NATIVE LANDSCAPE DESIGN

FAQ's

Landscape & Garden Designer FAQ's

Clearly when you decide to invest in your garden, you will want to be sure that your money is well spent. Whether your budget is 4 figures or 6 figures, you don’t want to be throwing good money after bad, which is why it is worth devoting a small percentage of the overall project cost to professional garden design. Some Landscapers will try and sway you with 'free designs' however these will often be crude hand sketches with no scale or consideration of space, bespoke detailing or planting. They will often hide the cost of the design into the build and so this will not be a 'free' service as they claim. One of the main advantages of having a professional design done is that accurate measurements and areas can be taken off the plan to obtain realistic and competitive quotes to build it, ensuring you get the best value for your money.

1. Sketch Design - Our Garden Design Service starts with a free no obligation site visit where we will meet with you to discuss your aspirations for the space and get an idea of budget. Once you engage us to design your garden we will undertake a detailed survey and produce a couple of Sketch Options for you to consider. We will make any amendments necessary once you have reviewed the Sketch Design.

2. Detail Design - Once we have an agreed Sketch Design, we will then proceed with a detailed Planting & Finishes Plan.

3. Costing - The detailed Planting & Finishes Plans will be sent to the Landscapers for costing and a quote will be put together to build your garden. 

Typically it would take a week or 2 to produce Sketch Designs and depending on how many amendments there are, it would usually another week or 2 to produce Detail plans for costing.

We use a very good 3D artist who can produce full rendered 3D visual of our designs and fly throughs to enable you to see how your garden will look when built and fully planted.

The design of a garden can be done at any time of year and we work all through the year for our clients. The building and planting of a garden is more time critical as these are heavily dependent on the weather. Rendering blockwork, pointing paving and planting can be delayed in the Winter due to cold weather.

Yes, we have designed many commercial projects both in the U.K and Internationally. Please view our Commercial Portfolio.