Our landscape design process

Bad landscaping starts with bad planning. Here's how we avoid it.

Most landscaping projects go wrong before a spade goes in. Because the decisions were made too late, without enough information, by people who hadn't properly looked at the site. We work differently.

A person operating small excavator digging in a garden area with a brick pathway and stairs, green grass, a large tree, flowering shrubs, and a fence in a residential neighborhood during fall.

First, we come to you

Nick visits your property in person; walks the space with you, talks through how you want to use it and how you want it to feel, and gets a clear read on what the site will actually allow: levels, drainage, access, sun, and how the garden connects to the house.

This isn't a sales call. It's the beginning of the design.

The initial site visit is complimentary.

Then the thinking happens on paper

Nick will then work through a concept for your specific site. Not a template, not a digital render, a considered plan that maps out the key decisions before construction begins: layout, levels, materials, drainage, planting and circulation.

Getting this right upfront is what prevents decisions from being made on the day, under pressure, with a team standing around waiting.

And is refined until it feels right

The design is yours as much as it's ours. Nick works closely with you to refine and evolve the concept until the plan reflects what you actually want, not just a reasonable approximation. Your feedback shapes every version. Nothing goes to build until you're confident in it.

 
Side view of a house with light yellow siding, green window trim, and a gravel walkway. In the background, there are parked cars and tall trees with green leaves under a clear blue sky.

What it costs, and what you get back

We charge for the design stage. If you proceed with us for the build, that fee comes off the final invoice. In practice, it costs you nothing extra.

If you'd prefer design only, that's available. Most clients find the result is better when the same person who developed the plan sees it through to construction; the intent carries through and nothing gets lost in the handover. But that's your call to make.

How it comes together

View of a backyard garden with a gravel pathway, a large tree, green plants, a wooden bench, a wooden fence, and a house with boarded-up windows and a red-tiled roof.
A garden with a brick curved border, dark soil, and a variety of green plants. There is a white decorative planter on a brick pillar in the right foreground, and a wooden fence with shadows in the background.
Brick steps leading up to a backyard garden with a brick wall and metal gate, surrounded by lush trees and plants.
A side yard with a gravel path, potted plants, a green house with yellow siding and green trim, and a wooden fence separating it from a street with parked cars and trees.
A backyard garden featuring a tree with green leaves, a wooden planter box, green grass, and a concrete pathway with a wall and trees in the background.
A backyard with a brick patio, a lush green lawn, a wooden table and chairs, and a tall fence surrounded by dense trees and shrubs under a partly cloudy sky.
Backyard with a red brick patio, green grass, a wooden fence, and lush trees and bushes.

Ready to get started?

Tell us your suburb and what you want to change. We'll arrange a free site visit and take it from there.

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