“Mark, I don’t know how to measure my garden for a marquee. I’ve got no idea where to start. I can’t measure to save my life.”

Here’s my handy guide to show you how to measure your gardening under 30 seconds.  It’s quite simple how to work out and estimate the size of your garden.  It doesn’t even involve a tape measure. Most gardens tend to have fence panels around the perimeter, and nearly all fence panels are two meters wide.  So simply count the number of fence panels you have down the length of your garden and multiply that by two, and that will give you a distance in meters.  For example, if your garden is six fence panels long, four fence panels wide, and you can be certain your garden is around 12 meters long and eight meters wide.

If you don’t have fences in your garden and you want to get a rough idea how big the garden is, one large pace from a standard height person will be around about a meter.  So pace around the garden if you don’t have fence panels.  Marquees tend to come in three-meter widths and three-meter lengths intervals.  So some gardens are better suited for three, six, nine and twelve-meter wide widths and they could be made as long as you wish, again, in three-meter lengths.

If you want to give any measurements to any Marquee Hire Company, most companies work in meters.  So stick to meters rather than feet or inches when given your dimensions out.  Better still, work with a company like us where you can simply Whatsapp images of your garden and we can tell you what will fit!.   We can see from the photos what size marquee will work best in the available space that you have.

How to Measure Your Garden for a Marquee
How to Measure Your Garden for a Marquee

Marquees come in 3m width variants such as 3m, 6m, 9m, 12m and 15m wide.  The length (or bays) come in 3m length variants too and they can be made as long as you wish.

Now you have the size of your garden I would now head over to our other article to work out what size marquee is required for your event with the number of guests you have coming.  An event where most of your guests will be standing requires a different size marquee in comparison to a fully seated event.  This article will show you what size you need to ensure you have enough space.

Send some images of your garden along with some details or your event and we shall work out what size is best for your garden.  We’ll do the hard work and measure everything for you. We’ll work out the biggest Marquee signs you can fit in the garden space and come up with a plan for you. It’s just below here, or give us a call at 01462 262 011, and we’ll be happy to help.


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