Design Process

A professional landscape designer translates dreams into reality using their education in design, advanced horticultural knowledge, skills with graphic design and drafting, along with their hands on experience.

Preliminary Design Consultation

Our first 1 hour meeting with you is at your job site for an on-site design consultation. We will work with you to develop a picture of the feeling and function of your dream landscape. What will your garden feel like and what it will do? We listen to your thoughts and ideas to create your wish list. We offer our expertise and cost saving ideas, which you may not have considered, to enhance the landscape project. Together we develop the design features that we will use to create an initial budgetary proposal.

Initial Design Phase

We will provide you an initial budgetary proposal for professional design and installation services. After you agree, we will create one or more design options, for your landscape. It will be customized for your specific property, including your wish list and working with the existing site conditions. We will include estimated construction costs based on the design elements in your drawings and plans. Before proceeding we will determine with you the final elements of your design and establish your installation budget. With input from you, we will revise your plans and the budget until you are satisfied and ready to begin your installation project. If we find together that your dream landscape exceeds your budget, we will work with you to scale back or create phases - depending on your needs we may break the project up into multiple phases to accommodate your budget.

Installation Documents

After you have approved the initial design and installation budget, we develop the detailed installation plans for construction, irrigation systems, hardscapes, planting plans, along with the construction contract. After your approval, and deposit, we will schedule your installation project and start to create the environment that you are dreaming of.