Since land is one of the basic commodities of the world, its planning for use and conservation is a central political, environmentaland social issue. Land becomes landscape when it is described or seen in terms of its physiographic and environmental characters. Landscape varies according to these characteristics and the impact of man on it. Thus landscape is a reflection of dynamic, natural and social systems.
Landscape architecture is a professional design discipline that, in the broadest sense, deals with integrating people and their outdoor environment, in a manner beneficial to both. Landscape design is an extension of site planning, it is concerned with the selection of design components, materials and plants and their combination as solutions to limited but well defined problems within the landscape planning process. It is also a process through which specific quality is given to the diagrammatic spaces of the site plan.
In Egypt landscape design has been booming in the last two decades. Its main concerns were the tourism resorts, private villas and compounds, and recently city waterfronts and squares. But, still landscaping is commonly regarded in one of two ways: as a luxury for the wealthy, or as a cosmetic for masking mediocre architecture. 
In our research we shall demonstrate Al-Harifa Island which is located near the barrages of Al-Qanater. The island is considered as the solo and most popular recreation area for the local people in the area. The Island is even called the “Ghalaba Resort" or the Poor and Needy Resort. The study is aiming to produce a set of guidelines in addition to a conceptual design model for landscaping the area, which will fulfill the user requirements and needs, easy to maintain, as well as being a visually interesting landscaping scheme.