What is a Design Program?
A design program is a written document that will help homeowners get a handle on their needs and wants as pertaining to their unique site. If homeowners look at garden design as a puzzle, then the elements, requirements, spatial definitions and materials used are the pieces that, put together correctly, make up the puzzle’s solution. Garden Planning and the Design Program Garden design and landscape planning brings together the homeowners’ design program with the realities of their property and works best in conjunction with a site analysis. Drawn to scale on a base map of the property, a site analysis is a study of the problems and potential of the homeowners’ property. Combining the results of the site analysis with the homeowners’ design program is the first step in the landscape design process. This synthesis leaves homeowners with a clear understanding of the elements that should go into their garden. How to Create a Garden Design Program The design program is a useful tool, wheth
