FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Landscape Consultation: Sliding Scale fee of $50-70 depending on distance to your location, to be paid at the time of the consultation; maximum 2 hours. You are invited to take notes during the consultation as a typed summary will not be provided. Landscape Design: After the consultation, I shall then prepare an estimate which will detail the steps involved in creating your landscape design together with pricing and anticipated timeline. At our final review meeting you will be presented with two copies of a professionally drawn landscape design and thorough planting plan together with a pdf for any further reprints you may require. Fee for Landscape Design: Sliding Scale $20-30/hour. Plants and Materials: I will source and order all plants. Clients will pay for all plants and materials ordered and delivered. We will invoice you if the plant order is below $100; if the order exceeds $100, we ask for a $100 deposit in advance of the order being made, and will bill you the remainder after the plants have arrived. We may agree on other arrangements as well. Plant Installation and Garden Maintenance: Sliding Scale Fee of $20-$30/hour.
- What advice would you give a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?
We are not your cut-and-dry landscaping service. Though we can maintain beautiful landscapes, we cater specifically to owners who want to have a relationship to their land, whether that be through growing food, medicinal plants, planting native plants to benefit wildlife and pollinators, building soil fertility, or spending time in outdoor spaces with children, as examples. The first step is to articulate your goals. Spend some time thinking about them: Do you want your yard or property to draw you outside more, or do you want something beautiful to look at and not worry about maintaining? Do you want to grow more food? What specific plants would you like to see in your garden? What are the issues that you would like to have addressed? A consultation with us to walk your land is the first step to answering these questions, as well as identifying questions or other possibilities you may not have considered. Consultations are a at flat rate, and include: -Assessment of area(s) in question -Identification of design/planting/ cultural problems and suggestions for improvements -Advice on soil management and environmentally sound gardening practices -Advice on care and maintenance of existing plant materials. You are invited to take notes during the consultation as a typed summary will not be provided.