The Design Process
Caz Renshaw Designs is very happy to work with you on:
- Comprehensive garden redesign and / or planting schemes
- More flexible planting and design consultation on an hourly basis.
Garden and Planting Design – how it works
Once you’ve made contact we will arrange a time to meet for a preliminary consultation, where we can discuss your ideas and I can view the site. This meeting usually takes around 90 minutes, and, amongst other things, will cover the following questions:
- How would you like the space to work, and, of course, look?
- Do you have favourite styles? Plants? Colours? Furniture? Sculptures perhaps?
- Roughly how much is your budget?
Over the following few days I will prepare a brief, detailing everything we’ve discussed, and outline my expected charges and payment schedule. I have a minimum charge of £700 for any design work.
A full survey of the area will be needed, which often requires the services of a dedicated survey company, and will be charged for by them.
A Garden Design usually incorporates a full layout Masterplan, and different forms of visuals, which I will then talk through with you.
Once the design has been agreed there will be a need for additional construction drawings and a detailed specification, which will be charged for separately. The plan is then put out to tender with trusted local landscapers to give us a price for building the garden. During the construction process I am always on hand to liaise with the contractors and discuss any necessary changes to the design.
A detailed Planting Plan can be commissioned in the same way. I will personally select the plants and supervise any planting. I will also supply you with a detailed plant care plan, or I can work with you on a seasonal maintenance service for a year or two to ensure the best care of the plants, the design, and the garden, into the future.