Garden design is the art and process of designing and creating plans for layout and planting of gardens and landscapes. Garden design may be done by the garden owner themselves, or by professionals of varying levels of experience and expertise. Most professional garden designers have some training in horticulture and the principles of design, and some are also landscape architects, a more formal level of training that usually requires an advanced degree and often a state lice

The Rule of Odd Numbers A basic rule of thumb in landscape design is to work with odd numbers when trying to create a naturalistic appearance, as opposed to using even numbers which look formal, symmetrical, and regimented. Plant in groups of three, five, seven, or nine as opposed to two, four, six or eight. This is because even numbers are subconsciously divided into equal halves by the mind to reinforce a man-made, orderly aesthetic. Odd numbers cannot be subconsciously