LANDSCAPE DESIGN

AND INSTALLATION
LESSON 20 – DESIGN PROCESS
DESIGN PROCESS
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Landscape Design Process
 Interview the client
 Analyze site and family activities
 Prepare a base plan
 Develop a functional bubble diagram
 Prepare a preliminary design
 Complete the landscape plan
 Select plant materials
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1. Interview the Client
 Usage – recreation, gardening,
entertainment, hobbies
 Preferences for style
 Preferences for plants
 Budget

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2. Analyze the Site and Family
Activities
 Public area
 Private or outdoor living area

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3. Prepare a Base
Plan

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4. Develop a
Balloon Diagram

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5. Preliminary
Design
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 • Height
• Form
• Purpose
• Type
• Maintenance
• Cultural needs

5. Preliminary
Design
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6. Landscape Plan
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7. Select
Plant
Materials

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8. Select
Plant
Materials

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Exercise:
Redesign
the Front
Yard

Thanks to the Alliance for the

Chesapeake Bay for permission
to use the color drawings
throughout this presentation.
www.AllianceChesBay.org

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Now it’s your turn!
Your Task:

To design a garden and landscape for a local house.

Conditions:
1. Select NATIVE PLANTS to our Location
2. Keep within a modest budget
3. Looks “awesome.”

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What you’ll turn in
A blueprint design on grid paper outlying the
design of your garden.
A list of all the plants you intend to use.
A line item budget (all the things that cost
money and how much) with a grand total of
the project.
A brief description of the project explaining
why you chose to do what you did.

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