Sit near a tree in the park, or a wall, and gradually edge away, and you’ll see how it works. Just yesterday, as I was starting the design of a patio that I wanted to separate from an adjacent play area, it gave me instant guidance for how tall a hedge I would need: the area was 17 feet wide, and so my hedge should be at least 6 feet. Probably derived from behavioral psychology studies, this rule came to me from a professor in graduate school, and it was one of the best things I learned. The law of significant enclosure says that we feel enclosed when the vertical edge of a space is at least one-third the length of the horizontal space we’re inhabiting. Yes, this one’s a “law,” not just a rule! It addresses the root meaning of garden, which is “enclosure.” This, to me, is absolutely critical in creating a sense of refuge and of feeling oneself within nature’s embrace. 01: OBEY THE "LAW" OF SIGNIFICANT ENCLOSURE Let’s start with two rules that can kick-start the process of laying out a landscape, then move on to guidelines that help in scaling the proportions of a garden’s elements and, finally, to choosing and using the right plants.
Applied by any gardener, amateur or professional, they will result in a more successful, satisfying design.įree newsletter with garden design tips every Thursday! All have proven invaluable to me over my years of garden-making. However, after 28 years and hundreds of projects later, I’ve come to believe in certain rules and guidelines that are neither fussy nor constraining. It’s tempting, in a field as subjective as garden design, to feel that rules do not apply. Use the Golden Rectangle to get proportions right.Obey the "law" of significant enclosure.
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