Professional, Collaborative Sustainable & Innovative
Our professional garden design-to-delivery service follows a well-defined and carefully refined process that also aligns with RIBA Stages 1 to 4.
We guide you seamlessly from the first conversation through each stage of design development and delivery. As a result, your garden is carefully crafted without fuss, leading to a stunning, biodiverse, plant-filled haven for wildlife where you can create lasting memories for years to come.
The Planning
Garden Design Consultation
Through conversations with you, a questionnaire, and a site meeting in your garden, we explore what you are looking for and your vision. We also identify any challenges or opportunities and discuss your investment level. We then provide a fee proposal and a client brief based on our discussions.
Context: Site survey & analysis
Building a new garden requires full understanding of the site and any influences from the weather, aspect, topography and levels, soil type etc. We also need to have accurate dimensions of the site and how it relates to the house (and other buildings) on and offsite. To do this, we arrange for a topographical survey, carry out online research and spend time analysing the garden.
Concept
Presentation plan: We prepare a concept and mood board for your new garden based on the client brief.
Masterplan: for larger projects where there are several areas to be designed, we will initially create a masterplan, which is high level concept for the entire area, before creating presentation plan.
Detailed Design
We produce detailed construction drawings with precise specifications covering every aspect of the design to ensure our vision for your garden is brought to life. We also produce the legally required health and safety documents (Construction and Design Management (CDM) 2015).
(The detailed design stage is necessary to accurately cost, build and plant the garden according to the intended design.)
Planting Plans
We create a planting scheme for your garden that works with the location, site conditions, and offers wildlife habitat, and prepare a plant schedule.
(The detailed design stage is necessary to accurately cost, build and plant the garden according to the intended design.)
Tender
We can request a quote from one of our preferred accredited professional landscape contractors to build your garden.
If you prefer, we can oversee a tender process for the build of your garden. We will create a comparison report for you to make an informed choice. We recommend using qualified landscapers and not builders to create your garden.
The Build
Project Monitor
With a keen eye for detail and experience in overseeing projects, we monitor the build of the garden on your behalf and work with the landscape contractors and work with the landscape contractors to ensure the build of your new garden progresses smoothly.
Planting
We supply high quality plants for your new garden and can either plant alongside you – we love sharing our knowledge – or plant them on your behalf.
Aftercare and development document
We give you a written guide on how to look after your garden. We can also work closely with you to guide the care and development of your dynamic garden as it grows with time through our aftercare service.
