Last time we discussed unity. Now that we have become unified, we need to balance so stand on one foot and hold your breath as we discuss how a balanced life is a healthy life in all aspects. Balance is the distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, texture, and space. If the design […]
Last winter was particularly hard our on local trees. It got really warm in February and many trees began to come out of hibernation filling their tissue with sap. Then, it got very, very cold again and all that soft tissue and new sap froze and was killed. If you’re like most folks, this didn’t […]
When most people hear scale their mind drifts to the thing on the floor of their bathroom. Most of us have a love-hate relationship with this device so I will just say now the bathroom scale has nothing to do with the scale I am talking about today. Scale in design is the relationship of […]
For many, this is the most exciting part of the design yet but it can also be the most daunting. Generally, simple is better in design so, let’s try to simplify the often-confusing world of color theory. Colors can be divided into 4 categories; primary, secondary, tertiary and neutral. They are further divided into warm […]
As we begin looking at what makes a good design, we will discuss its main elements: line, shape, size, direction, texture, and color. Here, we’ll discuss Line When we think of line in the landscape it is generally thought of as the separation or edge between materials. Think of edging or sod line, bed line, […]
Design is Human Nature I have been asked this question many times through the years and I generally answer because “life is design”. What I mean by that is every day we design and interact with designed things. We design our days based on the tasks we need to get done and we design our […]
So it’s March and the snow has melted, the weather is turning, and spring is in the air. Well, maybe it happened in January this year but usually we see this change in the weather in March. For most people their lawns are looking sleepy, like most of us look in the morning, a little […]