Which is Your Favourite Garden Design?

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Which design is your favourite?

  1. Design A

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  3. Design C

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  1. GardenSketch

    GardenSketch New Seed

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    Hello All,

    We just finished hosting the first week of our
    Moderator's note: removed website link, see point 1.1 of usage rules, and would love to know which of these designs submitted is your favourite.

    The only criteria was that they included a patio.

    Design A

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    Design A - Contest Week 1 ( photo / image / picture from GardenSketch's Garden )

    Design B

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    Design B - DesignThis Contest Week 1 ( photo / image / picture from GardenSketch's Garden )

    Design C

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    Design 3 - #DesignThis Contest Week 1 ( photo / image / picture from GardenSketch's Garden )


    Which design is your favourite?
     
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  3. S-H

    S-H Hardy Maple

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    I like C a lot. Others are good too, but I think C is the garden where a person like me will be most happy - Perhaps because it has a pool in it, and the other 2 don't. However they are not bad either. Only I am often drawn to water.

    By the way, your garden design concepts are better then others which I have seen elsewhere on the internet. So why not take your ideas to a newer level, by utilizing some 3D CAD!

    For beginners I highly recommend Google SketchUp. As it's both fun and free, and not at all complicated to learn! Plus you get almost any type of 3D object/prop (like trees, plants, and furniture) from Google's 3D Warehouse.

    http://www.sketchup.com/
    https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/index.html
     
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    GardenSketch New Seed

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    Thanks S-H!

    I'll definitely have to check that out. Was not aware of Google SketchUp.

    The pool with the zip line over top is our favourite feature in Design C.
     
  5. cherylad

    cherylad Countess of Cute-ification Plants Contributor

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    I think each design would appeal to different people with different lifestyles.
     
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  6. 2ofus

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    I vote for number 1, mainly because I like curves in a garden and a variety of plants. Numbers 2 and 3 are all too regimented with all the same plants lined up in a row.
     
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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I agree with 2ofus but would have the pool in No.3 added to the No. 1 design. I like curves in a garden too but also love to have water.
     
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    I'm selfish. I want them both.
     
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    S-H Hardy Maple

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    Yes please do check out Google SketchUp, not only is everything you'll need available for free - But there are 1000s of other video tutorials available on YouTube also. So you'll never get stuck!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd5W2S2QvU8
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nMHegbSQFg

    Of course I myself use AutoCAD, mainly because I have to conform to certain engineering & industrial standards. Which is why the program is also very costly, and a bit challenging to use for new comers... That's why I suggested Google SketchUp, as I've seen 8 to 12 year old kids play with it too!

    Reason for me saying this is that I seem to be the only CAD guy over here - So can't exactly bounce ideas off someone else... And at other 3D CAD forums over the internet too, hardly anyone who is both a CAD user as well as a horticulturist. :shrug:
     
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  10. GardenSketch

    GardenSketch New Seed

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    Thanks everyone! Design A was my favourite too, as I rather enjoy whimsical spaces.
     

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