How to draw professional planting plans (for busy professional gardeners)
Create client worthy presentations without expensive software.
Would you like help turning your planting design sketches from this:
Into client ready drawings like this?:
Most professional gardeners are experts in plants.
You work with plants every day, seeing them change and grow through the seasons. You know what works where; especially within the local climate.
But when a client asks you for suggestions for an empty border, you can be hit by a wall of frustration and embarrassment.
Sketching down a design onto a piece of paper, plants all perfectly chosen and positioned, something seems to be missing…. Your drawing might feel clunky and amateur. The handwriting isn’t good, the lines are uneven, the colours harsh. It does not do your years of expertise justice!
Looking online at professional drawings, it seems that in order to make your plans look better - client presentation worthy - you first have to purchase eye-wateringly expensive software, and then spend hours tearing your hair out, trying to learn how to use it. There has to be a better way!
I’ve been working with such landscape professionals, and have found a quick, easy solution to such a problem.
Transforming sketches like this…
Into digital drawings like this:
With them, I have created a template for drawing professional, client-ready plans using software that is easy and free!
This method is relevant and usable no matter which country or climate you work in. You can even add in your own local planting palettes to use across multiple projects.
Don’t waste time with expensive, complicated software or trawling the Internet trying to find tutorials that end up not being relevant for your work.
Contact sophie@sthompsongardendesign.co.uk to find out more. I’d love to help!