Construction, business and professional practice course for landscape and garden designers

GD200 | Sketchup Make 2017
- GD201 | Introduction to Sketchup Make for Windows
- GD202 | Introduction to Sketchup Make for Mac
- GD209 | Importing images
- GD203 | Manipulating objects
- GD210 | Rendering & animation
- GD204 | Drawing in Sketchup Make
- GD205 | Measure & labelling
- GD206 | Organising your workspace
- GD207 | Understanding components
- GD208 | Working with colour & texture
GD600 | Hard landscape portfolio
- GD601 | Introduction to the hard landscape portfolio (HLP)
- GD602 | Free standing rendered wall
- GD603 | Terrace and retaining wall
- GD604 | Step & arbour
- GD605 | Raised bed & brick pergola
- GD606 | Formal pond
- GD607 | Raised brick pond
- GD608 | Timber jetty
- GD609 | Terrace, pergola & water feature
- GD610 | Deck, pond and patio
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GD700 | Design detail and creative planning
- GD702 | Levels, survey and setting out
- GD703 | Technical drawing
- GD705 | Concrete for garden design
- GD706 | Fences: design and function
- GD707 | Garden paths and drives
- GD708 | Introduction to stone
- GD709 | Materials for walls
- GD710 | Timber: construction
- GD711 | Timber: the material
- GD712 | Wall design and workmanship
- GD713 | Formal water gardens
- GD714 | Natural ponds & lakes
GD800 | Garden photography
- GD801 | Using a DSLR camera
- GD802 | Making not taking photographs
- GD803 | Garden documentary photography
GD900 | Planting Design
- GD910 | Trees in relation to buildings
GD1000 | Masterclasses
- GD1002 | John Brookes garden plans
- GD1003 | Anthony Paul masterclass
- GD1003 pt.II | Anthony Paul masterclass pt II
- GD1004 | Sculpture from the landscape
- GD1005 | Luciano Giubbilei masterclass
- GD1007 | Designing with John Brookes lesson 1
- GD1008 | Designing with John Brookes lesson 2
- GD1009 | Designing with John Brookes lesson 3
- GD1010 | Designing with John Brookes lesson 4
GD1100 | Rural spatial development
- GD1101 | Plan of works
- GD1102 | Specification writing
- GD1103 | Setting out plans
- GD1105 | Steps and ramps
- GD1106 | Standard draft specification
- GD1107 | Site safety
- GD1108 | Contour manipulation
- GD1109 | Surface and water drainage
- GD1110 | Piped drainage and soak-a-ways
- GD1111 | Land drainage
- GD1112 | Swimming pool design
- GD1113 | Tennis court construction
- GD1115 | Irrigation design
- GD1116 | Garden lighting design pt. 1
- GD1117 | Landscape management plans
- GD1116a | Garden lighting design pt. 2
- GD1116b | Garden lighting design pt. 3
GD1200 | Business and professional practice
- GD1202 | Setting up a design business
- GD1203 | Marketing for garden designers
- GD1204 | Contract law
- GD1205 | Professional practice and fee scales
- GD1206 | Written communication for professional practice
- GD1207 | Town planning and consents
- GD1208 | Costing projects
- GD1209 | Telephone technique
- GD1210 | How to conduct the first client meeting
- GD1211 | Website design
- GD1213 | JCLI contracts for garden designers pt.1
