Hard materials in an otherwise soft green landscape tend to be focal points. This naturally includes statues, furniture, yard art and bird baths. Any contrasting change of texture attracts the eye.

Many landscapes are lovely in your neighborhood, but there is one that stands above the rest. Everything seems just right as you move through the space. A beckoning bench appears just where you'd ...

To properly highlight your landscape, you must add some points of interest. That special element, whose aesthetic qualities are undeniable, will attract the eye of the viewer and catch their attention ...

In my professional opinion there are five basic design principles that all successful landscapes truly need: repetition, scale, dominance, balance and unity. Last week, we covered scale. Now, we will ...