Homework assignment	Design	West facing building	Full building Here I only want you to desgin from the left side of the planter on. Don't design the entire length of the building, it is too long	looking north from the main entrance
Looking south from the corner

2nd Homework Assignment due in January

Sequence of Design

Convert all of the metric measurements to imperial on the Real Propert Report. Buy a large enough paper form Colours or Staples. Use your ruler (probably 1/4"=1' is the most common choice but you can choose a different scale if you want) and starting with the house recreate the house on the larger paper, then draw the little lines that come off of the corner of the house. Once the house is done then begin drawing the property lines. You will join the property lines from the corners of the house first then extend the lines with a long ruler outwards. A note which you may have already discovered is the the front property measurement only goes to the Right of Way dotted line. Remember that is where the pins are and represents the actual property that you own. You will have to deduce the other front measurements by creating a ratio. (You will note that I only asked you to design the back and sides of the yard so if math isn't your thing not a problem the front isn't required.)

Do some scribble designs and come up with some alternative designs. Create the hardscape first. Don't put in your hardscape labels right away though. Sit down and choose your plants. Shade plants on the right Sun plants on the left (make a selection of about 40 or 50 plants that you think might be appropriate that give colour through the year). A good idea then would be to print off the pictures and do some 3Ds so that you can see what you are creating. (I don't believe in just winging it. It usually just looks like a jumbled mess, and almost all clients are able to discern order). Either create a layered design (back to front) or if you have a border planting style then use the 3, 5, 11 plant style (repeating or mirroring), or triangulate your design starting with your largest plants first and placing them in 3s (or groups thereof)  until you get to the smallest ones. Once that is done then convert that to your Design. I should think a large property like this would need at least 25 genera unless you are going to create a modern geometric design with grasses. I have already finished this design and the final design had almost 50 genera by the time I was done. The Trebors  seemed to really like variety. WARNING though don't create a botanic garden. Unless it is a tree or a large shrub NEVER just plant one single plant. One lonely echinacea in the middle of this large yard would be wasted.

Create a good looking design that everyone can read easily. Put your labels in blocks integrating your hardscape and softscape labels. If you don't have too many plants then write the names out fully. If you have a lot of plants then create a code that makes it easy for me to tell which is a perennial and which is a shrub. Example POP or PP for potentilla pink, and pp for pink poppies.

Colour the design - For plants with a red flower add a touch of red

For those using a computer programme, you usually can create a grid (axis) that you can lay on top of your design. set that to 1' X 1' it will help immeasureably in dropping in your circles. Make sure that you join your circles if you are grouping your plants. When placing your labels draw a temporary line on the side of the paper and then place your labels so they line up with the  line. That way all of the names will line up in nice clean row. Once all of your labels are in then delete the temporary line. Some programmes also do colouring for you but I believe that all of the shapes must be enclosed so that the colour can then be filled in. You can't have an open ended shape.

Good luck guys. In the new year we will be looking at hardscaping, construction details, and then costing.

		Front Left Need access for the meter but also need this would be a good space for storage	Front Right This is the most obvious side for a walkway to the back. You need to choose where to put the fence.	Measurements of the windows Measured from the corner of the front right corner of the house
Back Right Once there is a fence in on this side it will be a fairly shady area as the house on the right is large and the spruce is large as well.	Back Middle They have a fantastic view but the neighbours walk their dogs along the public walkway. Need access to the back gate, This area is open to waterfalls, gazebos, hot tubs, separate patios, vegetable gardens, fireplaces (pits), you name it be creative	Back Left Lots of sunshine here, perfect for perennial borders, flowering shrubs in spring, a hot tub, or waterfeature etc	Back of the house You could change the deck to a multi deck, put in an extra patio, integrate a hot tub, create an outdoor kitchen with a granite counter top, pergolas or screens. All kinds of possiblities	Right Neighbour
Right Neighbour's window	Left Neighbour	Back left of the Building Don't forget about the dog run, storage shed and access to the front so the lawn can be cut.

3rd Homework Assignment due in February

For this yard the design had been previously done and it is our job to create an estimate for the client. I made  measurements of the property. One is the measurement of the garage and another one is of the back property line. You will have to determine the measurements of the lines and find a ratio that will help you to determine the actual length of the lines. Using the area calculation formulae that I have given you find the areas, then the volumes of the materials needed. From the volumes you can then tell me the material cost of this design. We will look at the first half of the estimate in the second class and the last half of the design in the third class

Day two calculations

Soil 48 yards but you would order 5 tandems	Fence 183.5 foot length with a 4' gate		Washed Rock under Deck 2 yards	Rocky Mountain Rustic 3.25 yards

Day 3 calculations

Circle Area at 10' radius = 78.5 ft2		Base of the Patio Road crush 1.5 yards with 2 bags of cement Sand .25 yards	Snap Edge 4, 8 foot sections	Stack Stone 62 total blocks with 2 half stones and one tube of PL glue
Elipse Area 525 ft2	Total Sod 999 Ft2	Bark Chip 9 yards