Nick Moore Design Blog Less Design is More

The phrase 'less is more' has been used a lot more than less but can still apply to range of circumstances ( people talking less and listen more perhaps?..) including landscape design. I think it was Oscar Wilde who said 'brevity is the soul of wit' and this for me encapsulates a worthy tenant of good design. If you can get your point across with less elements or intervention, the end result should be more effective than if you were to employ multiple elements. So how does this apply to Landscape Design?