C
lients continue to ask for
outdoor design elements to
improve their yards and homes.
But what exactly are they looking for
this year?
That's the question the Ameri-
can Society of Landscape Archi-
tects posed in a recent survey they
conducted. Landscape architects from
across the country who specialize in
residential design rated the expected
popularity of a variety of outdoor
design elements for 2014.
While many longtime favorites,
such as fi re features and outdoor
kitchens, topped the list, so did
sustainable and low-maintenance
designs.
The most popular landscape and
garden elements for 2014 were low-
maintenance landscapes (95.4 per-
cent) and native plants (84.5 percent).
Slightly more than three quarters of
respondents (76.4 percent) noted food
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Report:
Field
news, trends & cool stuff
By Lauren Heartsill Dowdle
About the
Survey
The American
Society of Landscape
Architects' survey
asked residential
landscape architecture
professionals about the
estimated popularity
of various design
elements for 2014.
The survey was fi elded
Jan. 16 through
Feb. 14, 2014, with
179 responding.
Top Outdoor
Design Trends
Residential
elements that
will be popular
in 2014
