Landscape Design 101 - Measuring for a Base Map

Step-by-step to create a landscape drawing including how to measure, record and capture all measurements needed to create a landscape design on grid paper which you can use to create the landscape design of your dreams!
Template to Capture Measurements (PDF)
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Links - Equipment to Measure
- Tape Measure - amzn.to/3uS7lI9
- Fiberglass Tape Measure - amzn.to/3uTz5ft
- Clipboard - amzn.to/3Lz6WAh
Links - Equipment to Draft
- Lead Holder - amzn.to/3sKUFQC
- Eraser - amzn.to/3JwmW47
- Pencil Sharpener - amzn.to/3rX5lwp
- Flair Pen - amzn.to/3uWkkbU
- Circle Template - amzn.to/3gONiSA
- Graph Paper - amzn.to/3rUe3LJ
- Drafting Dots - amzn.to/3GU2BUM
- Rolling Ruler - amzn.to/3gRskCM
- French Curve - amzn.to/3gTK2We
- Scale - amzn.to/3rVPy0T
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:54 Equipment to Measure
02:56 Freehand Sketch
04:06 Label
04;48 Measure
09:12 Equipment to Draft
11:23 Draft
14:49 Landscape Plan
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[@nymode]

Very easy to understand and helpful! Best video I've seen so far on the topic. Could you please go into more detail on how to do the landscape and planting plan? How do you incorporate grading in the plan?

[@yoco1021]

Thank you. You were better explaining thing than my instructor in my Landscape Design class.

[@soilshepherds]

Thank you for watching and sharing! Hearing that means so much to me! I’ll have more landscape design videos out this winter.

[@robinmadel5019]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! So helpful for someone new to landscape design who wants a yard full of native plantings. Now to find my tape measure.

[@soilshepherds]

I'm glad you found this helpful. It's overwhelming at first but hopefully seeing it completed one step at a time makes it easier. I tried to take the next step by providing native plant examples used in a landscape design. If interested check out "Native Plant Landscape Design Full Example Including Plant Detail"

[@jakeschreacke4421]

I would like to add, just from thinking of it while watching, the amazing maps app we have on our phones/ satellite image! That could definitely help with a topical view of the rough sketch!

[@gisl2159]

I love my metric scale.

[@soilshepherds]

I don’t understand how metric never caught on in the states!

[@aneesmuhammad8282]

Very informative

[@soilshepherds]

Thank you! I appreciate you sharing!