Blooming Good Gardens - Design Modelling

Steve Rice, Blooming Good Gardens, can produce garden lighting designs

Blooming Good Gardens Garden Design & Consultancy

Custom Design for Perfect Outdoor Living

Butterfly on flower photo by Steve Rice, Blooming Good Gardens

... Slideshows and Animations

Views can be photo-like images such as those above, showing how the garden could look, or a sequence of views linked together into a walk-around slideshow - Steve could even develop a short animation giving a “virtual” video tour.

To see some examples of these ideas, please follow the links below:

Slideshows

These require a PDF reader such as Adobe—if you don’t have one installed, click here to download a free copy.

To move on in the slideshow, press the space bar or use the mouse scroll wheel. You can close the PDF window at any time to exit the show.

· A Walk-Around tour

· Modelling Design Choices

· Modelling Sun & Shade

Video Animations — click here for more information.

If you like what you’ve seen, click here to contact us for a free, no obligation, consultation.

3D image of a church garden design by Steve Rice, Blooming Good Gardens

3D Models, Images and Animations

Steve now does all his design work using the Vectorworks/Landmark Computer Aided Design (CAD) package - a professional software tool specifically geared to Garden & Landscape Design. Developing a design model with Vectorworks allows you to see Steve’s proposals in “3D”, viewing the scheme from any position (even looking out through the windows of your property) so you can see how the design works for you.

Steve says “CAD visualization allows us to explore options early on in the design work using a “what if” approach to see the alternatives before any construction work takes place. It’s much easier, and far less costly, to change a design model than to change something that’s not quite right for you after it has been built. CAD models also make the construction drawings more accurate & simpler to understand for the contractor, so that too can be a saving.”

3D image of a garden design with brick-built walls by Steve Rice, Blooming Good Gardens

3D image of a garden design with rendered walls by Steve Rice, Blooming Good Gardens

When planning the location of sitting areas or crop beds, the shade cast by buildings, fences or trees is an important consideration — modelled views can accurately show how the shadows would fall at different times of day and/or in different seasons.

3D image of a garden design showing sun shadows by Steve Rice, Blooming Good Gardens

The model can also be used to explore the effect of nightscape lighting and decide whether this could add even more benefit to your garden investment.

3D image of a garden design showing night lighting by Steve Rice, Blooming Good Gardens

Brick walls or rendered masonry?

The design model allows you to make an informed choice about differences in costs.