Why choose a Garden Designer?

Whether you have:

• an established garden which needs ‘pulling together’
  
• an established garden in need of more extensive renovation
  
• are looking to establish a new garden
  
• a qualified garden designer can help you in many ways.

 

It can be difficult for the owner to know where to start. It could be that you have a keen interest in gardens and have benefited from some effective results which may have been achieved by good instinct or a series of happy accidents. A qualified design practice can limit the potential for wasted time and resources by taking away the uncertainty of what to do; a project can be planned, phased and managed, in the present and well into the future.

It could be that you have lived with a garden for a long time and are becoming weighed down by some of the characteristics of your garden, maintenance, eyesores, poor drainage. These can make it difficult for you to view it objectively and make future plans which in turn can compound your inability to gain enjoyment from your garden. A qualified designer brings a fresh pair of eyes to your garden project. Many observations will be made, what may be an eyesore to you can in fact present as a strong design feature that can be worked by the designer.

 

It may be that you want to integrate your property into its setting this certainly can ‘make the building’. This can be of particular importance to owners of new builds, developers or properties about to go onto the market. The perception of a building can instantly be altered by the design to the front approach, by integrating your property it is given a sense of place, it becomes ‘anchored’.

At Design Outside we use our extensive plant knowledge to save you time and help you avoid making costly mistakes, by choosing appropriate planting for your environment and where possible preserving established plants and shrubs. In addition having drawn up comprehensive plans for your garden we can manage the construction and planting required to ensure efficient and timely use of resources. This may involve staging a project to match finances.

Once your garden is created, by Design Outside, through our design process we will ensure that each design is sustainable by anticipating your available time and expertise to manage and maintain your garden into the future.