Learn landscaping step by step including planning , planting and building
Coming from someone who has just begun working for a landscape design firm (I am still interning myself, but will soon make the transition from intern to designer), I would say there are a few things that are essential:
1. Get connected with a landscape design firm. Preferably, one that shares your values. For example, I recently began work with a small company doing landscape design from a permaculture perspective, focusing on edible and regenerative systems. I would say it's almost a requirement to at least be in contact with trustworthy people who you can ask questions to and bounce ideas off of.
2. Get your hands on some good books. As I'm getting into the world of permaculture, this meant finding (sometimes outright purchasing) copies of seminal permaculture works: Permaculture: A Designer's Manual by Bill Mollison, Edible Forest Gardens by Dave Jacke, etc. Make a disciplined study of some of these up front, and you'll be amazed how far that knowledge will take you.
3. Start landscape designing! Even if it's your parents' back yard, just DO it. (In fact, it may be ideal to begin with your parents' back yard, or equivalent low-pressure, high-margin-for-error setting). You will make plenty of mistakes, and will have to keep going back to the (literal and figurative) drawing board. This is the process! And it's exhilarating, frustrating, rewarding, tough - all the things a worthwhile pursuit should be.
4. Keep a notebook. Drawings, sketches, illustrations, notes on plants, notes on lessons learned, photographs, videos: it's ALL helpful. Much of the design process is the process itself. Make sure you are keeping tabs on what you are doing, learning, questioning, thinking, correcting.
FAQS :
How do I learn landscape design?
What are the five basic landscaping design principles?
How do I professionally landscape my yard?
How do I landscape like a professional?
Coming from someone who has just begun working for a landscape design firm (I am still interning myself, but will soon make the transition from intern to designer), I would say there are a few things that are essential:
1. Get connected with a landscape design firm. Preferably, one that shares your values. For example, I recently began work with a small company doing landscape design from a permaculture perspective, focusing on edible and regenerative systems. I would say it's almost a requirement to at least be in contact with trustworthy people who you can ask questions to and bounce ideas off of.
2. Get your hands on some good books. As I'm getting into the world of permaculture, this meant finding (sometimes outright purchasing) copies of seminal permaculture works: Permaculture: A Designer's Manual by Bill Mollison, Edible Forest Gardens by Dave Jacke, etc. Make a disciplined study of some of these up front, and you'll be amazed how far that knowledge will take you.
3. Start landscape designing! Even if it's your parents' back yard, just DO it. (In fact, it may be ideal to begin with your parents' back yard, or equivalent low-pressure, high-margin-for-error setting). You will make plenty of mistakes, and will have to keep going back to the (literal and figurative) drawing board. This is the process! And it's exhilarating, frustrating, rewarding, tough - all the things a worthwhile pursuit should be.
4. Keep a notebook. Drawings, sketches, illustrations, notes on plants, notes on lessons learned, photographs, videos: it's ALL helpful. Much of the design process is the process itself. Make sure you are keeping tabs on what you are doing, learning, questioning, thinking, correcting.
FAQS :
How do I learn landscape design?
What are the five basic landscaping design principles?
How do I professionally landscape my yard?
How do I landscape like a professional?
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