Landscaping (Design) - Buyers Guide

Landscaping Architects Terminology

Accent Plants: Plants that give meaning and emphasis to a landscape through their special design, form, texture or color.

Balance: The relationship between elements in a landscape.

Commercial Grounds: Ground surrounding a business, townhouse, complex or apartment building, maintained by landscape maintenance firms

Concept Lines: Visible or invisible lines that divide spaces in the landscape.

Draft Design: Preliminary design including key plants.

Easement: The right to use another person's land for a given purpose.

Entry Garden: Landscape area near the entry of a building.

Foundation Plantings: Plantings located in beds, surrounding the base of a structure.

Gallons Per Minute (GPM): Refers to the amount of water pressure required for the most effective irrigation system on a land.

Hardscape Elements: Landscape features besides plants.

Imaginary lines: Lines that theoretically separate spaces within a landscape.

Keyplants: Plants placed in highly visible locations.

Landscape: Functional and eye-pleasing outdoor living area with plants, turfs and walks.

Landscape Architect: A licensed professional who plans and designs landscape.

Landscape Designer: Refers to a professional who plans and develops landscapes.

Maintainability: Process of creating an easily maintainable landscape.

Mass Plantings: When several pieces of the same type of plant are used to fill and area.

Scale: The relative size of a part of landscape in relation to another part.

Variety: a mixture of form, texture and color intended to arouse interest while maintaining the landscape's simplicity

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