Today, I decided to overhaul my town and rethink my planting strategy.
After watching Josh Thomas' village video I noticed these things:
- Themes
- Consistency
- Planned planting
Josh has many areas which are themed, including a forest area, a flowery entrance and even an island he deemed "Punch-Out Island". These definitely took time and planning to pull out, but the final results are stunning and shows off his dedication to his village.
I've decided to try and emulate this, starting first with the flowers. First, I decided to plant yellow roses at my gate. Ideally, I want these to be golden. But since golden roses take forever to make yellow roses work best at the moment.
Second, instead of planting random flowers at my villagers' houses I will plant the same flowers so the theme and color match. For the female villagers I will be planting red and white roses. For the guys, I will be planting red and yellow pansies. Yellow pansies work the best because they match the color of the "caution" patterns I have placed outside of their homes.
Third, I planted flowers around the random ponds that appear in my village. Like the houses, I decided to plant the same flowers. For example, the pond outside of my gates is covered in white cosmos. The ponds outside the museum are decorated with yellow cosmos. I may try to alternate between two colors in order to create striking flower patterns.
Fourth, for those dead patches of dirt around town I decided to create theme flower beds. I got this from a Mario Galaxy poster I have in my room. What I do is plant four flowers in a square pattern, then surround them in a circle of flowers of the same color. Again, its quite simple but striking and adds color and life to your dead parts of town.
Finally, I decided to experiment with tree planting. I noticed in Josh's video that his trees are neatly lined and in themes. I planted a lot of apple trees in the town hall area in a line and see if these grow. If they grow I'll have to replant my trees as well as place more pine trees. If they don't grow I'll have to see how to properly plant trees.
I may also steal Josh's backyard idea, but since my house is right in front of two houses I will use this on one of my alternate houses, and create a rose garden right behind it.
This will be a lot of work, but should make for a beautiful village.
Topic: Animal Crossing: City Folk (Read 555405 times)
