Design Checklist
Free
Backyard Design Checklist
If you’re ready to make your backyard (or front yard) dreams come true, you’ve come to the right place.
Download this free checklist and start turning your backyard dreams into a reality.
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What’s in The Checklist
Budgeting Tips
Learn how to ballpark costs for your wants and needs. Every great project starts with a great plan, and budgeting for your dream backyard is the first step.
How To Set Priorities
While you might want all the bells and whistles you can think of, knowing the difference between wants and needs can help you plan a successful design.
What To Ask Your Architect
Find out exactly what you need to know when it comes to finding and evaluating a landscape architect. Our useful tips will help you find the best design partner.
See a Project From Start To Finish
We took an empty sloping yard from blah to bliss over a single season. You can tell these are the types of projects we really dig!
Testimonials
Our Process
It starts with an idea. From there, we’ll work with you-every step of the way-to ensure you get the exceptional landscape design services Kitchener-Waterloo and Wellington have come to rely on since 1967. It’s a collaborative process that generates trust and saves you time and money while giving you as much or as little input at each stage as you want.
Once the job is finished, we rarely say goodbye. Instead, we love helping you maintain the design so it just keeps looking better, and grow it for the future so it’s always meeting your needs.
Step 1:
Design
Enjoy one-on-one attention as you tell a landscape architect everything about your project. We’ll discuss the process and develop a budget and timeline with you. It’s a great idea to complete our free checklist before we meet.
Site analysis
We visit your property for a thorough survey of existing grades, features and plant material.
Conceptual design and budget
We create a base plan, develop the overall preliminary design for your project and provide a design estimate to support your budget.
Design review meeting
You review the conceptual design with us, discuss rationale, choose materials and consider plant choices.
Master plan
We make changes to the design based on your input and develop the master plan.
Final design review meeting
The detailed master plan is presented to you for final review.
Project quote
When the master plan is approved, we’ll provide a complete project and build quote.
Step 2:
Build
Your project comes to life with a team of dedicated, skilled and passionate professionals.
Step 3:
Maintain
Your project comes to life with a team of dedicated, skilled and passionate professionals.
Step 4:
Grow
Your landscape is designed to adapt and change to meet your evolving needs.
Start the process at home today!
From budget to completion, get everything you need to start turning those dreams into a reality.