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:
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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.
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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:
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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.
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The walkway is made of dwarf butterfly bush and variegated Liriope and leads directly to the pool patio.
The Flower Beds:
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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.
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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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