If designing your own landscape, the design elements you should pay attention to include: -- Line: Whether the lines (edges of plant beds, perimeter of a deck, etc) in your design are straight or curved -- Color: Choosing the colors of plants and hardscapes either to blend together or create contrast -- Form: The shape of your landscape's plants; many landscapes use either tailored, geometric forms or more natural forms -- Texture: Texture refers to the roughness, smoothness, coarseness, fineness, etc., of plants and hardscapes -- Scale: The size of your landscape features compared to each other and the size of your home