How to find your design style – Show Notes

What is your design style?

Today’s links: ely.how/episode42

How to find a style for your DIY landscape design

  • Style
  • Function
  • My style

First steps for landscape design ideas

  • What you need
  • what you like

How to find inspiration for your style

  • Pinterest
  • Houzz

Styles for your landscape

  • Formal / Classical / Symmetrical
  • Modern / Angular / Arc & tangent / Geometric
  • Informal / Curvilinear / Naturalistic

How to figure out what you like

  • Do you like:
    • Neat and clean
    • Loose and comfortable
    • Roomy
    • Cozy
    • Iconic
    • Reminiscent
    • Traditional
    • Cultural
  • High maintenance, low maintenance
    • Formal designs – more trimming, edging

Understanding function

  • Playspace
  • Entertainment
  • Decorative
  • Relaxation
  • Food
  • Scenery
  • Wildlife
  • Just space for filler

My landscape design preference

  • Styles
    • Curvilinear, informal, with occasional formality
    • Naturalistic design
    • Environmentally influenced
  • Functions
    • Family entertainment
    • Fun
    • Food
    • Wildlife

Today’s favorite plant

Serviceberry – Amelanchier canadensis

  • Small tree / shrub
  • USDA zone 4-8
  • 25-30ft at maturity
  • Tolerates wide range of soil
  • Moderate moisture
  • White blossoms April – May
  • Fruit June
  • Beautiful orange fall color
  • Susceptible to some apple, rose diseases
  • Protect from deer and rabbits when young