Landscape Design

// December 23rd, 2009 // gardening

Some of you might know that I’ve been taking a few landscape design classes over at ACC. It’s been a lot of fun and it’s a bit harder than I thought it would be, which is a good thing. It’s always good to keep the mind sharp.

Interesting tidbits:

  • This is officially my first official education in anything design-related. Ironic, no?
  • It’s being taught as I’d imagine old-school graphic design classes were - everything is done by hand. I think it’s ridiculous, personally, but it is fun to get pen to paper. If I do this for real, Illustrator will be my tool of choice.

If you’re interested, I thought I’d post my final project for the class. This is all hand-drawn and to scale for someone’s yard. We presented to the client at the beginning of the month and I think I did pretty well. She loved the firepit (as do I!) Download the PDF (1.4 mb) and check out my handiwork. :)

Notes:

  • The big image on the left is showing the entire yard in plan view
  • If you notice the little arrows in the front yard, you’ll see a section/elevation from that perspective on the bottom right.
  • The top right is a plant legend (some specific, some not)
  • The middle right is a drawing of a garden in the back corner.

2 Responses to “Landscape Design”

  1. RustySays:

    February 1st, 2010 at 15:54

    Nice Work! And I agree, all hand drawn does not seem like the way to go. I mean this is 2010…

    But I like what you have done here. When do you start on your yard?

  2. SarahSays:

    February 1st, 2010 at 16:22

    Oh, my yard is a constant work in progress. :)

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