- GD1213 pt.II | The consultancy agreement
GD1300 | Introduction to CAD for landscape designers
- GD1303a | Resource manager VW 2017
- GD1304 | Drawing basic shapes
- GD1301 | Setting up your workspace
- GD1302 | Setting up the drawing area
- GD1305 | Drawing irregular shapes
- GD1306 | Understanding surfaces
- GD1307 | Using X and Y cordinates
- GD1308 | Resizing and reshaping objects
- GD1309 | Move by point tool
- GD1310 | Duplicate along a path
- GD1311 | The attributes palette
- GD1312 | Text attributes and labeling
- GD1313 | Dimensioning your drawing
- GD1314 | Layers & classes
- GD1315 | Sheet layers
- GD1316 | Viewports
- GD1317 | Additional viewports
- GD1318 | Printing
- GD1319 | Importing a site survey
- GD1320 | Drawing up the site survey
- GD1322 | Plotting existing trees
- GD1323 | The hardscape tool
- GD1324 | Creating a hard landscape report
- GD1326 | Drawing walls in 3D
- GD1328 | Adding furniture from the resource manager
- GD1329 | Introduction to planting in Vectorworks
- GD1330 | Customising plants using default plant data
- GD1331 | Planting graphics
- GD1332 | The plant tool
- GD1333 | Creating new plants
- GD1334 | Landscape tool: bulbs & wild flowers
- GD1335 | Creating a plant report
GD1400 VW Bonus Lectures
- GD1401 | Mouse interaction
- GD1402 | User interface
- GD1403 | Palettes & workspace
- GD1404 | Introduction to classes
- GD1405 | Introduction to layers
- GD1406 | Snapping
- GD1406 | Snapping
- GD1407 | Tool & command interaction
- GD1408 | Navigation & views
- GD1409 | Document organisation
- GD1410 | Object types
- GD1411 | The hardscapes tool
- GD1412 | Creating hardscapes
- GD1415 | Creating landscape area
- GD1416 | Landscape area settings
- GD1417 | Introduction to site modelling
- GD1418 | Creating a site model
- GD1419 | Site model settings
- GD1420 | Introduction to site modifiers
- GD1421 | Creating site modifiers
- GD1422 | Site modifier pads
- GD1423 | Site modifier grade limits
- GD1424 | Site modifier texture beds
- GD1425 | Site model contour editing
- GD1426 | Site model from imported survey file
- GD1428 | Creating a property line
- GD1429 | Parking along a path tool
- GD1430 | Railing fence tool
- GD1431 | Introduction to planting in VW
- GD1432 | Placing plants
- GD1433 | Plant definition graphics
- GD1434 | Plant definition settings
- GD1435 | Plant instance settings
- GD1436 | Plant tags
- GD1437 | Plant tag images
Homework
- Self assessment questionnaire – drainage
- Self assessment questionnaire materials for walls pt 2
- Contour manipulation
- Understanding specification documentation
- Drainage assignment
- Costings exercise
- Self assessment questionnaire – brickwork walls
- Irrigation design
- Self assessment questionnaire timber – the material
- Self assessment questionnaire – fences
- Self assessment questions – simple timber construction
- Self assessment questionnaire – stone
- Final design project
Assignments
- Assignment: Full design project
- Assignment: Hard landscape portfolio
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Course Information

