Creating 3D Garden Design Plans & Visuals for our Projects
Hand Drawn Plans versus Digital 3D CAD Plans
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 an amendment needs to be 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 (computer aided design) 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. From Jan 2021 all of our Garden Design Packages will contain 3D Photo Realistic Garden Visuals showing true to life images of how the new garden will look...
3D Photo Realistic Visuals of Garden Designs
Photo Realistic Rendering Software is used for all our our projects, to create true to life representations of the designs, created inhouse by myself. This gives clients a realistic impression of how their new garden will look.
So in conclusion, I find using CAD software offers clients a true representation of their new garden and an accurate set of documents to build the garden from. As much as I like to draw by hand, using CAD software offers the most efficient and cost effective way of producing documents for each project. I am constantly learning new skills and investing in software. With Photo Realistic Visuals becoming popular with architects, interior designers and now garden designs, I am equipped to offer clients with inhouse visualisations of their dream garden.