Landscape Blueprints
Who Landscape Blueprints are Best For:
If you are designing multiple areas or your entire property, you would save money and be best suited with a Blueprint Service.
Our Blueprint Service provides you with 2-D plans suitable for permitting and HOA approval, as well as coordinating with any other construction companies involved in your project. We Also create the property in 3-D while designing your prints which allows us to provide live video walk-throughs and show you your finished project prior to the commencement of your installation.
If you are looking to design only one focal point area, you may be best suited for our Graphic Rendering Service.
Our Landscape Blueprint Process:
During your consultation we will discuss design themes, preferred colors, and utility needs (such as privacy or blocking a window) within the landscape.
Our Landscape Blueprint service includes access to our proprietary technology for making material selections and providing your input so we can design for your specific taste.
Our Landscape Design Services typically take around 2-3 weeks from start to finish, with a bid following shortly after. See below for a peek into our entire process, from Landscape Design to Landscape Installation.
Initial Consultation
Our initial landscape consultation is where we hit the drawing board and start discussing what you like and do not like. Not to worry though, our designers are skilled at guiding you through the process and helping you establish a style that suits you.
We always ask that you provide as much feedback as possible. We highly encourage browsing our past work, and even landscapes online or in your community. Even if pictures you show us are of plants and landscapes that are not local, it helps us understand your specific taste and style.
Planning Phase
From here, we decide which plants, trees, and features will remain that are existing on your property- if any- and photograph and take video walk-throughs of your property. All other material will be excluded from your blueprints, giving us a clean slate to design with.
After all feedback has been received, product selections have been made, and your design theme has been established, we now have a palette to paint your landscape design with, and the fun part begins!
Design Phase
Your Design has begun! Our team does not just make one design, send it to you, and call it a day. We take all design theme elements and create an initial design of your landscape while respecting your input and selections as well as your planting environment. This means taking into consideration sun & water exposure to ensure that your plants live healthy and long lives! From here we circle back for your feedback and tailor the design to your liking even further.
Live-Edit Sessions
Even now that your render is done, we don't just deliver it and ask you to make a decision. We schedule a zoom session to present your initial rendering, and then discuss each feature of we have designed with. Once we have established which features are you favorites, and what may need to be changed, we edit them to create a final design for you.
While we are discussing your designs and making changes, we can swap species, change bed lay-outs, add features, and show real life imagery from our product catalogs and project portfolio as examples.
Post-Design Process
This is where the process speeds up! Now that we have a final design we can move on to planning your project!
Bidding & Estimating
Our estimates are fully itemized, show plant sizes, quantities, and all parts of the service to be provided. We can separate optional services such as Landscape Lighting and Irrigation, and high budget items such as Retaining Walls and Artificial Turf so that we can tailor your budget to suit you.
We always recommend designing for your DREAM landscape, and then downsizing or phasing out your project from there if needed. We can always provide a landscape that will grow into your desired final product at a much lower cost than planting fully grown material that provides instant gratification.
This is where density and maturity conversations come into the picture, and we make decisions to adjust the budget as needed until you are comfortable.
Pre-Installation
Now that we have an approved contract, if HOA approval or Municipal approval is required, we will prepare our bid package, design, License, and Insurances for submittal.
When the project is cleared to commence, product orders go in and job prep will begin, typically within one week to one month depending on the time of year and our current workload.
Installation Phase
Your Designs are done, the budget is set, and approvals are received, and now its planting time! Our company is not Just a landscape design firm, we also have a wholesale landscape nursery & supply company. We grow our own material, leverage buying power, and purchase products direct from the manufacturers (for anything we don't have in-house) to bring you quality products at fair prices. Because of this, we are confident that most licensed & insured competitors that are bidding "apples to apples" with our scope of work can not compete with our quality and pricing.
Our team will then procure your materials in preparation for your job. After removals and ground-prep has been completed, we will strategically tackle your project with a focus on saving you money and preventing any future issues.
Our typical order of operations goes like this:
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If Drainage or NEW irrigation is being installed, the lines go in before your plant material.
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Soil or Fill will be brought in if needed. This is especially necessary to backfill if there is a Retaining Wall being installed.
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When your products have arrived, we always stage the plants and trees out (above ground) so that you can see the lay-out and any minor adjustments that are necessary can be made prior to planting.
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Plants & Trees will be planted after receiving lay-out approval from the client.
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Landscape Lighting Wiring will be installed (if applicable).
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Rock or Mulch goes down after lighting wiring (since lighting, irrigation, and drainage are done first, we save time and you save money by putting ground covers in afterwards).
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Retaining Walls then go next (if applicable).
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Finally your Sod or Artificial Turf will be installed.