Project Design Services

Initial On-site Consultation:

My first meeting with you as a potential client takes place at your project site. Some of the topics we will discuss include:

• The scope and nature of your project 
• Your objectives and preferences for the project you envision
• Your budget for the proposed project

During this meeting I also collect preliminary data about your project site.

Conceptual Project Outline: 

After our initial consultation, I develop a Conceptual Project Outline for your particular project. This Outline details: 

• The project description and scope 
• The services to be provided by Earth's Answer Gardening 
• The design fee
• Projected implementation expenses 

Upon your acceptance of the Conceptual Project Outline and the design fee, I proceed with the design phase of the project. 

Design Development Phase:

During the design development phase we continue to converse about your project and we spend time reviewing [together] an assortment of design resources.

I also conduct a site inventory and analysis. I revisit your project site to gather additional measures, evaluate the soil, inventory plants and features already present, and to notate any plants that may be transplanted and incorporated into the proposed garden or natural area project.

Based upon the inventory analysis, and the data and notes I’ve previously collected, I draft a Design Template.The Design Template includes: scaled drawings, suggestions for materials and plantings, and a description of the steps necessary to prepare for and to implement your project. 

We meet to review the Design Template and to discuss possible modifications of this Template. (For example, at this phase, a client may elect to make revisions to the Design Template because he/she has more information and knowledge about the features and requirements of his/her proposed garden or natural area project.)  

After our review of the Design Template, I create the Project Design. The Project Design includes a timetable and an  “Implementation Budget” that specifies the required [project] materials and that outlines the work to be undertaken by Earth’s Answer Gardening & Ecological Rehabilitation to implement the project as designed. 

Upon your approval of the Project Design and the “Implementation Budget”, on-site work commences and  I finalize a catalogue of the plants used in the Project Design. 

Design Portfolio:

Your completed design portfolio includes: 

• A final draft of the Project Design, 
• A plant catalogue (with names and quantities as featured in the Project Design) 
• Plant care instructions 
• A description of recommended practices for promoting a healthy garden and/or viable natural area.