Now when I say perfect, I mean for you! The perfect landscape is the perfect balance between ecological, human and visual balance and that is exactly what I want to share with you. Between setting your goals and assessing the suitability of your site for what you want to do, you will not want to skip a step!
#1: Set your goals for the space
Think about the following points:
- How many people will use the space?
- What practical functions must the space serve?
- Do you have animals, if so… how will they behave in the space?
- How much time do you have to maintain the space per week/month?
- How much could you roughly budget for the project?
#2 Assess your site
There is nothing more frustrating than investing time, energy and resources into a project only to find out that you didn’t understand your site properly and that your design has failed.
To avoid dissapointment:
- Track your sun
- Test your soil
- Take note of the services
- Track wildlife that passess
- Understand your climate
#3 Design from pattern to detail
Start with the bigger picture for your design, track where you walk NATURALLY and draw in pathways from there. From there you can combine the data you collected previously to choose other elements such as garden, entertaining and structural elements.
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