How does color, texture and form affect garden design?

How does color, texture and form affect garden design?

You can either do it well or you can do it very poorly. Color, texture and form is everything in the garden, and the right scale and proportion of those are important. Many people err on the side of having too many fine textures because there's a lot of plants that are available in a fine texture. One thing to remember when you're putting a garden together is to make sure that you include a lot of bold textures to balance those fine textures. When we look at form, people err on the side of using a lot of what we call the "the Roundy moundy's". They are safe, round blob forms where we want to increase the eyes drive to the vertical space. Incorporate vertical forms as well. When we look at color, color is such a huge part of design and it will affect the mood and the action that occurs in a garden.