You were never engaged in landscaping, but have decided to make the site beautiful and unusual? Never mind! There are several councils, adhering to which, you will be able to carry out the idea.
1. Think of the requirements and desires. Where will children play? What are you going to grow up besides flowers? Where will the family gather? Make the approximate sketch of own site, it will be good start for the general planning of design. Do not try to make master plan, just the ideas.
You can play with these ideas as it will be pleasant to you, on it a lot of time will not be required, but it will yield result.
2. When planning consider factor of the sun and wind. Everything has to be not only it is beautiful, but also is comfortable. Your project of design has to be based on how the sun behaves in various time of day at least.
3. In case you have got the site recently, spend the defined time there, and only then start landscape works. Remember that all your ideas have to function normally not one season.
4. Start at first not really difficult tasks. In many shows and magazines it is possible to see amazing models of landscaping, but professionals and and team work there. You besides the design have to derive pleasure, enjoying process, and everything will turn out. Begin, for example, about small beds. Work when you have time and do not undertake everything at once. It is quite possible to do everything step by step, small pieces. Otherwise you elementary fuse, will be tired, and the result will not please any more.
5. Each faultless design of the site possesses series of the composition centers, and this rule needs to be considered in landscaping, that who only begins to be engaged in it. It can quite be the sculptural etude or amazing plant, tree or ensemble from bushes. The main thing, this central object has to attract attention.
6. Concentrate on visualization. It is one of difficult points in design for beginners, however, it will give the chance to exclude numerous mistakes. Objects and objects on the site have to differ on dimension, form and color. Monophonic compositions will well add some objects from other conceptual decision. Be not afraid to experiment even with what you will repeat. In issue of landscaping it is not necessary to be the conservative, be open for the new ideas, be adjusted positively and everything at you will turn out.