TM 5-803-13/AFM 126-8
CHAPTER 2
LANDSCAPE DESIGN GUIDELINES
Section I. Principles of Landscape Design
2-1. Unity. Unity is the most important principle of
primarily of evergreen plants should be used. Where the
good planting design.
view beyond is pleasant, deciduous trees and shrubs may
a. One means of introducing unity into a planting
be used in the screen.
b. A plant or plant mass can be either a focal object
design is to enclose open spaces or frame vistas. Large
open spaces may be visually unified into attractive areas
that provides visual delight or a support element that
for a variety of uses such as athletic fields and parade
helps to reinforce or frame a focal element such as a view,
grounds. Where a view beyond the open area reveals
a piece of sculpture or a building (fig 2-1).
objectionable features in the winter, a screen composed
2-1
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