Category: Landscape design

Making a Green House

Landscape design is a fairly old tradition. In fact, it goes all the way back to the days of the Roman Empire when villas sprung up all over the countryside as well as in places like Britain and Spain. And landscape design is about much more than planting a few trees. It is about some of the key facets of engineering as well.

For example, retaining walls have to be carefully engineered to ensure that they can overcome or constantly resist the encroachment of gravity. That is why there are international building codes to ensure that retaining walls be designed to ensure the stability of the ground that they are holding in and never give in to the pressure.

A landscape design company is usually familiar with these codes, and Read more ...