garden makers places particular importance on direct personal contact with clients. Where possible, a project is seen through from initial consultation to fully planted garden to ensure all aspects are completed to the highest possible standards.

However, every garden is different and our services can be tailor-made to suit particular projects and the client’s requirements.

Click on the steps to introduce you to the way we will work together.

  • Initial Visit
  • Design Stage
  • Construction & Project Management
  • Planting Design
the garden design process
  • This involves a meeting between you and Caroline or Louise to look at the garden, talk through your practical requirements and discuss initial ideas and outline budget.
  • Following the meeting, we will send you a letter outlining the design brief. This letter also gives details of the practical phases involved in the various stages of the design process along with associated fees.
the garden design process
  • Site visit – A survey and full site analysis to measure the garden, note the existing features and specific conditions such as soil, aspect and drainage. This information provides the basis for preparation of a scaled plan of the existing site.
  • Initial concept – development of the initial garden design concept. Presentation of these ideas with drawings, photographs, sketches and illustrations to show the proposed new layout and to help the client visualize the new garden and particular features.
  • Final Design plans – once the design is approved, final scaled plans are produced. These include an overall layout plan showing the new design for the garden with details of the hard landscaping elements and structural planting. Included with this plan is the scope of works and a full specification detailing materials to be used and how the garden will be built. A setting out plan and detailed construction drawings are also provided as necessary. These give additional information regarding measurements, levels and construction.
the garden design process
  • Construction – Gardenmakers have built up close working relationships with a select group of landscape contractors and specialists chosen for the quality of their workmanship, professionalism and attention to detail. Through these contacts we are able to assist clients with the appointment of a contractor suitable for their particular project. We liaise with the contractors, meeting them on site to discuss the work required, providing them with necessary drawings to ensure that they can prepare an accurate quote for the work to be undertaken.
  • Project Management – Once a contractor has been appointed, further site meetings and visits are undertaken by us during the construction phase to monitor the progress acting for our client to ensure work is carried out according to the specification and to the highest professional standards.
the garden design process

garden makers offer a complete planting design service.

  • Detailed planting plans are drawn up from scaled plans of the garden taking into consideration the site and its local conditions and the planting preferences agreed with the client.
  • Once the planting plan has been agreed, we are happy to deal with all aspects of sourcing, delivery and planting. Plants and trees are personally selected from reliable nurseries and key specimens are carefully researched for quality, shape, size and colour.
  • We oversee delivery of plants and trees to the site and undertake the setting out and much of the planting ourselves.
  • Our close personal involvement in every aspect of the planting ensures that all elements of the new design for the garden achieve maximum impact.