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The Landscape Design Process for Your Melbourne Garden
The design process begins with your ideas, home, site, lifestyle and budget. Tony develops these into an initial concept, then detailed hardscape and softscape plans where required.
Contact Tony to discuss the right level of design detail for your project and current pricing and inclusions.
Concept Design Stage
The initial meeting is an opportunity to discuss your garden, the people using it, the features you would like and the budget available.
Contact Tony for current pricing and inclusions.
When designing a garden, keeping construction within your budget is important to us. For this reason, it is in your best interest to let Tony know what you have budgeted for all the landscaping required to make your vision a reality. Sharing the budget early helps him shape the design around practical priorities, materials and trade-offs.
We are on your side, so being honest and upfront with Tony will help him select materials and landscape design ideas with your budget in mind. Construction prices are ultimately confirmed by the relevant landscapers, suppliers and licensed trades.
You will also receive the information and drawings confirmed for your concept session, so you have a record of what was discussed. The design will take your agreed budget into account, while contractors and suppliers provide construction pricing.
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Completed Decking, Retaining Wall & Seats
Project Coordination
Project coordination availability depends on your location, project scope and the contractors involved.
Contact Tony to discuss whether project coordination is available for your Melbourne project.
Residential Hardscape & Softscape Scaled Plans
Depending on the project, the design can progress to coordinated hardscape and softscape plans for the people building the garden. Contact Tony for current pricing and inclusions.
Hardscape construction plans can show built structures and elements such as retaining walls, paving and timber decking, together with levels, stormwater, garden lighting and irrigation where included in the agreed scope.
Softscape design plans show all the flowers, shrubs, grass, trees, mulch and soil, plus anything growing in general. A presentation folder or plant-care information may also be supplied where included in the agreed scope.
The softscape plan may include a schedule or list of all plants, the quantity of each required and the recommended size to buy or have supplied.
Hardscape Plans showing the construction work to be completed by landscapers
Softscape Plan showing plants and their location
Softscape Plan (Colour) showing pictures of included plants
Qualified landscape designers consider site conditions such as climate, topography, orientation, drainage, soil and irrigation when developing a design.
As when building a new house or making structural renovations, detailed and scaled plans can show what is included in the landscaping work. This reduces ambiguity and gives the client, landscaper and relevant trades a shared reference for the intended design. Contractors remain responsible for their own site checks, construction methods, compliance and quotations.
Tony designs with the agreed budget and priorities in mind. Final construction prices are provided by the landscapers, suppliers and licensed trades responsible for the work.
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After completion of the agreed hardscape construction plans and softscape design plans, you will have a clearer basis for requesting construction quotations. Final costs are confirmed by the relevant landscapers, suppliers and licensed trades.
Whether you would like a formal or informal design, whether you have a small or large front garden to renovate, a courtyard garden to update or a large backyard to transform, Tony can develop garden design solutions to match your lifestyle.
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