Garden Surveying & Drawing a Scale Plan
Online Course
Learn how to correctly measure your garden & create a base plan
Learn How To Accurately Survey Your Garden
An accurate base plan is the 1st essential step in designing your garden, so it's vital it's measured correctly!
Understanding & Working to Scale
Working to scale makes sure everything will fit in your garden and the quantity of materials to order
How to Draw a Base Plan for Your Design
Learn simple technique to translate your measurements into a scale base plan so you can design effectively
- no complex software required
- suitable for complete beginnersÂ
- methods taught work anywhere in the world
- suitable for any type of garden no matter what size or shape
- 100% online - works with computers & mobile devices
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I'm Rachel Mathews
I've been an international garden designer for over 30 years. I've learned the hard way just how important it is to get accurate measurements when designing a garden! It's all too easy to get it wrong. In this course I show you the tricks of the trade which will help you get your plan as accurate as possible.Â
Don't make expensive mistakes!
A scale drawing enables you to make sure everything fits before you build the garden. It will also enable you to work out the exact quantity of materials you need to order.Â
Landscaping a garden can be costly if you get it wrong...
A little bit of planning goes a long way... Taking a small amount of time and effort at the beginning will save you time and money in the long run. So many people plough ahead with landscaping their garden without proper planning. Those people don't get good results or at least nowhere near as good as they would had they planned it.Â
An accurate garden survey is the first vital step to successfully planning your garden.
Does this sound familiar?
- Purchased lots of plants and features yet the garden doesn't look as good as you hoped?
- You're struggling to imagine how the garden could look?
- You've attempted to draw the garden out on paper but you're not sure if you've got it right?
It doesn't have to be so difficult...
Books, magazines and TV make designing a garden overly complicated. Some information sources are better than others but they all make it hard work and not at all easy.
Few will tell you how to accurately survey your garden. Let alone what to do if your garden is an awkward shape or has changes of level.
It doesn’t have to be like that though. You may think it's a complicated process creating a scale plan, but it's really not, once you've learned the techniques shown in this course.
Click video below to see what's inside the course...
Survey Formula Course
PLEASE NOTE: This course is included FREE the garden DESIGN courses, but if you wish to purchase it separately, you can do so below.Â
When it comes to surveying your garden and creating a scale plan, the good news is you don’t need any existing skills to be able to do it, just a good tape measure!
By knowing a few basic processes you’ll be able to survey your own garden without needing to hire a costly professional surveyor.
Survey Formula Course Videos
1) How to Measure Your Garden - this video shows you several different methods to accurately measure your garden; the VITAL first part to creating a good design.
2a) How to Survey Large or Difficult Gardens – This video is to help those of you with large gardens or areas that are difficult to survey because there are lots of trees and shrubs in the way.
2b) Measuring awkward shape gardens & plotting plants & trees – In this video, Rachel will show you techniques that will help you measure awkward shape gardens and how to plot elements like trees onto your plan.
3) How to Survey Levels – this video will show you a few different methods for correctly working out changes in level in your garden.
4) Understanding Scale – this video will explain what scale is and how you choose the correct one for your garden plan.
5) Survey Drawing – in this video Rachel will show you how to put all your measurements on paper correctly, to scale, to create your base plan so you can start your design.
6) BONUS VIDEO – How to Make Your Own Drawing Board – this video will show you a really easy way you can make a temporary drawing board, without needing to spend a fortune on the real thing!
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Gift Purchases
If you wish to give the course as a gift, after purchase email us the details of the recipient and we will send them the course on the date you specify.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Absolutely not. The course is designed to show both complete beginners and experienced gardeners a really simple measuring techniques which can be used on any size, shape or style of garden, quickly and easily.
The course is 100% online, with immediate, lifetime access. So you can view it any time that is convenient for you, as many times as you want.
Yes. The techniques shown in the course work on any garden, anywhere!Â
As a rough guide, the Survey Formula Course tutorials could be completed in a couple of hours. How long it will take you to survey your garden and draw it to scale will depend on the size of your garden but it should be something you can complete in a day.
No. The course has been primarily designed for homeowners who wish to improve their knowledge without needing to attend a college course for weeks on end, so there is no qualification. Only our Great Garden Formula course has the option for a diploma (which this course is included with as a bonus).
You can ask Rachel any questions you have about the course material in the members' area of the website.
If you have a question that hasn't been answered above, please email us here.
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