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The Process starts with meeting in person at the actual site to be improved. Some of my sacramento area clients have some landscaping ideas that they want to see incorporates, like columns or a new deck. Others look to me for my suggestion how to make their garden more eco-friendly or "green".
I will take extensive notes of our conversation and list priorities and also ask many questions as to how they would use the backyard, their lifestyle, and interest in gardening at this initial meeting. I'll showcase my portfolio of recent projects and even unroll a small number of finished rendered drawings as examples.
It wise, at this point, to bring up the subject of a client's range of budget for backyard landscaping, to make sure my design reflects their sense of investment for the end result.
Then I typically walk a client through the stages of design, starting with site work (measuring and taking photos), creating a site plan showing all existing backyard landscape features, and then explain my design rational behind developing two varied rough concepts to offer a range of landscaping ideas for their future yard.
Once approved by a client, concepts are frequently merged into one final drawing. I'll then return to my drawing table and detail the master plan with all the elements involved. This allows both the homeowner and a backyard landscape contractor an overview which can then be used to bid and build the new elements both hardscape and softscape involved.
Lastly I'll present the final plans rendered with color and provide examples of some materials along with photos of the selected plant materials.
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