Garden Design: Creating a Base Plan

Creating a base plan for your garden may not be considered the most exciting part of the process, but it is an all-important one! This in-person class combines lecture and practicum and will focus on measuring techniques for a new garden area or selected landscape area of your property. We will also develop a base plan, which serves as the beginning stages of capturing existing inventory and conditions. During this session, we will demonstrate how to use scales and translate gathered information into a scaled drawing and a key.

This is the third session of the Garden Design: 8-Part Series. Students are welcome to attend this class as a stand-alone or deepen their knowledge with the entire series. Those who register for the eight-part series will get eight classes for the price of seven. Learn more here

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Supplies:

• One of the following: Plot Plan, Survey, Property Deed, or Google Earth image
• Drafting Pencils: Suggested .7mm &.5mm
• Engineer Scale 1:10
• Triangle
• Protractor
• Compass
• Graph Paper 10:10 or 1:10 (preferable)
• Drafting Tape/Dots or Masking Tape
• Circle or Landscape Template.