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Leesester: /* Plant Placement - Arranging your Garden */

2013-12-12T13:46:06Z

‎Plant Placement - Arranging your Garden

Leesester: /* Particular Styles - Themed Gardens! */

2013-12-12T13:44:17Z

‎Particular Styles - Themed Gardens!

Leesester: /* Plant Placement - Arranging your Garden */

2013-12-12T13:43:56Z

‎Plant Placement - Arranging your Garden

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‎Plant Placement - Arranging your Garden

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‎Plant Placement - Arranging your Garden

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‎Plant Placement - Arranging your Garden

Qbuilderz: /* Construction - Gazebos, Decks, and Patios */

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‎Construction - Gazebos, Decks, and Patios

Whiterider: /* Terrain Painting - Where to put Dirt */

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‎Terrain Painting - Where to put Dirt

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‎Ponds - Adding in Water Features

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 * This style is all about balance and being minimalistic. A traditional Asian style takes patience and care to do well.  Find some good pictures online for inspiration.
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	* Make sure not to block windows and doors with your landscaping.		* Make sure not to block windows and doors with your landscaping.
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−	~~=Particular Styles - Themed Gardens!=~~
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−	~~! Style~~
−	~~! What it Includes~~
−	~~! Picture~~
−	~~! Style~~
−	~~! What it Includes~~
−	~~! Picture~~
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−	~~\| class="shaded" \| '''Japanese Gardens~~
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−	*Rocks
−	*Bonsai Trees
−	*Japanese Maples
−	*Bamboo
−	*Bridges
−	*Water Features
−	*Grass, Sand, and Rock Terrain
−	~~\|[[Image:Asian.jpg\|right\|300x300px]]~~
−	~~\| class="shaded" \| '''Seaside Landscapes~~
−	\|
−	*Palm Trees
−	*Short Palms
−	*Cypress Trees
−	*Driftwood / Sea Junk
−	*Tropical Plants
−	*hammocks
−	*Sand and Rocky Terrain
−	~~\| [[Image:Seaside.jpg\|right\|300x300px]]~~
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−	~~\| class="shaded" \| '''Evergreen Set-ups~~
−	\|
−	*Needled Trees
−	*Ferns
−	*Mostly Green Foliage
−	*Fire Pit
−	*Tent
−	*Tree stumps, logs
−	*Grassy and Dirt Terrain
−	~~\| [[Image:Alpine.jpg\|right\|300x300px]]~~
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−	~~\| class="shaded" \| '''Apocalyptic Debris~~
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−	*Scrub
−	*Dead Trees
−	*Fast Growing Plans [bamboo]
−	*Rusted Junk
−	*Scattered Debris
−	*Grassy and Low Foliage
−	*Dirt and uprooted terrain
−	~~\| [[Image:Apocalypse.jpg\|right\|300x300px]]~~
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−	~~\| class="shaded" \| '''Urban Decoration~~
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−	*Potted Plants
−	*Fenced Gardens
−	*Green Rooms
−	*Sidewalk Trees
−	*Rooftop Gardens
−	*Dried Dirt or Mulch Terrain
−	~~\| [[Image:Urban.jpg\|right\|300x300px]]~~
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−	~~\| class="shaded" \| '''Desert Oasis~~
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−	*Small Occasional Pond
−	*Cacti and Desert Plants
−	*Occasional Shrubbery
−	*Rocks
−	*Palm Trees
−	*Sandy or Dirt Terrain
−	~~\| [[Image:Desert.jpg\|right\|300x300px]]~~
−	\|}
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 * Island is a combination of a few other styles.  Essentially, it is stairs and convex, except put into a flower bed standing on its own. In this example it's a circle, so the highest point would be in the middle, with steps following the shape the rest of the way down. The same principle applies when used for other shapes. It always follows the shape down.
 | [[Image:Island.jpg|right|300x300px]]
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 | class="shaded" | '''Stairs
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-The most basic form of arranging! This method is applicable to all other styles and should always be used or considered while landscaping.  You start with placing high plants in the back, dropping down to lowest plants in the front.  The picture here shows it in a very rigid way to make it obvious, but it can look very natural if you vary the location, rotation, and type of plants in little stairstepped clumps.
+* The most basic form of arranging! This method is applicable to all other styles and should always be used or considered while landscaping.  You start with placing high plants in the back, dropping down to lowest plants in the front.  The picture here shows it in a very rigid way to make it obvious, but it can look very natural if you vary the location, rotation, and type of plants in little stairstepped clumps.
 |[[Image:Stiars.jpg|right|300x300px]]
 | class="shaded" | '''Iwagumi - Rock Formation
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-This style is all about balance and being minimalistic. A traditional Asian style takes patience and care to do well.  Find some good pictures online for inspiration.
+* This style is all about balance and being minimalistic. A traditional Asian style takes patience and care to do well.  Find some good pictures online for inspiration.
 |[[Image:iwagumi.jpg|right|300x300px]]
 |-
 | class="shaded" | '''Concave
+|
-Concave is a simple arrangement.  The outer edges are high and the further you make your way into the middle, the lower it gets.  This can also be used on the ground in shape too, not just the vertical placement of plants, by creating garden areas that are wider at the outside and bow inward toward the middle.
+* Concave is a simple arrangement.  The outer edges are high and the further you make your way into the middle, the lower it gets.  This can also be used on the ground in shape too, not just the vertical placement of plants, by creating garden areas that are wider at the outside and bow inward toward the middle.
 | [[Image:concave.jpg|right|300x300px]]
 | class="shaded" | '''Convex
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-Convex is the exact opposite of concave. As you make your way into the middle, the height gets taller.  Again, this can be used as a general shape on the ground as well - create a garden plot area that is thinner on the outside edges, and thicker in the middle, bowing outward.
+* Convex is the exact opposite of concave. As you make your way into the middle, the height gets taller.  Again, this can be used as a general shape on the ground as well - create a garden plot area that is thinner on the outside edges, and thicker in the middle, bowing outward.
 | [[Image:convex.jpg|right|300x300px]]
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 | class="shaded" | '''Rectangle
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-Rectangle is a very simple set-up. All of the plants are the same height. Nice horizontal top and easy to do.  But it should be used sparingly, as it can look very rigid.  Best for well-manicured gardens.
+* Rectangle is a very simple set-up. All of the plants are the same height. Nice horizontal top and easy to do.  But it should be used sparingly, as it can look very rigid.  Best for well-manicured gardens.
 | [[Image:Rectangle.jpg|right|300x300px]]
 | class="shaded" | '''Island
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-Island is a combination of a few other styles.  Essentially, it is stairs and convex, except put into a flower bed standing on its own. In this example it's a circle, so the highest point would be in the middle, with steps following the shape the rest of the way down. The same principle applies when used for other shapes. It always follows the shape down.
+* Island is a combination of a few other styles.  Essentially, it is stairs and convex, except put into a flower bed standing on its own. In this example it's a circle, so the highest point would be in the middle, with steps following the shape the rest of the way down. The same principle applies when used for other shapes. It always follows the shape down.
 | [[Image:Island.jpg|right|300x300px]]
 |}

