The design process is generally as follows:
- VISIT - to you and your garden to establish your needs;
- QUOTE - to redesign the garden;
- SURVEY - of the garden: key features, aspect, soil type etc.
- DRAFT & CONSULT - on preliminary ideas and layout;
- FINALISE - plans fully drawn up.
Design plans are to scale, hand-drawn and usually colour.
Typically I might produce:
- a layout plan with at least a minimal amount of planting information;
- plus a perspective and/or elevation view,
- and a section diagram if it might be useful.
Notes can accompany the drawings:
- plants (latin name, common name & key characteristics) considered suitable for the garden conditions;
- a suggested schedule of tasks to create the garden (useful if you’re doing the work yourself);
- an estimate, based on my own costs, to build and plant the new garden; hard landscaping work may be contracted to a reputable builder - I do not employ anyone directly (fewer overheads that way!) so you get competitive quotes from craftsmen I can recommend.
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