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Garden design is the creation of plans forthelayout and planting of gardens and landscapes. Gardens maybedesigned by garden owners themselves, or byprofessionals.Professional garden designers tend to be trained inprinciples ofdesign and horticulture, and have a knowledge andexperience ofusing plants. Some professional garden designers arealso landscapearchitects, a more formal level of training thatusually requiresan advanced degree and often a state license.

Elements of garden design include the layout of hardlandscape,such as paths, rockeries, walls, water features, sittingareas anddecking, as well as the plants themselves, withconsideration fortheir horticultural requirements, theirseason-to-seasonappearance, lifespan, growth habit, size, speed ofgrowth, andcombinations with other plants and landscapefeatures.Consideration is also given to the maintenance needs ofthe garden,including the time or funds available for regularmaintenance,which can affect the choices of plants regarding speedof growth,spreading or self-seeding of the plants, whether annualorperennial, and bloom-time, and many other characteristics.Gardendesign can be roughly divided into two groups, formalandnaturalistic gardens.

The most important consideration in any garden design is, howthegarden will be used, followed closely by the desiredstylisticgenres, and the way the garden space will connect to thehome orother structures in the surrounding areas. All oftheseconsiderations are subject to the limitations of the budget.Budgetlimitations can be addressed by a simpler garden style withfewerplants and less costly hardscape materials, seeds rather thansodfor lawns, and plants that grow quickly; alternatively,gardenowners may choose to create their garden over time, areabyarea.

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