The principles of landscape design can be guidelines that landscape designers use to create appealing and aesthetic landscapes. The landscape design principles are proportion, scale, order, repetition and unity.
- Proportion – Proportion refers to the size of an object in relation to other objects in the landscape such as patios, walkway, driveway, outdoor kitchens and lighting. . It’s important to think about proportion between plants and hardscapes.
- Order – Order refers to the organization and balance in a landscape. Order can be achieved in your yard by using the more formal symmetrical balance or the informal asymmetrical balance.
- Repetition – The aim of repetition is to create predictable and familiar patterns and sequences in the landscape. Landscape design elements or specific features can be repeated throughout the space.
- Unity – In landscape design, unity refers to the perceived sense that everything is connected seamlessly and complements each other to create the whole. Using a landscape design theme or style will help you obtain unity in your yard.