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Designing the natural landscape

— Austin, Richard L - Nama Orang;

Because of the complexities of the natural landscape, it is important for a designer to fully understand the com- munities of plant materials that may exist on any pro- posed project site. Any preplanning effort that involves the analysis and inventory of a resource base should be first supplemented by an investigation of plant ecological regions. Only with this broader understanding will it be possible to gain an adequate interpretation of the local plant communities. The dynamic relationship between the various vegeta- tive systems found on a project site, or those that might be introduced in the design, are governed by a number of ecological factors: climate, physiography, and soil. In order to focus specific attention upon the individual species used in the project, a careful review of these ecological factors is important. For it is these factors, more than anything else, that will determine the geo- graphic range and possible design functions of a natural vegetative community.

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