CASE STUDY_GROUP 1

COASTAL
LANDSCAPE

DESIGN

Landscape Site Design - DYL40133

GROUP MEMBER

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. Process of remembering
➢ Define your landscape design type.
➢ Identify the 5 design characteristic of your landscape design type.

B. Process of Understanding
➢ Describe about the hardscape materials scheme that suitable for your type of landscape

design.
➢ Recognize the 10 softscape selection that suitable for your type of landscape design.
➢ Explain the 5 man-made elements that can be propose within your landscape design type.
➢ Gives 5 examples of space that can be propose which suitable with your landscape design

type.

C. Process of Applying (solving problems)
➢ Sketch a landscape design idea in a form of Preliminary Plan. Estimated space size is 30m x 30m.

COASTAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN

▪ Coastal gardens are one of the few that keep their surroundings as the main priority
in their design.

▪ Coastal landscapes are simple, they flow and their design speaks volumes by
enhancing the natural beauty of their location.

▪ Coastal gardens vary by area, whether you live on the east or west coast, on or off
the water; they always represent a relaxing simple lifestyle.

CONTINUOUS…

▪ The natural beauty brings inspiration to the design by using mass plantings, grasses
and shrubs that move freely in the ocean breeze.

▪ Coastal landscapes are meant to look natural and contribute to the overall
atmosphere of life close to the sea.

CONTINUOUS…

▪ Coastal landscaping also designed to emphasize location above all
else.

▪ Living or vacationing next to the ocean is something many people
seek out and even romanticize.

▪ The ocean's weather and elemental challenges are second only to its vast beauty and
power, so coastal landscaping has some very specific features.

Design characteristic of coastal design type

Patio - areas are great in coastal gardens; especially when the
home has an ocean or coastal view. Most landscapes on the coast
will be taken full advantage of in the summer months, so be sure to
include a nice entertainment space that will act as an extension of

your home.

A Dry creek - curving through native plantings and grasses will not
only attract wildlife but contribute to the organic form in the coastal

garden.

Continuous …

Seating areas - or benches should be places throughout the
landscape where they will be protected from heavy winds.

Movement - is a critical with all elements within the design. Select
plants and décor that will move freely on the ocean breezes. Stiff,
rugged looking plants will look out of place and take away from the

natural scenery.

American Dune grass – Leymus mollis.

Brugmansia -Angel's trumpet Arrow-wood - Viburnum dentatum
Canna Glauca-canna lily
Eastern Arborvitae - Thuja
occidentalis

Water Features-It may seem strange to have a water feature in a garden near the ocean.
But having a fresh water pool or pond can be a welcome respite from all the salt water at
the beach. In hotter coastal climates, swimming pools are considered almost necessary to
help keep cool during sweltering summers. Surrounding water features with plants gives
them a sense of place in the garden landscape, and using container plantings allows for

flexibility of design, as well as allowing easier movement of plants to protect them in
coastal storms.

Hardscape materials scheme for Coastal Landscape Design.

• Hardscape for coastal landscape design commonly using hard
materials such as gravel allow the path to not be easily moved

• In fact the soil in beach gardens is usually dry, sandy or rocky.
that is why the coastal concept uses materials such as stone,
gravel, granite, cast stone, composite wood and concrete as
hardscape

• Use light colors in hardscape to represent the sandy beaches
and make certain areas for entertainment or relaxation pop by
using bright colors

10 softscape selection that suitable for Coastal Landscape Design.

Softscape (TREES)

Pinus nigra (Austrian Pinus mugo (Mountain Cordyline fruticosa Pinus pinaster
Pine) Pine) (Maritime pine)

10 softscape selection that suitable for Coastal Landscape Design.

Softscape (SHURBS & ORNAMENTAL FLOWER)

Pittosporum tobira Armeria maritima (Sea Euonymus fotunei
(Japanese Cheesewood ) thrift ) (Fortune’s Spindle )

Monarda didyma (Sclarlet Salvia rosmarinus Erigeron glaucus (Seaside
Beebalm) (Rosemary) daisy )

5 MAN-MADE ELEMENTS THAT CAN BE
PROPOSE IN COASTAL GARDEN



SPACES IN COASTAL GARDEN



CONCLUSION

Use light colors in your hardscape to represent the sandy beaches and
make certain areas for entertainment or relaxation pop by using bright

colors. A light-colored decomposed granite or sand is ideal for
walkways. Using decor that further emphasizes seaside living will
enhance not only the design but your ideal location. Marine artifacts, a
hammock, and teak furniture all define the ultimate coastal landscape
design. No matter your location, a coastal garden is guaranteed to
provide you with a peaceful location for entertaining friends or a

relaxing area for you to unwind and read a book.

Preliminary
plan