INITIAL CONSULTATION

I will come to your home to meet you, have a look at the existing garden and discuss what type of garden you would like to achieve, I will ask about what you want to use the garden for, what type of feel you would like me to create, your favourite colours, particular likes and dislikes etc.. My aim is to provide a garden that meets all your requirements, that is beautiful, sustainable and practical. A small fee is made for this initial site visit, which is refunded in full should you wish to instruct me to create the design for you.

SURVEY

Once you have commissioned me to carry out the design work, I will visit site and conduct a full and detailed site survey which I draw up to provide the basis for the design planning. I will also take soil samples for analysis and also take the 'before' photographs.

CONCEPT PLANS

Armed with the survey plans, your brief and my ideas, I then start to design the garden and initially produce a couple of rough concept designs. I will visit you again to present these and we can discuss which of the designs you like, or sometimes elements of each are used.

PLANS

Once the concept is agreed, I will start drawing. I will produce a hand drawn coloured plan of the finished garden to act as the overall visual guide to what the garden is going to look like. I also produce detailed hard landscaping plans, and a full detailed planting plan, along with a specification for the works.

CREATING THE GARDEN

At this stage, you may wish to arrange for your own contractor to carry our the works. Alternatively, I can arrange to obtain estimates for the hard landscaping works, and I also provide a project management service to ensure that the work is carried out to the intended plan and standard.

PLANTING

I provide a plant supply and planting service. I recommend that this type of work is always carried out by a designer. Plant positioning is critical and although a planting plan is produced in advance, some degree of creativity is employed when planting to ensure that the overall effect is spot on.