Virtual but Real

Here in the 21st Century, you got either virtual or you got real. At Ben's Creek Nursery, we do both!

It's all part of our design process. All hardscape installations involve form and function; there is an existing topography and landscaping that must be taken into account, and then there is the final function or utility that the customer desires. In our design process, we incorporate both into an initial proposal for the customer.

What is cool is that we can sometimes reduce the proposal to a graphical virtual reality superimposed on the customer's existing structures.

These plan/proposal renderings incorporate not only the design of the structures we will build, but also the specific types of material to be used. This way, the customer can get a truer sense of the look and feel of the final product.

And, these renderings enable the customer to virtually 'walk around' the proposed build. For instance, here is a picture of the patio addition from the perspective of the deck:

In this particular case, these 'walk around' views helped the customer decide to make changes to the initial proposal, eliminating the forward columns and grill and substituting a side walkway into the final proposal.

Once the proposal is approved, however, the big question is: how do you get from virtual to real? The answer is simple: it takes men, materials, and effort … lots of effort!

Following are photos of our crews engaged in the hard process of bringing the virtual into reality.

By next week we should have final photos of this installation. Stay tuned!