Design your Garden using Sketchup

Course details

This course will give you thetools to create amazinggardens:SketchUp 3D modeling softwarecomplemented with landscapedesign principles.

If you are a gardener, a landscape architect, or you just like gardening in your house, this course will show you how to implement this principles in a3D model to create professional designs that you can use for yourself or toshow your ideas to your clients.

Contents

• The first sectionof this course is focused on the Software, from downloading Sketchup to Installation, Setting up the 3D Workspace and getting familiar with the Basic Tools.
• The second section of this course is focused on building a Sample Site, where you're going to work in.

• The thirdsection isfocused on the Landscape Design Principles, applied to a sample housebackyard, there you will learn how to give your garden a Distribution and Structure according to Sun Position and Shadows given from the Sketchup's Geo-Location Tool.

• The fourthsection is focused on the Design itself. Here you will learn in detail how to design and model the Garden's Paths, where to put yourPlants, how to model your Terrace and and where you can put your Swimming Pool.

When you havefinished this course you will be able to createwonderfulGarden Designsand you will be ready to improve your own garden or get some clients to improve their's.