Category: Garden Transformations

Computer Aided Design - Creating Garden Design Plans & Visuals

29/11/2019

Hand Drawn Plans versus Computer Aided Design
Many garden designers opt to create hand drawn design plans, which can be works of art in their own right. Although i do love to draw, I find that hand drawing, colouring and labelling plans can be very time consuming, especially if a mistake is made and its back to beginning again!
I've always been technology savvy and I'm also pretty proficient with pen and paper too. Up until 2018 i had been combining my skills by hand drawing 2D concept designs and planting plans and then using CAD software to add the finishing touches - colouring in the plans and labelling them, i found colour rendering and annotating on a pc the most efficient use of my time, with consistent neat results and easy alterations.
In January 2019 i progressed on to using 2D and 3D computer software for the whole design process, from initially creating a to-scale plan of the site through to the final concept design plans and 3D visualisations.
Why have i opted to go use CAD software? Well increasingly i've wanted to be able to offer my clients a really accurate to-scale representation of their garden...

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Garden Transformation - Small Town Garden

2/10/2019

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When i first viewed this garden, it was a mess of poor DIY paving, dangerous steps and had a rather ugly concrete garage. The owner had a clear vision of what she wanted her garden to be like and how she would use her outdoor living space. The key requirements for the space were to screen the unsightly garage, create a seaside inspired upper terrace, design a calming patio area for yoga practice on the lower terrace and to revamp the existing raised sleeper beds and decking. The property has far reaching views of the countryside beyond which the client was keen to use as borrowed landscape. However, neighboring proprieties interrupted this view so privacy screening needed to be worked into the garden design plan.

With a modest budget, some of the existing elements were combined into the new design allowing the client to make the most effective use of her funds. The lawn was removed and the existing patio relaid with contemporary Indian sandstone paving in grey and inset paved pathways where created within a gravel seaside style area on the upper level...

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