As a Landscape Designer I provide a number of services ranging from a one hour on-site consultation visit, to a full landscape design package.
Full Landscape Design
On the average the cost of a landscape design is $1,400.00 (average-size lot) to $2,500 or more for acreage. My minium charge is $800.00, and this is for smaller projects such as a backyard landscape with a patio. A landscape plan includes a planting plan drawn to scale, a conceptual draft plan for client review, a plant material list, and installation specifications. Other add-on options are; a plant maintenance schedule and project supervision. (See - Design Process - for more details.)
Follow-up with contractor, or project supervision is available at the $80.00 per hour. Project packages are also available.
Conceptual or Partial Designs - Snail Mail
I will also provide a conceptual or partial design. Here you do the foot work. You provide the site map, the photos, and other information concerning your site. In return, you receive a conceptual layout plan, plant suggestions, and installation recommendations. I do not conduct any site visits and all communication is done by phone. Minium cost is $500.00
Landscape Consultation Visit
Consultation visits are done on-site and cost only $80.00 per hour. We walk around your property and I answer any questions you may have about horticultural topics such as pruning, identification of insect and disease problems, lawn care issues, and landscape design and plant selection. I suggest that all clients prepare a written list of questions. The questions keep the discussion focused and productive.
Wholesale Plant Shopping
I am happy to purchase plants wholesale for any client who wants to install the landscape plan themselves; or for any homeowner who knows what plants they want for their landscape.
For wholesale plant shopping, I mark up the plants 40% to cover my time for locating the plants and personally selecting each plant on your list. This saves you hours of going from nursery to nursery to find the plants yourself. I require a minium purchase of $400.00.
Mark-up from the wholesale nursery to the retail nursery is around 100%. This means that buying a plants wholesale through me is a significant saving for you.
Gardening Classes
The cost is negotiable ..... plus travel expenses. I am available to groups for one-hour lectures on a variety of topics that include: Shade Gardening, Water Conservation in the Landscape, Tough Plants for Tough Places, High Impact-Low Maintenance Plants, Planning for Six Months of Color, and Naturescaping with Native Plants just to name a few topics.