Think Vertically in the Landscape
Introduction: Welcome everyone
- Ian Wagan – Landscape Architect Since 2013 with Chalet since 2009
- Lead Landscape Architect
Why Vertical Elements in the Garden?
- Control Exposure/Views – Climate, Privacy, and Structure
- Placement of trees or structures to control wind/sun exposure
- Placement of elements to screen views from outside/within the property
- Placement of vertical elements to reinforce movement, sightlines, and repetition
Outdoor rooms – Floor, Wall, Ceiling
- Floor: typically paving, groundcover, low plant material
- Ceiling: typically tree canopy or structure
- Walls: typically plants or structures
- Plant material that tends to grow more vertically rather than spreading horizontally
- Fastigiate Trees (Hornbeam, Oak, Maples, Beech)
- Grasses (KF Grass, Maiden Grass, Switchgrass
- Hedging Plants (Arborvitae, Privet, Viburnum dentatum)
- Containers/Wall Gardens
- Vertical Garden Structures/Elements
- Garden Walls/Seat Walls
- Fire Place
- Outdoor Kitchen
- Piers/Pillars
- Pergolas/Arbors
- Fencing/Screen Panels
- Water Feature(s)/Fountains
- Containers
- Lighting
- Structures and Plants to either Focus, Frame, or Screen
- Framing views throughout the garden or Creating Focal Points
- Screening unwanted views without eating into the garden footprint
- Plant material that tends to grow more vertically rather than spreading horizontally
Visual Examples Walkthrough
Plant Material:
- Vegosen (City)
- Ervin
- Larkin/Haramaras
- 1600 Hinman
Structures:
- Krebs
- Vegosen
- Barton
- Lojkovic
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