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The term '''soft landscape''' is used by [[gardener]]s and practitioners of [[landscape design]], [[landscape architecture]], and [[garden design]] to describe the vegetative materials which are used to improve a landscape by design.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Evert |first=Klaus-Jürgen |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Encyclopedic_Dictionary_of_Landscape_and/FbRcEavj5uIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=soft%20landscaping&pg=PA930&printsec=frontcover |title=Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning: Multilingual Reference Book in English, Spanish, French and German |date=2010-05-21 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-540-76455-7 |pages=930 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Blake |first=James |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/An_Introduction_to_Landscape_and_Garden/6nMbEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover&bsq=soft%20landscape |title=An Introduction to Landscape and Garden Design |date=2016-12-05 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-351-95876-9 |pages=191 |language=en}}</ref> The corresponding term [[hard landscape materials|hard landscape]] is used to describe construction materials.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blake |first=James |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/An_Introduction_to_Landscape_and_Garden/6nMbEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=hard%20landscape&pg=SA5-PA31&printsec=frontcover |title=An Introduction to Landscape and Garden Design |date=2016-12-05 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-351-95876-9 |pages=115-117 |language=en}}</ref> The range of soft landscape materials includes each layer of the ecological sequence: [[Aquatic plant|aquatic plants]], semi-aquatic plants, field layer plants (including [[Poaceae|grasses]] and [[Herbaceous plant|herbaceous plants]]), [[Shrub|shrubs]], and [[Tree|trees]]. Soft landscaping can increase biodiversity in urban areas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Comerford |first=Mark |date=2025-02-26 |title=Concrete spaces to be converted into soft landscaping areas to 'introduce more biodiversity' into urban Portlaoise |url=https://www.laoistoday.ie/2025/02/26/concrete-spaces-to-be-converted-into-soft-landscaping-areas-to-introduce-more-biodiversity-into-urban-portlaoise/ |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=Laois Today |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Gardening}}
* [[Hedge (gardening)]]
* [[Herbaceous border]]
* [[Planting design]]
* [[Potting mix]]

[[Category:Garden design]]
[[Category:Landscape architecture]]

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