Fostering community through innovative landscape design

The design process begins by determining the needs and desires of the user and the conditions of the site. With this information, the designer has organized the planting scheme and hardscape materials, which are collectively referred to as the features. The features can be physically described by the visual qualities of line, form, color, texture, and visual weight—the elements of design. The principles are the fundamental concepts of composition—proportion, order, repetition, and unity—that serve as guidelines to arrange or organize the features to create an aesthetically pleasing or beautiful landscape.