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Interaction between elements
- Balance & symmetry
- Directing attention & Feng Shui
- Similarity
- Contrast
- Progression and flow
- Repetition and rhythm
- Definition
- Grouping
- Framing
- mulch or other understory
- companion plants
- borders on beds
- lawn
- Composition (how it all hangs together)
Infrastructure
- Shape of buildings
- Countour of land
- Paths, stairs, walls, roofs
- trees & shrubbery
- Water: ponds, pools & fountains
- Supports: arbors, fences, trellises...
- Containers
- Maintenance access
Beds and borders
- purpose determines structure
- layout (may take research)
- attraction (what do you want?)
- suitability
- compatibility
- completeness
- niches
- ground cover
- foreground
- middle
- background
- accent
Single Plants
- Architechtural elements in the design
- Specimen / accent plants
Furniture & statuary
Maintenance
- Deadheading, trimming and pruning
- Mulch and weeding
- Compost
- Fertilizer
- Chemicals
- Irrigation
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