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Consultancy
This is where I visit your house/site to discuss your ideas and the potential for your garden. I can advise you on structural aspects as well as the aesthetic. You can expect clear advice and explanations. We can discuss landscaping ideas that are exciting, individual and practical. All gardens should be stylish and reflect the personalities of the owners and tie in with the house and surrounding landscape. Horticultural advice will be given on soils, watering and plants.
Costs will be discussed for landscaping work, including your budget and how much things are likely to cost. You don't want to spend too little by scrimping but also you don't want to over-capitalise.
Initial consultation on site is from $150 /hour, minimum charge one hour. Payment on completion of consultation.
After the consultation I will send you a quotation for design work.
Design
Garden design is about intention - what you want to achieve.
Design is about assembling complimentary materials and plants and
together to form a practical and aesthetic result that is critically admired and enjoyed by you, your family and friends. To achieve this, I use a combination of my professional skills and a process that is generally adopted by garden designers worldwide.
1. Initial meeting (this is covered in the consultancy above);
2. preparation and discussion of concept plan;
3. submission of final plan and specification.
There is ample opportunity for the exchange of ideas in the design process. One of my key tasks is to find out what you like and dislike. I am experienced in analysing sites and noting their good points as well as their weaknesses, and what can be achieved at an aesthetic level and always considering the practical.
The final plans and specifications enable the garden to be constructed by home-owners, subcontractors and/or landscape contractors- including AKL. Plans include section sketches where appropriate as well as plan view, usually to 1: 50 or 1:100 scale. Any construction details are shown in larger scale. Plants are documented and sizes suggested. You also get a CD of images of plants- so you know exactly what the plants look like.
It is quickest if you have the house plans, prerably in DXF or DWG file formats as I work in CAD, but if not I can measure up the boundaries, buildings and location of existing plants etc.
All design work is quoted by letter. Garden designs start from $1500 for small gardens.
Construction
Construction is quoted separately from design work. Have a look at the gallery at some of the gardens that I have constructed.
All construction work is quoted by letter with payments only for work done and/or materials on site, in accordance with the Home Building Contracts Act 1991 and other relevant legislation.
Great looking gardens based on good design,horticultural knowledge
and sound construction
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