Written by You can accomplish a lot of things with the landscaping of your yard, but one thing you may not have realized is that – with the proper planning and technique – you can actually make a small yard look a lot bigger than it is by using the technique of forced perspective.
Forced perspective – in essence – creates an optical illusion that makes an area or an object seem larger than it is; this is a technique frequently employed by photographers, but it has also long been a technique in Japanese gardens to make their yards appear bigger.
Employing forced perspective in your own yard is really quite simple, as it only requires a handful of steps.
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The first step for using forced perspective in your yard is to place large boulders, shrubs, and trees at the front of your landscape, while using the background of your landscape for smaller objects.
The second step also deals with varying what you do in the foreground of your landscape and what you do in the background, as you will want to put bolder features and accessories in the foreground while using finer textures in the background.
Finally, the third step also deals with the variance between what you put in front and what you put in back; in the front of your landscape, you will want to use a lot of detail, while you will want to try to avoid specific detail as much as possible in the rear of the landscape.
By doing all of these things, you will create the illusion that the area of your yard covers much more ground than it actually does, and while this will not expand the actual amount of land you have, it will feel nice to “open things up.”
And of course, the more you play around with the techniques of forced perspective landscaping, the more you will be able to accomplish with it exactly what you hope to accomplish.
