Don't know the difference between feng shui and an English garden? Our landscaping glossary will help you learn many of the important terms used by the professionals at ValleyCrest HomeScapes.
| Aggregates | Plants strategically place in a dense cluster. |
| Agrarian | Wild plants normally grown on fields. |
| Allee | Originating in France, an allee is an architectural design used as a promenade and lengthening of the view of the garden. |
| Annuals | Plants that live or grow for only one season or year. |
| Arbor | An overhang shaded by vines and flowers. |
| Arcade | A gardening effect where the trees form a series of arches in a walkway. |
| Architrave | The molding around a door or window. |
| Art Deco Garden | Landscape design using bold color patterns, and curvilinear forms. |
| Atrium | A sky lit, central courtyard. May be indoors or out. Normally pools are center of atrium for rain collection. |
| Baluster | In architecture, it is the support for a railing, roof, table. |
| Baroque Design | Of Italy; an ornate design style based off paintings and sculptures of the seventeenth century. |
| Bastion | A projection of the sunken fence in landscape, often pentagon-shaped. |
| Belvedere | Means "beautiful view" in Latin. A type of gazebo or open gallery set in the middle of landscape for comfortable view of entire garden. |
| Bermuda Grass | A creeping grass of southern Europe used for lawns and pastures. |
| Bog Garden | A garden design of a stretch or area of land made of wet, spongy ground. |
| Bollards | A series of posts on a driveway used to prevent vehicles from entering the area. |
| Buffalo Grass | A short grass with grey-green blades, normally planted in dryer regions. |
| Capital | A column of pilaster's embellishing head design. |
| Cascade | A rock or step formation built for a waterfall effect. |
| Chaise Lounge | A light piece of outdoor furniture. |
| Champain | The effect of an open countryside. |
| Cloister | A courtyard or covered walkway. |
| Clump | A picturesque effect created by placing trees in clusters; creates anatural picture. |
| Colonnade | A series of supports used to support the roofing of a structure. |
| Design-Build | A faster solution to project completion by eliminating the "middle man" and using only one resource as your design and development team. |
| Drought Tolerant Landscape | Landscape designed and constructed to withstand dry and harsh environments. |