Producing the concept plan with free tools
Hand drawing, SketchUp Free, QGIS, Inkscape or plain graph paper — the professional output is the same: a scaled, labelled plan that shows the layout and reads at a glance. What to draw, at what scale, and what to leave off.
Not planted yet — but the plan for it is final
The practical task and the checklist below are exactly what this lesson will teach. What is missing is the written explanation and the curated links, each one fetched and verified before it ships.
In the meantime the checklist is genuinely usable on its own. Take it outside.
Do this on your own block
Field journal entry
Concept plan
Produce a scaled concept plan of your property showing all zones, surfaces, structures, planting masses, levels changes and circulation, with a title block, scale, north point and date. It should answer the brief and respect the constraints plan.
Saved to your workbook
Sign in to write this straight into your project workbook — or just keep it in a notebook.
Checklist
- Drawn to a stated scale with a north point and date
- Every zone from the zoning diagram is resolved into real shapes
- Level changes and steps are shown
- It can be understood without you standing there explaining it