Garden design
The garden is settled on paper first, where a change is a line moved and not a wall rebuilt.
A site visit, a measured plan, a planting plan and a written scope, all before any work starts.
Design is where every Verdant Row garden begins. We visit the property, walk it with you and measure it. From that comes a measured plan of the site, a planting plan showing what goes where, and a written scope that sets out the work. All of it is in your hands before any work starts.
The reason to do it this way is that the parts of a garden depend on each other. Where the patio sits decides where the beds can go. The beds decide where water is needed. Lawn fills what is left, and should be a shape that is pleasant to look at and possible to mow. Deciding those things together, once, is what makes a garden read as one place.
It also means the build can be scheduled in sensible phases. You can see the whole garden on the plan even if it is made a stage at a time.
What is included
Site visit
We walk the property with you, look at what is there and hear how you want to use it.
Measured plan
A drawing of the garden to measure, so every later decision is made against real dimensions.
Planting plan
Which plants go where, chosen to suit the Tennessee Valley climate.
Written scope
The work set down in writing before any of it begins.
When this is the right sheet
- The house is newly built and the lot is bare or close to it.
- The garden is established but has grown piecemeal and no longer hangs together.
- You are planning several things at once, such as paving, beds and irrigation, and want them to fit each other.
- A survey or plat of the property, if you have one.
- A note of what you want to keep: a tree, a view, a corner you already like.
- An honest idea of how much upkeep you want to do yourself.
None of this is required. It just makes the site visit more useful.