This is my first official 3D computer aided design using the Pool Studio software on Vizterra. I chose to do a typical residential backyard for a middle class family in the south. I used all plants that do well in the south, and I included the house itself, an inground pool, a pergola, a small garden patch, and perennial beds.
The Property Border:
I placed traditional red crape myrtles along the fence line. Weigela are included along the backside between the crape myrtles and Cleyera border the fence closer to the house.
In the yard, I placed apple trees, a saucer and star magnolia, and maples to give the traditional backyard feel. Various oaks and hickories dot the outside of the property to mimic a real southern environment.
The Walkway:
Not seen in this picture but in the video I have red roses in the back against the house with boxwoods in front of them. In the outer corners of the bed I included forsythia; in the inner corners of the bed I have spirea.
The walkway is made of dwarf butterfly bush and variegated Liriope and leads directly to the pool patio.
The Flower Beds:
I have two matching beds on either side of the pool. Rosemary makes up the corners with Helleri hollies along the back wall. Flowers I placed in the middle are Russian sage, Rudbeckia, daisies, and salvia with daylily making up the front border.
Pool Studio includes a practical/technical version of the design as well. For installation purposes, all plants and hardscapes are set to a 2D drawing automatically. Here are 2D images of the same design above.
First Design Redraw
This is a redraw from the first garden design I ever did in college using Photoshop. This is only a small residential flower bed, but it was still a great first opportunity to begin designing. I included more ornamental flowers but kept a strong evergreen background to help with the view of the old building behind it.
The concept:
There were two matching sides to this bed with a concrete slab in between. I treated the two beds like they were one big bed, mirroring each other with two cleyeras at each end, a wall of Wintergreen boxwoods against the back, herbaceous flowers in the middle, and daylilies bordering the front of the beds.
Other plants:
Little princess spireas are clustered around the cleyera with daisies, salvia, purple coneflower, and Rudbeckia making up the herbaceous row of plants. Something I did not include in the picture are clusters of purple and white irises and daffodils in the empty space at the front of the bed for spring blooms.
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