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Garden Planning and Landscape Design Involving the landscaping designer in the process Garden Planning Resource Network The Garden Resource Network The resources available for Garden Planning Pages Basic Garden Planning Garden Planning and Landscape Design There must be a shrub-enclosed little lawn with a generous shade tree and a lounging chair in Garden Garden Planning and Landscape Design Having a landscape problem on hands and knowing nothing of the canons of design or the rules of composition, still wants a pleasing, workable environment for his home Garden Planning and Landscape Design Only in this way can the proper relationship between house and grounds, indoors and out of doors, be established Garden Planning and Landscape Design Extensive grading operations are undertaken, concrete walks are laid, light, telephone, and water mains are installed, and a few showy, but usually inappropriate, shrubs and trees are planted to impress prospective buyers Garden Planning and Landscape Design Develop what you need and can afford to take care of, and leave the rest in woodland or meadow Garden Planning and Landscape Design Let natural ground cover occupy as much of the lot as you don't need to use or can't conveniently take care of Garden Planning and Landscape Design A stream, lake, rocky ravine, or cliff adds charm which can be advantageously used in working out the general scheme of development Garden Planning and Landscape Design The factors which determine this location are topography, accessibility from the street, style of house to be built, exposures the various rooms must have, views, and, most emphatically, the way in which it is proposed to lay out the area around the house Garden Planning and Landscape Design If you are fortunate enough to own a hill do not place the house on the very top, but just below the top Garden Planning and Landscape Design Be able to go from the indoor living rooms to the terraces and gardens without hindrance Garden Planning and Landscape Design There is difference of opinion as to the amount of space to be left in front of the house Garden Planning and Landscape Design Even though a house is badly placed there can be a garden somewhere on the property if ingenuity is exercised Garden Planning and Landscape Design There is always a public or foreground area, a service area, and a private area occupied by lawns, play space, and gardens Garden Planning and Landscape Design It is located on a minor road in a semi-wooded development on the north shore of Long Island Garden Planning and Landscape Design A shrub border reinforced by the court wall and broken by the introduction of a few small trees Garden Planning and Landscape Design Such a plan is typical in its fundamental arrangement of the small American suburban or country home of one or two acres Garden Planning and Landscape Design A landscape plan can as easily be simple as elaborate Pages Grading Lawn Making Garden Planning and Landscape Design The grading operation is usually tacked onto the general house contract with the idea, perhaps, that the builder will take it on at no added cost for the sake of getting the job of building the house Garden Planning and Landscape Design To do a proper job of grading one must know what is going to be done with the land afterward Garden Planning and Landscape Design Next strip the topsoil from all areas where there will have to be a cut or a fill more than the depth of topsoil that particular area is to have Garden Planning and Landscape Design A terrace with a sloping bank or retaining wall is often a great asset to the appearance of the house Garden Planning and Landscape Design Drain lines and catch basins provided for areas which necessarily may be so graded that water cannot run off Garden Planning and Landscape Design All other pipe lines should be installed at this time also, to avoid digging up the lawn later Garden Planning and Landscape Design As the soil is spread, sticks, stones, roots, and other foreign matter are removed Garden Planning and Landscape Design Lawn grasses are shallow rooted and feed near the surface Garden Planning and Landscape Design All sorts of seed and mixtures of seed are on the market, all guaranteed to make a lawn like velvet Garden Planning and Landscape Design For meadows and rough places the coarser grasses, such as Kentucky Blue, Canada Blue, Italian Rye, or even Timothy and Orchard grass can be used Garden Planning and Landscape Design When the grass is about 3 inches high it should be cut, with the blade of the machine set high so as not to take off too much Garden Planning and Landscape Design At this time grass germinates quickly and easily, there is usually enough rain, and weed seeds do not seem to grow so quickly Garden Planning and Landscape Design The quantity of seed to use is somewhat of a problem, but it is wise to be generous Garden Planning and Landscape Design Besides the usual lawn grasses and pasture grasses there are others which fill certain special needs Pages Garden Circulatory System Garden Planning and Landscape Design This garden circulatory system, embracing drives, paths, open terraces, and the like, is really the structure on which the design is hung Garden Planning and Landscape Design Where the drive enters the property from the street it should always be widened to allow for easy turning in Garden Planning and Landscape Design The house may be set in such a way that the drive can arrive at the main door and still not cross between the lawn and the house Garden Planning and Landscape Design When the garage, or service, is so located that a car must turn back after stopping at the front door in order to reach it Garden Planning and Landscape Design The great weight they must support and the wear from tires necessitate heavier construction Garden Planning and Landscape Design There is a recently devised process for doing this which is highly recommended by the originators Garden Planning and Landscape Design The matter of road drainage is a most important one, and yet it is often slighted or overlooked Garden Planning and Landscape Design It is often possible to do away with a front walk across the lawn to the street Garden Planning and Landscape Design Gravel and bluestone paths are easy to make Garden Planning and Landscape Design Fill the joints with sand that has been screened through a quarter-inch screen Garden Planning and Landscape Design Paved areas in or near the garden must be handled with care if the original garden scheme is not to be harmed © 2005 Garden-Planning.us

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