Using Trees, Outside and In

Essayist Charles Dudley Warner once wrote that until he saw the Annapolis at low tide, he had not realized that water was as important to the looks of a river as trees are to a landscape. With this in mind, landscape architect Thomas Church realized how important trees can be to a yard, and also to a house, in his book Gardens Are For People. Church wrote that the various features of the trees, from the shape of the trunk to the pattern created in the shade, can influence the design of a house in important visual ways.