After an initial free consultation for locations in nearby surrounding areas, I offer a variety of services to clients pending their needs. After this first meeting, I email through a quotation. (It's necessary to charge a little for consultations further away)
LIST OF SERVICES
DESIGN
For clients who would like a design, I tend to take them through a process.
LIST OF SERVICES
DESIGN
For clients who would like a design, I tend to take them through a process.
The Design Process includes :
Site Survey. I visit and make an assessment of the site, measuring the spaces and making note of existing objects and plants, type of soil, soil acidity, garden aspect, levels. I then create a Site Survey Document drawn to scale that I use for the basis of my work. For some gardens with a bigger budget and more complex array of levels, it may be necessary to go one step further and use a land surveyor to provide us with a topographical survey instead.
-Agree a Brief for the design.
-Meetings to discuss a sketched B&W overview to scale, discuss choices of plants and materials, style etc
-Meeting to hand over A1/A2/A3 black and white paper plans (pending project size) :
--Construction Layout Plan CLP
--Planting Plan PP (example shown above A1)
--A3 Coloured Illustration (see below)
CLP and PP are black and white overview plans, drawn to scale. The CLP gives exact measurements for landscapers, along with a Landscaper Pack of information to help them provide you with a quotation to build the design, with little plant information. The PP includes detailed positioning and naming of plants.
Design and Build
For some smaller projects, once the design is finalised, I offer my services to build the design with the help of my small team, or if I am not able to do it, help clients source a trusted landscaper.
Design and Oversee
For larger projects, once completing the design, I offer a Stage II Service of overseeing the build of the garden. This involves introducing clients to trusted landscapers, making regular visits during the construction, helping to source plants and materials. Positioning of Plants.
Planting
For most projects I like to involve myself with the planting. For some, I am too stretched and it is necessary to simply do the positioning and let the landscapers do the planting.
Lighting
For gardens that wish to have lighting, it is necessary for me to spend time having meetings and emails with my client and trusted electrician.
I create large paper plans in B&W as seen above (Planting Plan for an exotic garden near Battle, A1 size), and hand drawn watercolour illustrations as below (generally A3 size).
A design for a side garden soon to be built. Silver birches underplanted with many perennials and grasses. Self-binding gravel footpath with large boulders. Quarter circle decking.
Part Design
Some clients have a limited budget but would like me to create a new design that leaves room for planting to come later by themselves or others. This means doing a Construction Layout Plan only, showing the new flower borders, types of surfaces and objects etc. I would then be available for a meeting/consultation to discuss basic planting ideas.
Alternatively, you may have a blank canvas with recently created flower borders and wanting a Planting Plan only.
No Design - Garden Makeover
Some clients just want to have a chat and agree on a Garden Makeover. In this instance, I would meet up, make some notes and email an estimate to carry out the work by my small team as discussed.
Some clients have a limited budget but would like me to create a new design that leaves room for planting to come later by themselves or others. This means doing a Construction Layout Plan only, showing the new flower borders, types of surfaces and objects etc. I would then be available for a meeting/consultation to discuss basic planting ideas.
Alternatively, you may have a blank canvas with recently created flower borders and wanting a Planting Plan only.
No Design - Garden Makeover
Some clients just want to have a chat and agree on a Garden Makeover. In this instance, I would meet up, make some notes and email an estimate to carry out the work by my small team as discussed.