What to Expect: Concept Plan

Concept Plan (a 2 -3 hour home visit)

• Upon arrival, Denise does a brief yard tour with you. She views your entire property, house & the features you wish to include or remove. If your yard is new, this step is omitted.
• You then receive a brief questionnaire to fill out along with 2 binders to peruse. One binder contains landscape Plant Pictures sectioned off into perennials, shrubs, trees & vines. The other is filled with pictures of Landscape Ideas divided according to topic ... arbors, decks, water features, etc.
• As you go through the questionnaire at your leisure, Denise takes 15 - 20 minutes to
  do a pencil sketch of your yard. ’Pacing Out’ the yard increases her accuracy . She then sits down with you & as you discuss the questionnaire, she does the pencil sketch over in ink. (this way you have a permanent drawing on which to plan the future yard)
• Now the fun starts! Denise will pencil sketch your yard as you discuss it, using the Landscape Idea binder as a visual aid when necessary. Once the 'bare bones' of the yard are set - the last step is to go through the Plant Pictures book & make a list of preferred trees, shrubs, perennials & vines. Using this 'long list', Denise then selects proper plants for each area of the yard & pencils them in on the plan.
• Once the plan is completed to your desire ... Denise goes over the penciled portion with ink & then erases the pencil marks. You are left with a rough but reasonably accurate representation of how your yard will look. You are also left with the list of plants for future reference.