Garden planning
When planning a garden, it's important to understand how the sunny and shady areas change over the course of a day, and across the year as a whole. The best way to do this is to observe the site for a whole year, ideally taking photographs as a record (like those below). However, in many situations we don't have that much time. This is where the Sun Compass can help - enabling us to work out these patterns, so we can locate our different design elements in the best locations.
Changing shade across a day
Changing midday shade over the course of just two months