Design fundamentals: proportion, scale, unity, rhythm and focal points
The principles that make a garden feel resolved rather than assembled. They are learnable, they are testable against a drawing, and they are why professional gardens look calm and amateur ones look busy.
⏱ 60 minFoundationNot written yet
Not planted yet — but the plan for it is final
The practical task and the checklist below are exactly what this lesson will teach. What is missing is the written explanation and the curated links, each one fetched and verified before it ships.
In the meantime the checklist is genuinely usable on its own. Take it outside.
Checklist
- Define each principle and find an example of it in a garden you like
- Identify what is visually wrong with three gardens near you
- Test your favourite reference images against the principles