The range of soft landscape materials includes each layer of the ecological sequence.
Hard and soft landscape materials.
In good landscape design both soft landscaping and hard landscaping are essential elements and both need consideration.
There are soft landscaping options that can help.
Without the combination of the soft and hard materials a landscape design will surely look incomplete and will surely be not up to the mark.
Consider these the soft horticultural living growing components of the landscape.
Change and evolve constantly as they grow and adapt to climate and other conditions.
Balance between the hard and soft is needed for the whole.
Are softer to the touch quite literally.
If a material is used as a landscaping surface and is not green living growing landscaping then it probably would be considered hardscaping.
Think about touching the leaves of a tree or perennial or blades.
The corresponding term hard landscape is used to describe construction materials.
The right water absorption and irrigation system installed through hard landscaping coupled with hard materials that safely move water away from the property can ensure that soil movement is never a problem and that your yard stays a drier enjoyable living space rather than a wet and muddy bog.
Pea gravel mexican river rock small stones gravel recycled rubber mulch and recycled glass are all considered loose material hardscaping.
The term soft landscape is used by gardeners and practitioners of landscape design landscape architecture and garden design to describe the vegetative materials which are used to improve a landscape by design.
Hardscape refers to hard landscape materials in the built environment structures that are incorporated into a landscape.
These might include flowers trees shrubs ground covers etc.
Therefore much like the mutual coordination between hardware and software of a computer for smooth functioning there is also the requirement of a good mixture of soft as well as hard landscape materials.