1 / 7

Natural landscaping

Natural landscaping. Advantages of natural landscaping:. Natural landscaping involves the use of native plants to approximate a natural community. Reduces time and expense of mowing. Reduces need for watering. Reduces need for fertilizers and pesticides. Provides habitat for wildlife.

manon
Download Presentation

Natural landscaping

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Natural landscaping • Advantages of natural landscaping: • Natural landscaping involves the use of native plants to approximate a natural community • Reduces time and expense of mowing • Reduces need for watering • Reduces need for fertilizers and pesticides • Provides habitat for wildlife • Native plants are those naturally growing in the region; well-adapted to local climate • Natural landscaping allows plants to grow and reproduce with minimal interference

  2. Natural landscaping • Natural landscapes

  3. Natural landscaping • No-mow • Reduces time and expense of mowing • Methods of ‘naturalizing’: • May get many non-native species such as Japanese honeysuckle (escaped from cultivation) • Takes a long time to approach natural community • Planting • Planting species to simulate a natural community • Plants selected based on suitability (to climatic conditions and each other) and then for color, form and texture • Based on model communities

  4. Natural landscaping • Site analysis • Construct plan view; identify structures, utility lines, pavement, contours of land • Stages of planning • ‘Habitat’ data such as soil type, soil moisture, exposure to sun or wind, current vegetation

  5. Natural landscaping • functional use • Divide area in functional units such as recreation, utility, plantings • Stages of planning • Habitat often dictates possible functional uses

  6. Natural landscaping • Aesthetics • Consider color, line and texture of plants throughout seasons • Stages of planning • Planting should look natural; avoid straight lines and plant species in natural distributions (usually clumped) • Incorporate meandering pathways to allow access to planting

  7. Natural landscaping • Obtaining plants • Plants should be from local population sources whenever possible (better adapted to site) • Stages of planning • Propagate from seeds or purchase from local nursery; avoid removing plants from natural communities • Natural landscapes may take several years to establish; start small and add over years

More Related