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Need to Know

Here are questions you need to ask yourself when you are contemplating using a professional landscape design/build company for your home or business:

This will help you and your landscape company to determine the viability of your budget for the work you want and design accordingly.

Have you ever had landscaping professionally done on any of your properties?

When you built your home or moved into your home did you allow for landscaping in the budget?

Did your house come to you with the builder’s landscape or other?

What is it you would like with regard to landscaping on your property?

Foundation plantings    Walkways

Walls             Fences

Patio   Deck

Arbor   Pergola, Gazebo

Water garden, Fountain     Privacy perimeter plantings

Irrigation   Driveway

Perennial borders          Lighting

Drainage concerns Other

Do you know how much you want to budget for your landscaping?
No Yes

Do you know how much you plan to spend as an initial phase?
No Yes

What is it you would like with regard to landscaping on your property?
Putting Green
Pool
Hot Tub

When do you want the installation started?

Just as you know how much you can spend when you go out to buy a car or build an addition, it is important that you know how much you can spend on your landscaping; that little piece of earth, the oasis that feeds your soul.

When you are thinking about these costs, decide if you want to do the landscaping in phases to fit your budget and lifestyle or whether you can do it all at once.

For people who are building a home, we suggest that you include a percentage of your mortgage for the landscape; this way you can have a lovely landscape at the time your home is completed. For a few more dollars a month on your mortgage payment, you can enjoy your garden now instead of having to wait, perhaps for many years.