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Songs of the Garden. You can hear samples of the album from the website www.songsofthegarden.com
Design Elements
with Landscape Designer Louise McDaid
Last week, a new series was started
on colour in garden design.
Colour theory and a range of
different ways to use the colours were explained through using the colour
wheel.
Main
colour schemes used in gardens are complementary, split complementary,
triadic/contrasting, harmonious and monochromatic.But colour is a fickle thing, and many factors affect the appearance of
the colour of your plants. Because this program goes Australia, you can imagine
how the different light levels will affect colour in people’s gardens from
Ballina in NSW to Kingston in South Australia.
Colour is affected by a number of factors such as (i) light-we need to consider the light levels in our gardens. (ii)distance-how far away is the garden from where you're looking at it?
For the best tips, listen to Louise
explain how you can overcome the colour dilemma.
As Louise mentioned, there are some guidelines to using colour:
Receding colours – fade away or black out – cool colours such
as blues, deep greens – they look further away – also grey, black (good for
fences or other items you want to ‘disappear’ in the garden)
Luminous colours – appear closer – warm colours yellow,
orange, red – they also lead the eye through a garden.
Colour
changes should be graduated or sequenced to keep continuity.
Colour
and textures are related – delicate pastel colours have a fine textural
appearance, while bright colours appear
coarser.If you have any questions about this
week’s Design Elements, send it our email address, or just post it.
