I see the design process as a COLLABORATION. YOU hire a designer to help realize your ideas and visions; my job is to listen and translate your wishes and hopes into actual, specific plans to create a yard you can enjoy year-round.

STEP 1: We have an initial meeting to discuss your current landscape and what you'd like to achieve with the design. I summarize our meeting in a DESIGN PROPOSAL that I email to you after our initial meeting. If you like the terms of the proposal and feel that I am the right designer, sign the contract, include the retainer fee and we get started.

STEP 2: I come to your house and measure your yard and take pictures. I then create a PRELIMINARY DESIGN, a rough idea based on our initial discussion. It generally takes me 2-3 weeks to create a preliminary design

STEP 3: We meet and review the PRELIMINARY DESIGN. I present the design and you give me your feedback.

STEP 4: I incorporate your feedback to create the FINAL DESIGN. The final design incorporates 2-4 pages for you to take to any licensed contractor to bid the installation of your landscape design.