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Design drawings - hand vs Sketchup

Hi all

I'm a design newbie and I wanted to ask your opinion. Do I need to learn how to hand draw site plans and surveys or would something like Sketchup or other software make hand drawn plans and surveys redundant.

Thanks

Susan

Started by Susan Lynn in Design

5 Replies · Reply by Russell Tebbutt May 21

Pleached trees - London garden - rules

Hello,

I'm designing a garden in West London for a client who is very overlooked. One of the things I'm thinking of is a row of pleached trees. I've done a lot of research and if I have understood correctly if they are not evergreen this would not cou

Started by Sally Perigo in Design

4 Replies · Reply by Sally Perigo Apr 24

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Ideas for privacy screening

A customer want to block the view that neighbours have into his garden and feel more private.

It will have to be 20metres long, 1 metre in from the boundary fence and screen at a height of 3metres to 4.5metres.

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Started by Andrew jones in Design

30 Replies · Reply by Will Apr 24

Websites; how useful are they for businesses?

I have been self employed for nearly 9 years now and I have not yet got a website for my gardening maintenance business. Are they really needed these days and how effective are they to attract more business? I had a quick look and there appears to be

Started by Andrew Midgley in Design, Business, and Marketing

31 Replies · Reply by Angela Lambert Jan 14

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Bark

Evening all,

just wondering if anybody has had any success using the bark app? Does it generate leads of any substance? I'm always wary of these things but you never know,

thanks in advance,

Ben

Started by Ben Gooding in Design, Business, and Groundscare

10 Replies · Reply by 1st Garden Maintenance Mar 4

Sketchup tutorials

Evening all, I know there are loads out there so trying to save myself a bit of time - are there any recommended tutorials for using sketchup for garden design please.

Thanks, Glen.

Started by Glen Stillman in Design

3 Replies · Reply by Glen Stillman Nov 23, 2020

Garden Design Software

I was wondering if anyone has any opinions about garden design software? Good ones to go for? Bad ones to avoid? I am currently drawing freehand but would like to computerise the designs and hope that will make things easier.

I have done quite a bi

Started by Louisa Spice in Design

6 Replies · Reply by Louisa Spice May 24

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Plant passports or plant provider certification/registration

Does anyone actually know what the new laws really mean for the gardener that buys a plant and plants it for a client ?

It seems you will no longer be legally able to supply a plant and plant it for a client without registering on the defra / apha

Started by dan in Design and Landscaping

117 Replies · Reply by Chris & Heather McAlpine Mar 1

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