Garden Design Plans

The best garden design plans can be developed with the assistance of a professional landscaping contractor who has formal training in botany and landscape design. Gardens are vital components to every landscape. They contribute much more than color and greenery to your property. When designed under the global view of a landscaping master plan, gardens will accomplish a number of things for your property that will increase its sense of dimension and vitality.

One of the things that set apart Exterior Worlds is our emphasis on creating garden design plans that directly reflect the architecture of the home. We have found that this is often a much neglected ingredient of garden design. When people look at your yard for the first time, they view the entire property as a unity. First, they notice the home as the largest and tallest structure on the lot. The mind quickly takes in any architectural structural characteristics and unconsciously expects to see certain themes repeated as the eye descends into the surrounding greenery. A garden that is designed around the same basic geometric patterns and linear movements of a home itself will create a much better sense of harmony and unity throughout the landscape.

Gardens are also key contributors to a sense of life and growth throughout the landscape. Outdoor areas must be segregated for specific purposes, and outdoor structures like swimming pools, patios, play areas, sports courts, outdoor kitchens, and patio seating areas have to be constructed by experienced specialists. Such structures are often very complex and lack any semblance of life in and of themselves. This is where a professionally developed garden design can play such a crucial role in the aesthetic of your property. It will add a feeling of vibrant color, warmth, and growth to any exterior structure and make outdoor décor appear more multi-dimensional.

Garden design plans can also be used to establish motion and progression throughout the landscape. We often plant gardens near motor courts and front walkways that run parallel to concrete and brick work. Plant material can be chosen whose natural growth patterns assist in moving the eye along the chosen pathway. Traditional French and Italian gardens are two good examples of garden designs whose forms connote a symmetry and linear progression that is very useful to this purpose. Other garden designs, such as the parterre garden, are actually planted around pathways that are intended for people to stroll through.

On the other hand, you may want to depart from motion and establish a quiet space where peace of mind replaces linear progression. If such is the case, consider a Japanese garden, traditional Zen garden, and or a morning gardens for a private mediation or reading area. Such a design plan can be developed in any yard that creates a separate, private space for an individual or a couple to disconnect from the stress of the surrounding world and quietly enjoy time alone. If you want a garden like this we strongly recommend you hire an expert to design it, because something intended as an ideal environment will need to be carefully planned and cultivated with the very best plant materials and soil nutrients to ensure a lasting and satisfactory outcome.

If you are interested in landscape design services, Exterior Worlds has been providing the high-end garden design services discussed above for the Houston and the surrounding areas including the Memorial Villages (Piney Point Village, Bunker Hill Village, Hunter Creek Village), Tanglewood, River Oaks, West University and the greater Houston (Hou), area since 1987.