3D Garden Designer

Draw a lawn, flower or vegetable bed, raised bed, patio, deck, gravel or mulch area as a polygon in the garden. Areas may overlap: a patio or bed on top of a lawn covers it, and areas are never counted twice.

add_area

Place a pool, pergola, shed, greenhouse, gate, bench, chair, table, sun lounger, parasol, barbecue, outdoor sink, fire pit, garden light, beehive, sandbox, swing, play area, chicken coop, dog kennel, rabbit hutch, field shelter, a person (a figure for scale), or a chicken, duck, goose, goat, sheep, horse, cow, dog, cat or rabbit at a point, or draw a fence or garden wall along a line. Omitted sizes use the defaults in get_garden_summary mode catalogue.

add_garden_feature

Draw a garden path along points at a width and material, and report its length and area.

add_path

Place a shrub at a point, or draw a hedge along a line, with its height and width, to check screening and space.

add_shrub_or_hedge

Place a tree at true size: its crown width and height now, and optionally the mature size the user or you supplied, so the plan shows the space it will need. The reply notes when a mature crown would reach the house.

add_tree

Change the material of an area, path or feature (for example patio pavers to sandstone) without changing its shape. Material ids are listed by get_garden_summary mode catalogue.

set_material

Create a measured garden from the user's yard size and wishes in ONE call, then return its 3D view and editable plan links (show the 3D view first). Coordinates are metres (or feet with units ft) on the yard plan: x to the east, y to the north, origin at the yard's south-west corner. You choose the layout: areas (lawn, beds, patio, deck, gravel), paths and items (trees, shrubs, hedges, pool, pergola, seating and more). Items get labels in the order given: areas Z, paths A, then items (T tree, S shrub, H hedge, P pool, G pergola, C seating...). Everything must fit inside the yard and outside the house; if something does not fit, nothing is saved and the reply says what to change. The first version models flat ground and generic plant groups.

design_garden

Make a copy of a saved garden as a new garden, so the user can try a change without touching the original.

duplicate_garden

Return the link to a garden's editable 2D plan or its 3D walk. The links open for the signed-in owner only.

get_garden_link

Return the link where the owner makes a realistic visualisation of their garden design, made from its measurements. It opens the 3D view of the saved design: the owner turns it to the viewpoint they want and makes the picture there.

get_realistic_picture_link