Expert Landscape Architects and Designers in Santee, CA

Most folks will never have the opportunity to slip terms like architrave or entablature into casual conversation. You may never need to know what it means to espalier a tree or have to decide between an allee and a patte de oie, but if you would like to design functional, visually appealing landscaping around your home, you should probably at least know the difference between a pergola and a portico.nnKnowing at least a few basic landscape terms will help facilitate communication with your landscape designer or contractor. It will help you achieve the look and function you want and avoid an end result that is not exactly what you had in mind. Even if you are not working with a designer and will be doing your landscaping as a do-it-yourself project, knowing landscape terminology will help as you research features you might want to include in your design and when you head to the home improvement store or garden center to buy plants and materials.nnAnd, of course, it never hurts to throw out a few fancy landscaping terms to impress your friends and neighbors while giving tours of your finished project.nnYou will find lots of long, alphabetical lists of landscaping terminology online, many of which contain terms you will likely never use and that your landscaper might not even know. So, to help save you some time and find the terms that pertain to your projects, we have put together this truncated – or, shall we say, pruned – list of basic landscape terms, terminology commonly used in Southern California, and a few slightly-above-basic terms that might be helpful. We also organized them by category to make finding what you are looking for in regards to your particular project quicker and easier.