plants and objects should be avoided.