To shape outdoor ground through planting and purposeful design.
Reach for it when describing practical changes that make an exterior space more useful, healthy, or attractive
Residents will landscape the vacant lot with fruit trees and shaded seating.
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| warm | |
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everyday
garden
Fits when cultivating plants is the main activity
Careful Garden centers on plant care and may involve no overall design of the site.
everyday
plant
Fits when placing trees or other vegetation is the concrete action
Careful Plant names one step and omits paths, grading, drainage, and layout.
warm
Fits when improving visual appeal is the stated aim
Careful Beautify ignores function and ecology when those drive the project.
professional
design
Fits when the arrangement is being planned before work begins
Careful Design can stop on paper, while landscape usually includes changing the ground.
professional
lay out
Fits when positions and routes are organized across a site
Careful Laying out a space does not entail planting or maintaining it.
formal
xeriscape
Fits when a dry-climate design minimizes water demand
Careful Xeriscape is a specific conservation method, not a general synonym.
landscape a garden
The class will landscape a garden for patients and visiting families.
landscape the grounds
Local apprentices helped landscape the grounds around the new library.
professionally landscape
The grant will professionally landscape the flood-prone entrance.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated
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