This course will give you the tools to create amazing gardens: SketchUp 3D modeling software complemented with landscape design principles.

If you are a gardener, a landscape architect, or you just like gardening in your house, this course will show you how to implement this principles in a 3D model to create professional designs that you can use for yourself or to show your ideas to your clients.

Contents

• The first section of this course is focused on the Software, from downloading Sketchup to Installation, Setting up the 3D Workspace and getting familiar with the Basic Tools.
• The second section of this course is focused on building a Sample Site, where you're going to work in.

• The third section is focused on the Landscape Design Principles, applied to a sample house backyard, there you will learn how to give your garden a Distribution and Structure according to Sun Position and Shadows given from the Sketchup's Geo-Location Tool.

• The fourth section is focused on the Design itself. Here you will learn in detail how to design and model the Garden's Paths, where to put your Plants, how to model your Terrace and and where you can put your Swimming Pool.

When you have finished this course you will be able to create wonderful Garden Designs and you will be ready to improve your own garden or get some clients to improve their's.