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 This style is all about balance and being minimalistic. A traditional Asian style takes patience and care to do well.  Find some good pictures online for inspiration.
-| [[Image:iwagumi.jpg|right|300px]]
+|[[Image:iwagumi.jpg|right|300x300px]]
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 | class="shaded" | '''Concave

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 =Construction - Gazebos, Decks, and Patios=
+[[Image:Gazebo.jpg|right|300x300px]]
 Every house has to have a way in and out of it, so a thing that you might want to consider adding in is a patio. A back yard might be missing that certain place to gather and hang out. This could be a nice place and time to add in a gazebo! But what about the houses that are built on sloped or uneven terrain? They get to have awesome decks!
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 You can also add potted plants or small founatins to any of the above to add a little more interest.
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 =Choosing The Right Colors=

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 When you start the game you have the normal grass.  Most people tend to cover this all over with a slightly richer grass because it is more appealing.  However most people leave it at that - which can be pretty boring.  It also tends to make the lot edges stand out too much since you can see exactly where the lot ends.
-Instead of covering your lot with bright green, try turning the intensity down to very soft and using light clicks to add variation in different grass or other terrain types.  Try to avoid the lot edges so there's a smooth blend.  You can use various terrains together = flower terrains are great for country homes, and dirt and mud terrains when placed lightly also give a great effect!  You generally don't want small dots of obviously different terrain here and there...  You also don't want to use every terrain just for the sake of variation because you will turn out with a messy, un attractive terrain. Be clever and carefull when placing terrain, and place it for effect.
+Instead of covering your lot with bright green, try turning the intensity down to very soft and using light clicks to add variation in different grass or other terrain types.  Try to avoid the lot edges so there's a smooth blend.  You can use various terrains together - flower terrains are great for country homes, and dirt and mud terrains when placed lightly also give a great effect!  You generally don't want small dots of obviously different terrain here and there...  You also don't want to use every terrain just for the sake of variation because you will turn out with a messy, unattractive terrain. Be clever and careful when placing terrain, and place it for effect.
 Here are a few tips:
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 =Fences - Containing your Garden=

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-'''Natural Ponds''' When creating a natural pond, it should look much less rigid.  This can be a long stream that stretches across the lot, or irregularly shaped ponds.  Make sure you vary the outline of the pond - natural ponds are not circular or with straight lines.  Make an interesting and varied shape and then use a ''dirt'' terrain paint to give it an earthy and natural loo.  Then you can add a variety of different shrubs and plants all over the place in bunches to give it a maintaned but natural look.  Don't put shrubs under the water, but you can add cattails and water lilies and other marshy water plants to the water itself.
+'''Natural Ponds''' When creating a natural pond, it should look much less rigid.  This can be a long stream that stretches across the lot, or irregularly shaped ponds.  Make sure you vary the outline of the pond - natural ponds are not circular or with straight lines.  Make an interesting and varied shape and then use a ''dirt'' terrain paint to give it an earthy and natural look.  Then you can add a variety of different shrubs and plants all over the place in bunches to give it a maintaned but natural look.  Don't put shrubs under the water, but you can add cattails and water lilies and other marshy water plants to the water itself.
 '''Waterfalls''' Waterfalls should be used sparingly, on grand expensive lots or extremely natural ones.  Don't put a waterfall on every lot.  It's best to put them on lots that already have hills built in (either naturally or as part of your terraforming) - otherwise you will end up with some huge ugly lump in the ground which somehow has water getting to the top of it! It is important to get a good curve at the top of it to make it look like it is rolling off the top like in the picture to the right. Cover the waterfall with a rock terrain paint and around the edges and make sure there is a pond at the bottom for water to collect in so it looks real.  Ferns, mosses, and other water-loving plants are best around a waterfall - most "normal" plants would get overwatered from all the spray, so avoid sticking rosebushes at the base of the falls!
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