Extend the Warmth of Your Home to Your Property Line

Why Plan?

A Professionally Prepared Landscape Design is a Must
Undertaking a landscape project without a carefully thought out plan is a recipe for disaster. Why? Because your plan is your roadmap for success. Without a plan everyone involved with the project is just “flying blind” and guessing at how things should be done. This can lead to seemingly endless problems and miscommunication issues, much higher costs due to change orders and rework, and a finished yard that doesn’t resemble what you envisioned. Remember, it’s always easier and less expensive to do something right the first time than to create something and then have to pull it out and re-do it!

Hire Someone Who Knows What They’re Doing
Too often, homeowners make the mistake of leaving their landscape design in the hands of their landscape contractor. This is a lot like asking the pastry chef to plan your wedding – they’ll give it their best shot, but what you’re asking them to do is outside of their area of expertise. A professional landscape designer has the skills, training, and experience to translate your vision into reality, advise you what will work for your yard and what will not, and create a plan where all elements work together harmoniously.

Protect Your Investment
Your home is a major investment. Working with a skilled landscape designer can mean the difference between creating a beautiful outdoor environment that enhances the value of your property vs. ending up with a poorly-conceived yard that detracts from it. The bottom line: Don’t even think about undertaking a landscape project without a plan!

The Problem with Contractor Designs
Many contractors offer to design your landscape for free when they are the contractor to build out your project. What could be wrong with that? Contractors will design for you exactly what they know how to build. A concrete contractor will design heavy in concrete work, a talented mason will design heavy in stonework detail, an accomplished woodworking contractor will integrate custom woodwork into your plan; all having the goals of boosting their own profits. The problem with contractor designs is that they do not focus on understanding the individual client, and they do not creatively explore ways to improve the quality of lifestyle for the client. Contractors do not have the time to ‘dig deep’ into the design process with a client, and it is only the client who will live with the cost of NOT giving proper attention to the strategy of their design.