Garden Design Tools

Enhance Your Lumion Renders with LUT Color Correction

What’s a LUT, and Why Is It Important for Exploring Different Rendering Styles? A LUT (Look-Up Table) is a mathematical formula that adjusts colors, contrast, and tones in an image or rendering. Essentially, it’s a preset color grading tool that transforms the colors in your render based on a predefined scheme. LUTs are widely used…

Ambient occlusion in SketchUp an essential tool for everyone that uses this software to create their 3D renderings!

Ambient occlusion is one of the latest updates from the SketchUp team, an essential tool for those how use SketchUp to create their final 3D imagery to showcase their design ideas to their clients . Check out the difference between using just the shadows tool vs using shadow+occlusion in this simple example: It maybe subtle…

Really exciting news for Twinmotion landscapers and gardeners!!

What’s New in 2024.1.1 Twinmotion edition??? 62 Growable trees, growable setting is an amazing Twinmotion feature that enables you to showcase the tree species in tree different stages of their growth, young, adult and mature a dream tool for any garden designer or landscaper using this software. Check out the official release note below: “New…

Exciting news 🗞️ Coming soon! ShootPlantPlanner™ with SketchUp

Creating planting plans with 3D modeling and CAD systems has long been a pain point for garden designers and landscape architects. The process is often riddled with challenges that can make the task feel daunting and time-consuming. But there’s exciting news on the horizon: the new ShootPlantPlanner™ promises to revolutionize how professionals handle plant planning…

Why Mastering 3D Rendering is Essential for Every Garden Designer and Landscaper

In the world of garden design and landscaping, the ability to visualize ideas before they come to life is not just a luxury—it’s a necessity. This is where the power of 3D rendering becomes invaluable. Here’s why mastering this skill is essential for professionals in our field: Visual Communication: 3D rendering transforms your vision into…

🌳🏡✨ Investing in your Plant Library, Building a Lush Digital World 🎨👩‍💻🌿

Plants shown in the renderings are Echium, Malva and Euphorbia from @maxtree_cgi bundle 115 We all know the magic a beautifully designed garden can bring to a property, and in the world of #LandscapeArchitecture and #GardenDesign, the tools we choose to bring our vision to life are paramount. 💫 As professionals of the great outdoors,…

From Sketch to 3D Rendering: Unveiling the Creative Process of Contemporary Planting Plans Garden Design

The landscape design process has evolved significantly over the years, with the digital revolution introducing a plethora of tools that have amplified the potential for creativity and precision. As a garden designer, my approach marries traditional techniques with innovative digital applications to breathe life into the conceptual vision, and I thought it was high time…

Why Garden Designers Should Try Twinmotion 2023: Unleash Your Creativity

As a garden designer, staying ahead of the game and creating stunning outdoor spaces is essential for success. Twinmotion 2023 offers an impressive range of features to help you design, visualize, and present your projects like never before. In this blog post, we’ll explore the top reasons why you should try Twinmotion 2023 and how…

Top 5 Reasons Garden Designers and Landscapers Should Learn SketchUp and Layout

As a garden designer or landscaper, you’re always looking for new ways to improve your skills and bring your clients’ visions to life. SketchUp and Layout are two powerful tools that can help you do just that. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the top five reasons why you should learn SketchUp and Layout, and…

SketchUp: The Essential Tool for Garden Designers

Are you a garden designer looking for a tool to help bring your designs to life? Look no further than SketchUp! As a powerful and intuitive 3D modeling software, SketchUp is the perfect tool for garden designers looking to create detailed and accurate plans for their clients. One of the things that set SketchUp apart…

Open AI, a ChatGPT conversation about Garden Design

The following conversation is an ongoing talk, my first, using the chat GPT at Open Ai, a free research resource at the moment that you can try on, be aware that you need to register and give your mobile number. When talking about artificial intelligence I’m 50% amazed the other 50% totally scared, it’s incredible…

5 Reasons you should learn SketchUp if you are a garden designer or landscaper!!

SketchUp is one of the most versatile, user-friendly software. With a particularly good entry-level cost with the PRO version, the most used by professionals, for only €300 a year on a subscription basis. With this software, you can do everything from the 3D modeling of your garden project to the 2D plans for planting, construction…

FREE PDF: The Garden Rendering Checklist

Get my free pdf checklist on how to create amazing renderings for your garden design project by subscribing to my mailing list!

SketchUp Basics for Garden Designers course updated

The online course SketchUp for Garden Designers as been completely updated for SketchUp PRO 2021. Like all my courses the they are video based and using a Windows PC, if you have Mac the differences are not very significant and you can still do this course. Check out the full curriculum and preview videos on…

When to use Vegetation Paint in Twinmotion 2020!

The Vegetation Paint tool that can be found in the Context menu in Twinmotion 2020 it´s an amazing way to create an interesting background for your Twinmotion renderings. Check out the renderings at the end of the video! 🖥Online courses here: https://gardendesigntools.thinkific.com/ #gardendesigntools #lumionforgardens #twinmotionforgardens I’m preparing for a Live Stream on Lumion PRO 10.5…