Garden Design and Landscaping - the Beginner's Guide to the Processes Involved With Successfully Landscaping a Garden by Rachel Mathews

Author:Rachel Mathews [Mathews, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Crafts; Hobbies & Home, Gardening & Landscape Design, Garden Design, Landscape, Gardening & Horticulture
Amazon: B00IGSMYHK
Publisher: Successful Garden Design
Published: 2014-02-11T05:00:00+00:00

What About Using Garden Design Software?

A lot of people think that software will help them design their garden. It will, to a degree. But you are still the creator, not the software, so it will only produce what you tell it to. Also, unless you know how the software works, you'll have the added frustration of learning how it to use it as well as how to design.

Thinking that design software will design the garden for you is like giving a non-musician an instrument and expecting them to play beautiful music. I have no musical ability whatsoever, nor do I have any understanding of what makes music, music. I'd undoubtedly get sound out of any instrument you gave me, but what are the chances of me creating anything tuneful?

Perhaps we'd strike lucky and it would be an instrument with some pre-programmed tunes, but who would want to listen to them? Just like some design software programmes may come with a range of already created designs, they might not be what you want.

'Off the peg' designs that you see in books and in some software packages are unlikely to fit and be your dream garden. Unless you understand the principles of design, you will not be able to easily adjust them to fit the space you have, in a way that works.

Garden design software is excellent at showing you how your garden will look in 3D and you won't have to spend time drawing it out. But sometimes it can take ages just to draw a really simple design shape. Also, if the design feature you want in your garden isn't in the software database, you're going to have to find a way to get it in there.

I love computers, gizmos and gadgets, but for design, I use a pencil and paper; admittedly, it's a very high-tech looking pencil, but a pencil nonetheless. I would strongly recommend you do the same to start with, unless you are already a whizz with CAD software programmes. It will save you a lot of time and frustration.

So, let's now look at how you can really learn what to do with your garden.

Design & Landscaping Books

There must be a million garden design books out there, so how do you choose which ones to get? Before you start spending money on garden design books, I would recommend that you take a look at your local library. A lot of libraries also have online e-reader services, so you may not even need to leave home to borrow the books you want!

The library will have a whole selection of garden design books and this will enable you to have a good look through them before you buy any. This is really important to do because there is an awful lot of well-meaning, but ultimately unhelpful garden design books out there.

A lot of garden design books, I think, are meant to be coffee table books, rather than actual how-to books. Wonderful if you want an adornment to your coffee table, but next to useless if you actually want to learn design.

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