One of the most common calls for work for our students is a request to create designs for front gardens. Although this may seem a relatively trivial design task, it is important to take many factors into account as you design - the style of house, the wishes of the owner as far as access is concerned, aspect, sustainable design pronciples etc.
Some sample designs:
Here is a design (courtesy TooKoo Landscape Design) for the entrance and front garden for a typical detached dwelling.
The figure below shows a view of the total design. A curving path links the driveway entrance and letter box with the front door of the house. Note how the path expands in width as it nears the house and steps leading to the verandah. A second curving path gives a visitor an opportunity to examine the garden proper and leaves space for a 'lawn' of prostrate Myoporum parvifolium, an Australian native species which requires little water.
The next figure shows a more highly magnifierd view of the design. Note the clarity of the GardenCAD symbols.
Here is a close up view of the planting legend. The designer has chosen symbols from the GardenCAD library to match as closely as possible the plants specied in the design. In this way, there is no need to clutter up the GardenCAD drawing with lots of text.
Now a design for the front of a courtyard home. Note the use of a block symbol of a car to give a sense of scale.