Course Instructor

Duncan Heather (Principal) Author

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GD200 | Sketchup Make 2017

GD201 | Introduction to Sketchup Make for Windows

GD202 | Introduction to Sketchup Make for Mac

GD209 | Importing images

GD203 | Manipulating objects

GD210 | Rendering & animation

GD204 | Drawing in Sketchup Make

GD205 | Measure & labelling

GD206 | Organising your workspace

GD207 | Understanding components

GD208 | Working with colour & texture

GD600 | Hard landscape portfolio

GD601 | Introduction to the hard landscape portfolio (HLP)

GD602 | Free standing rendered wall

GD603 | Terrace and retaining wall

GD604 | Step & arbour

GD605 | Raised bed & brick pergola

GD606 | Formal pond

GD607 | Raised brick pond

GD608 | Timber jetty

GD609 | Terrace, pergola & water feature

GD610 | Deck, pond and patio

New Section

This section does not have any lessons.

GD700 | Design detail and creative planning

GD702 | Levels, survey and setting out

GD703 | Technical drawing

GD705 | Concrete for garden design

GD706 | Fences: design and function

GD707 | Garden paths and drives

GD708 | Introduction to stone

GD709 | Materials for walls

GD710 | Timber: construction

GD711 | Timber: the material

GD712 | Wall design and workmanship

GD713 | Formal water gardens

GD714 | Natural ponds & lakes

GD800 | Garden photography

GD801 | Using a DSLR camera

GD802 | Making not taking photographs

GD803 | Garden documentary photography

GD900 | Planting Design

GD910 | Trees in relation to buildings

GD1000 | Masterclasses

GD1002 | John Brookes garden plans

GD1003 | Anthony Paul masterclass

GD1003 pt.II | Anthony Paul masterclass pt II

GD1004 | Sculpture from the landscape

GD1005 | Luciano Giubbilei masterclass

GD1007 | Designing with John Brookes lesson 1

GD1008 | Designing with John Brookes lesson 2

GD1009 | Designing with John Brookes lesson 3

GD1010 | Designing with John Brookes lesson 4

GD1100 | Rural spatial development

GD1101 | Plan of works

GD1102 | Specification writing

GD1103 | Setting out plans

GD1105 | Steps and ramps

GD1106 | Standard draft specification

GD1107 | Site safety

GD1108 | Contour manipulation

GD1109 | Surface and water drainage

GD1110 | Piped drainage and soak-a-ways

GD1111 | Land drainage

GD1112 | Swimming pool design

GD1113 | Tennis court construction

GD1115 | Irrigation design

GD1116 | Garden lighting design pt. 1

GD1117 | Landscape management plans

GD1116a | Garden lighting design pt. 2

GD1116b | Garden lighting design pt. 3

GD1200 | Business and professional practice

GD1202 | Setting up a design business

GD1203 | Marketing for garden designers

GD1204 | Contract law

GD1205 | Professional practice and fee scales

GD1206 | Written communication for professional practice

GD1207 | Town planning and consents

GD1208 | Costing projects

GD1209 | Telephone technique

GD1210 | How to conduct the first client meeting

GD1211 | Website design

GD1213 | JCLI contracts for garden designers pt.1

GD1213 pt.II | The consultancy agreement

GD1300 | Introduction to CAD for landscape designers

GD1303a | Resource manager VW 2017

GD1304 | Drawing basic shapes

GD1301 | Setting up your workspace

GD1302 | Setting up the drawing area

GD1305 | Drawing irregular shapes

GD1306 | Understanding surfaces

GD1307 | Using X and Y cordinates

GD1308 | Resizing and reshaping objects

GD1309 | Move by point tool

GD1310 | Duplicate along a path

GD1311 | The attributes palette

GD1312 | Text attributes and labeling

GD1313 | Dimensioning your drawing

GD1314 | Layers & classes

GD1315 | Sheet layers

GD1316 | Viewports

GD1317 | Additional viewports

GD1318 | Printing

GD1319 | Importing a site survey

GD1320 | Drawing up the site survey

GD1322 | Plotting existing trees

GD1323 | The hardscape tool

GD1324 | Creating a hard landscape report

GD1326 | Drawing walls in 3D

GD1328 | Adding furniture from the resource manager

GD1329 | Introduction to planting in Vectorworks

GD1330 | Customising plants using default plant data

GD1331 | Planting graphics

GD1332 | The plant tool

GD1333 | Creating new plants

GD1334 | Landscape tool: bulbs & wild flowers

GD1335 | Creating a plant report

GD1400 VW Bonus Lectures

GD1401 | Mouse interaction

GD1402 | User interface

GD1403 | Palettes & workspace

GD1404 | Introduction to classes

GD1405 | Introduction to layers

GD1406 | Snapping

GD1406 | Snapping

GD1407 | Tool & command interaction

GD1408 | Navigation & views

GD1409 | Document organisation

GD1410 | Object types

GD1411 | The hardscapes tool

GD1412 | Creating hardscapes

GD1415 | Creating landscape area

GD1416 | Landscape area settings

GD1417 | Introduction to site modelling

GD1418 | Creating a site model

GD1419 | Site model settings

GD1420 | Introduction to site modifiers

GD1421 | Creating site modifiers

GD1422 | Site modifier pads

GD1423 | Site modifier grade limits

GD1424 | Site modifier texture beds

GD1425 | Site model contour editing

GD1426 | Site model from imported survey file

GD1428 | Creating a property line

GD1429 | Parking along a path tool

GD1430 | Railing fence tool

GD1431 | Introduction to planting in VW

GD1432 | Placing plants

GD1433 | Plant definition graphics

GD1434 | Plant definition settings

GD1435 | Plant instance settings

GD1436 | Plant tags

GD1437 | Plant tag images

Homework

Self assessment questionnaire – drainage

Self assessment questionnaire materials for walls pt 2

Contour manipulation

Understanding specification documentation

Drainage assignment

Costings exercise

Self assessment questionnaire – brickwork walls

Irrigation design

Self assessment questionnaire timber – the material

Self assessment questionnaire – fences

Self assessment questions – simple timber construction

Self assessment questionnaire – stone

Final design project

Assignments

Assignment: Full design project

Assignment: Hard landscape portfolio