If you aren’t able to photocopy your basic plan then another option is using tracing paper. You can then try out lots of different ideas on the tracing paper without having to redraw your basic plan. You can also lay several layers of tracing paper over your original plan if you like one bit of one attempt and something else from another.
Another option is to cut out the shapes for anything which you know the size of/ size you want e.g. a shed, garden table etc. You can them move it around on your plan to your hearts content.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
Scale is vital @gilla.walmsley. Many people make the mistake of not doing that, and end up with a tiny area that they'd hoped would accommodate a large dining table, or that spot they thought would suit the kids' swing will only be enough for a wheelie bin
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I agree with @Fairygirl about scale. It's so easy to plant spreading trees too close to a boundary and end up imposing half a tree canopy on a neighbour, which can lead to problems...... Trust the plant description, thinking of prunus Kanzan particularly, and your tape measure. I favour cut-out shapes as mentioned earlier, for ease of adjustment etc. Have fun.
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Another option is to cut out the shapes for anything which you know the size of/ size you want e.g. a shed, garden table etc. You can them move it around on your plan to your hearts content.
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Trust the plant description, thinking of prunus Kanzan particularly, and your tape measure.
I favour cut-out shapes as mentioned earlier, for ease of adjustment etc.
Have fun.