Landscape Software - Free Landscaping Designs
About Free Landscaping Designs
Introduction
Your home’s landscaping design has a great impact on the overall look of your property. A stylish landscape adds beauty to your home and increases its resale value. You may be bored of looking at the same old landscape, or you feel you’d like to make more use out of it. Whatever the case, if you’re unhappy with your current landscape design, then now’s the time for a makeover.
| The best place to start is by looking at free landscaping designs on the internet, or in catalogues and magazines. Whether you are experienced in landscaping, or it’s your first project, free landscaping designs make a great reference to gather ideas for your new landscape and give you an inspirational push. Free landscaping designs are available for landscapes of different sizes and functions. There are so many free landscaping designs online that you’re bound to find the right landscaping design that’s unique, functional, and attractive. |
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Absolutely Free of Charge
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The greatest benefit is that a free landscaping design will cost you nothing. Think of all the money you will save as opposed to hiring a professional landscaping designer. A free landscaping design means that already half the project is done, without having to dig into your pocket and without the extra time needed for a professional to come up with the landscaping design. |
Free landscape design software programs are also available. One program of this sort is called Smartdraw. Such programs are intended to supply you with all sorts of information related to landscaping designs including methodology, shapes, styles and plants. They even allow you to design your own landscape from scratch.
Different Landscaping Designs
| The complexity of your landscaping design depends mostly on the size of your yard and the style you’re looking for. It can be a simple idea that will accentuate your house, a slightly complicated pool design, or a theme landscape like Zen, Oriental, classic…etc. Some of the free landscaping designs you will find online include small square garden, odd shaped shady garden, swimming pool garden, rustic old style landscape, circular drive design, Mediterranean garden design, or Santa Fe xeriscape design for a sloped lot. |
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For those do-it-yourselfers, here’s just one example of a free landscaping design that can be found on the internet: small garden landscaping design. The purpose here is to embellish the home and to create a peaceful sitting area even if the landscape is not too big.
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To make the area look bigger, landscapers use curves. Curves somehow give the illusion of expanded space. They’re very simple to plan and draw just by using bent parallel lines. As shown in the design, there are three planting areas using groups of Blue Salvia (purple). The rest of the design is randomly planted with differing numbers of plants. The coreopsis plants (yellow) are a minor addition but they do a great job accentuating the purple. The landscape area is screened from the road with Youpon Holly plants. Of course, if these plants don’t suit you, you may be able to find others with the same look to fit into the landscape design. |
| The different textures used in this free landscaping design are also appealing. There is a combination of pea gravel on the pathway, brick from the patio and natural stone from the pond, while the rest of the area is covered with contrasting crushed rocks. The finished real life design is showed in the picture. |
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