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Landscaping Design Trends for 2012 and beyond
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Landscaping Design Trends for 2012 and beyond
Less Lawn & More Planting
As people all over the world become more environmentally aware, it is likely that contemporary
landscaping design will favour less lawn and more planting.
It is a...
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Landscaping Design Trends for 2012 and beyond
Less Lawn & More Planting
As people all over the world become more environmentally aware, it is likely that contemporary
landscaping design will favour less lawn and more planting.
It is a simple fact that a well-manicured
lawn consumes a great deal of energy, both in terms of the gardener working on it, and in the larger
environmental sense! By decreasing the amount of lawn we feature in garden and landscape design, we
can not only reduce fumes from gasoline-powered lawn mowers, but we can also reduce water useage
from irrigating those lawns, and increase the native butterfly and bee populations too.
Less Symmetry & More Natural
In planting trends in landscaping, it is likely people will choose to move closer to nature and away from
the more regimented, formal and symmetrical landscaping architecture.
Once again there are
environmental concerns – more natural planting and design simply uses less energy, in build and in
upkeep, and nativ
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