Elements and Principles The principles are the fundamental concepts of composition—proportion, order, repetition, and unity—that serve as guidelines to arrange or organize the features to create an aesthetically pleasing or beautiful landscape.

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Xeriscaping is the practice of landscaping with slow-growing, drought tolerant plants to conserve water and reduce yard trimmings. From the beginning, a landscape can be designed to reduce the amount of resources needed to maintain it and the amount of waste it produces.

In short, the differences between landscape architecture and landscape design are: Landscape architect needs a degree while landscape designer does not require any certifications. Landscape architect works on more public and larger projects while landscape designer works on residential and smaller projects.