We started the day learning about the principles of landscape design. There are 5 principles we discussed then we looked at photographs depicting each principle. The principles are: simplicity, scale, sequence, balance, and focalization. The idea behind simplicity is that the design does not need to be over planned or planted. If you need to plant 50 plants you do not need to plant 50 different types of plants. you can choose 10 plants you like and plant 5 of each plant you like. The idea behind scale is to use plants that will fit into the space that is being designed. Sequence refers to how a person moves--both physically and by visually--through the landscape as well as choosing plants that have variety and sequence of colors during the year. Balance is planting equal amounts of plants on each side of a house or other focal point. The focalization is the idea that every landscape has a focal point and the plants should draw attention to that point not distract from it.
Due to the snow day yesterday, our schedule for the afternoon was completely changed. This afternoon we had an unscheduled class on the introduction to insects and a class about diseases on trees.
Both classes were very basic and covered a lot of information that the teacher kept telling us was not important, but it will make sense to us when we begin using the study guides he posted online.
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