Title: Design the site for function and aesthetics.
Course: Landscaping I (18054-I) > Section: Designing the Landscape

Design could include

- demonstrating the use of line, form, texture, and color
- demonstrating the principles of design (e.g., unity, repetition, balance, emphasis, scale)
- developing bubble plans to identify specific landscape use areas, laying out a public area by
- designing walkways
- designing driveways and parking areas
- investigating turning radius and parking area, laying out patterns and dimensions
- identifying paving materials
- framing the house with trees
- designing shrub, laying out patterns
- styling open lawn area
- fashioning an outdoor living area by
- identifying design elements (e.g., enclosures, surfaced areas, plantings, garden accessories)
- planning a hedge
- designing high-interest plantings
- designing fences
- designing stone and brick walls
- designing water features and gardens
- developing a service area
- incorporating elements of sustainability into the landscape design
- using the principles of art to make the functional landscape aesthetically pleasing.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How can specific outdoor areas be developed to enhance residential properties?
- How can function and aesthetics dovetail in an architectural design?
- What are the techniques for making a functional landscape aesthetically pleasing?
- What principles and techniques are used in landscape design?