Design

One-of-a-Kind Outdoor Landscape Living Space

Landscape design plans are critical to any beautiful outdoor area. These detailed diagrams contain all the information needed to construct and install the landscape of your dreams, including scaled representation of everything within your property. Your design plan will illustrate the size of your property, as well as any special terrain features, and will display existing structures, existing hardscape designs, and plants and trees that will remain in your outdoor space.

Creating Customized Design Plans

Some homeowners use special software programs to help produce an accurate, detailed landscape design plan, while others attempt to draw the plans by hand based on a plot map. There are a number of free design plans that can aid in the process as well, but the best way to get a professional and precise plan is to hire the services of a professional designer.

There are many unique features within a complete landscape design to consider. Specialized designs, like lighting or irrigation, are generally illustrated on a separate sheet within the overall plan. Planting layout patterns, hardscapes, and even swimming pool designs each will have their own sheet within the complete set of prints for the whole design plan. A well design plan set may include just one or two sheets or several sheets showing all the various design types depending on what your landscape design requirements call for.

Landscape Design Plan Types

• Plot plans are the foundation designs for your lawn. In order to ensure accuracy, surveyors develop, these topography charts. These are extremely exact plot plans that map out the existing framework and land aspects on your property, including:
  • Precise property lines, adjacent trails, walkways and roads, driveways and sidewalks, building walls and fences.
  • Existing buildings, sheds structures for storage, house walls, and other structures that may impede with your design.
  • Native elements like hills, slopes, drainage system, natural and man-made water structures.
• Conceptual design plans are part of the master plans that encompass everything together into a single blueprint. Another name may be a site plan, which is generally drawn in an AutoCAD format or it may be sketched by hand. This is frequently used as a reference by contractors to create an installation estimate.
• Elevation plans are generally included into other types of landscape design plans to show more detail on vertical characteristics. Structures like fireplaces, pergolas and gazebos, wall details, and number of floors can be seen more distinctively to ensure a more precise installation.
• Hardscape plans are usually found as part of the conceptual plan but can be illustrated in a separate sheet design plan also. These plans are necessary to show detailed and precise measurement installations on other structural landscaping structures. The appropriate material quality, colors, shades and material types are included on the plan also.
• Plans for planting layouts are highly detailed with instructions for installation of the vegetation type and maturity level within the landscape design style you chose. The use of commonly accepted symbols, an exhaustive legend, the precise location of each plant is shown and the types of planting materials per your requirements would be clearly shown. Planting plans would include hedges, shrubbery, flower beds, plants, trees and any other vegetation type in your outdoor landscape.
• Irrigation plans may not be part of every landscape design; however, they are commonly included into an existing outdoor design layout. These plans include the layout of piping for irrigation and the placement location for sprinkler heads, helpful illustrations may be shown, and details drawings of the necessary parts and equipment required for installation.
• Drainage plans are a must for every comprehensive landscape design to eliminate excess water after rainfall. These plans would include a top view and an elevation view to show all the necessary details, which contain measurements on the precise grade and slope needed as well as the information on the best materials.
• Lighting plans are arbitrary but are generally included in most high-end outdoor comprehensive designs. Illustrations and plot diagrams provide details of the lighting fixtures types as well as their position sequence throughout the lawn. Wiring, connections and splice installation instructions are included. Special lighting installation techniques may also be added.

There are various different elements involved in creating a gorgeous outdoor space plan that complements your taste with your home style while at the same time reflects your own unique personality. Every landscape design plan starts with an accurate conceptual plan based on your requirement scope. A plot plan would be drawn next, which may include virtually any outdoor element you can dream of. Rich Landscape contractors can provide you with professionally made landscape design plans and high-quality installations in a convenient second to none way to provide you the results you imagine for your outdoor living space.