ELM: Landscaping Principals
A well-designed landscape is a pleasure to the family, enhances a community and adds to the property's resale value. Landscape design involves much more than placing trees, shrubs and other plants on the property. It is an art which deals with conscious arrangement or organization of outdoor space for human satisfaction and enjoyment. Some of its major goals include:

* Organizing and developing the site.
* Creating a visual relationship between the house and the site.
* Reducing landscape maintenance to a practical level.