Comments on: How to visualise your garden design (especially if you can’t visualise!)

By: Rachel Mathews

Rachel Mathews — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:10:51 +0000

Thanks Rebecca. It does make it so much easier for people to understand concepts when they can be presented 2D or 3D.

I also find that it is a good way of double checking I’ve not overlooked something – holding an entire garden in your mind, especially where different levels are involved, can be quite tricky!

By: Rebecca Leaman

Rebecca Leaman — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:53:18 +0000

What a great “cheat” – thanks for this! I’ve just recently become aware of how many people can’t effectively visualize something by looking at a blueprint or graph-paper plan or wireframe – can’t make the leap from plan view to elevations, much less to three dimensions – and end up disappointed with what comes out the other end of the project because it doesn’t jibe with their expectations from the outset. The tracing over photographs tip will be a real timesaver, too!

By: Rachel Mathews

Rachel Mathews — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:31:43 +0000

Hi Carole

Thank you! Glad it will be helpful to you. ;o)

Alison, you are very welcome – it’s been a good post for me to write!

By: Alison Kerr

Alison Kerr — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:33:31 +0000

Rachel, thanks so much for addressing my question. Now that I think about it, I’m sure this is what one of my relatives does. She is an artist and has designed several gardens for herself. I guess I should have been paying attention! Thanks for the reminder.

By: Carole

Carole — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:04:39 +0000

What an amazing trick! I’ve spent more time with rulers and tapemeasures and graph paper than I even want to remember, and it’s been hard for some of my clients to “see” what I’m envisioning. I never thought of photographs. Thanks for a new tool for my toolkit!