Landscaping
Creating a stunning garden starts with a meticulously crafted landscape design, which is crucial for realising your dream outdoor space.
Over recent years, landscape designs have transformed significantly as outdoor areas increasingly serve as extensions of our indoor lifestyles. Some of the most frequent demands we encounter include custom designs, eco-friendly features, low maintenance, and high-impact entertainment spaces. Regardless of your specific needs, a well-thought-out landscape design is vital for ensuring your project's success from the outset.
Our design process involves several stages, carefully sequenced to yield the optimal design solution for your new outdoor space.
Step 1 - Initial Garden Consultation
Our landscape design process starts by viewing your garden as an extension of your home and getting to know you personally. During an initial home visit, we discuss your needs and assess the existing site conditions, considering your lifestyle, safety, sun exposure, and drainage issues to tailor the design to you. We also examine the land's topography and soil, as well as its micro-climates, to inform our plant choices, hardscape placement, and maintenance plans. Throughout the concept stage, we give careful attention to scale and proportions to ensure all elements harmonise, enhancing the overall beauty of the landscape.
Step 2 - Garden Design Concept
Should you choose to move forward with our design, our team begins crafting a concept that incorporates the insights gained during our initial consultation. Typically taking 4 to 6 weeks, this concept design features a top-down view of the overall layout, along with options for planting, material choices, and a mood board with images. We present this design to you in person, encouraging your input and collaboration at this phase, and we continue refining until everyone is satisfied.
Step 3 - Landscape Design Final Documentation
After receiving approval for the initial concept, we proceed to flesh out the design with the specifics required for landscape construction. This comprehensive plan includes:
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Landscaping layout with elevation levels
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Illumination scheme
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Watering system layout
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Drainage strategy
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Detailed material choices
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Planting itinerary
In this phase, we outline all material types, plant selections, technical specifications, and construction prerequisites.
