DESIGN LIBRARY
Find links to current and past Garden Design Guides below! These are organized NUMERICALLY (towards the top) and by TOPIC (towards the bottom).
Q+As that relate to each topic can be found within each Garden Design Guide landing page or you can see them listed as they've happened here: PAST Q+As.
RECENT GUIDES
October // Celebratory Beacons (.048)
September // Privacy Plantings (.047)
August // Drawing Stairs in One-Point Perspective (.046)
July // Paving Materials (.045)
Scroll down to see all guides organized by topic
Click here to see all guides in numerical order
Planting Design
The Blocking Method (.032)
Designed Plant Communities (.031)
Designing in Elevation (.010)
Drift Planting (.025)
Form + Texture + Color Overview (.006)
Green in the Garden (.041)
Matrix Plantings (.007)
Monochromatic Color Schemes (.008)
Planting Design 101 Masterclass
Plant Layers (.015)
Planting Models (.005)
Pollinator Gardens (.043)
Privacy Plantings (.047)
Texture (.019)
Waterwise Landscapes (.011)
Spatial Design
Capturing Space (.036)
Celebratory Beacons (.048)
Creating a Base Map (.030)
Curvilinear Design (.044)
Design Process Overview (.002)
Front Yard Design (.024)
The Garden Floor (.037)
Garden Rooms (.001)
Garden Room Function Workbook
Legibility (.017)
Lines of Force (.003)
Overview of Design Principles (.013)
Patio Design (.029)
Shape in Spatial Design (.016)
The Vertical Plane (.038)
Your Design Process (.027)
Style + Themes
Architecture Impact (.026)
The Arts+Crafts Garden (.040)
Children's Gardens (.028)
Cottage Gardens (.023)
Curvilinear Design (.044)
Japanese Garden Design (.033)
Midcentury Modern Design (.014)
Sense of Place (.018)
Theme Garden Process (.004)
Your Garden Story + Style (.012)
Joyful Design (.039)
Pollinator Gardens (.043)
Design Principles + Elements
Overview of Design Principles (.013)
Color Harmony (.020)
Habitat Theory (.035)
Mystery (.021)
Repetition (.042)
Simplicity (.022)
Business
Your Design Process (.027)
Small Business Development Center
Capturing the Garden through Phone Photography with Melissa Keyser
Cost to Install a Stone Wall Calculator Thanks Laurie Dixon!
Estimating Template from Erin Jett
Design Fees + Contracts with Kryssie Maybay, PLA
Design Fees with Paul Connolly
Paul shared two of his client documents with us:
LANDSCAPE DESIGN/BUILD AGREEMENT
The Design Process + Design Agreements with Geta Winberg
Check out how she includes her design process on her website.
Her current design agreement, plus an older version
Garden Design Consultation Process with Geta Winberg
Client Contracts with Geta Winberg
Client Questionnaires
This is found in the Design Process Overview topic area.
Here are examples of CLIENT QUESTIONNAIRES from some of our members.
You can explore our question REPOSITORY and add to it if you'd like.
Plant Master Session with Gerry Kniffe
Chat notes (for talk above)
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Organizing Your Plants with a Focus on Color
Business Q+A with Mardi Dover
MARKETING ROUND-ROBIN
STRATEGIES FOR REACHING NEW CLIENTS with Tina Krug
LIGHTING DESIGN PRINCIPLES with Scott Mendenhall
Graphics
CANVA TITLE BLOCKS
VIDEO on how to scale a plan in Canva (I used the Pro version, but I've learned that this also works in the free version)
CANVA TITLE BLOCK (8.5 x 11 USA)
CANVA TITLE BLOCK (11 x 17 USA)
Creating a Base Map (.030)
Drawing in Two-Point Perspective (.034)
Drawing Stairs in One-Point Perspective (.046)
DRAWING DEMO: ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE
This class covered the basics of one-point perspective so you can establish a foundation in this drawing technique.
INTRO TO PROCREATE with Amy Fedele
Check out Amy's Great at Procreate class. This is an affiliate link!
AN INTRODUCTION TO MORPHOLIO TRACE with Henry Gao
One-Point Perspective Demo for Front Yard Design
Check out the entire Garden Design Guide here.
PRESENTATION GRAPHICS
Garden Graphics Tool Kit
This course is available once a year. Learn more here.
