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Landscape Garden Design
The first step is deciding on the look and design you want to achieve and it's also critical you have a set an initial budget. The use of the term 'initial budget' is that your garden is a living, changing environment and that there may be some aspects of gardening, which you may want to involve yourselves with early on in your transformation, or engage with over time at a later date. Your budget priorities should be on those jobs, which are outside your comfort or enjoyment zone.
You may be familiar with the terms hard and soft landscaping. In simple terms hard landscaping refers to the physically hard aspects such as bricks, stones, gravel, concrete, sleepers. Soft scaping refers to the living softer items such as flowers, grass, trees, shrubs and soil. We would generally suggest that the focus of your budget should be to complete the hard landscaping work as this will create the foundations of your garden design and once in place, are generally set to stay there. New plants, shrubs and trees - especially more mature version can make a big dent in your budget however, this area provides much more cost flexibility. You can plant more items over time, or select younger less mature plants or trees, as your budget allows. More often that not, you will find friends and family wanting to share cuttings, bulbs or even provide plants as gifts. As plants and shrubs fall into perennial, annual and biennial - those annual and biennial will need replacing every year, or other year respectively, so your soft landscaping will allow you scope to change easily in future years.
The other area to seriously consider is the inclusion of artificial grass. This is growing in popularity as this removes a repetitive, laborious maintenance task from the garden. From an aesthetic perspective, artificial grass can look outstanding. The options and range of artificial grasses keeps growing and getting better. Its seriously worth considering - for long hot summers, especially if we have a hosepipe ban you will have a luxuriously green lawn and be the envy of your neighbours. The other big advantage of artificial turf is that for dog owners it provides a surface, which is easy to clean and as winter and rainy conditions become commonplace your lawn does not become a mud patch. Your pooch can pop out and traipse back into your house without muddy paws leaving their mark. We've not heard of any homeowner, especially those with dogs, having any regrets about installing artificial grass. In fact the only complaint is that they didn't install it sooner.
The first step is deciding on the look and design you want to achieve and it's also critical you have a set an initial budget. The use of the term 'initial budget' is that your garden is a living, changing environment and that there may be some aspects of gardening, which you may want to involve yourselves with early on in your transformation, or engage with over time at a later date. Your budget priorities should be on those jobs, which are outside your comfort or enjoyment zone.
You may be familiar with the terms hard and soft landscaping. In simple terms hard landscaping refers to the physically hard aspects such as bricks, stones, gravel, concrete, sleepers. Soft scaping refers to the living softer items such as flowers, grass, trees, shrubs and soil. We would generally suggest that the focus of your budget should be to complete the hard landscaping work as this will create the foundations of your garden design and once in place, are generally set to stay there. New plants, shrubs and trees - especially more mature version can make a big dent in your budget however, this area provides much more cost flexibility. You can plant more items over time, or select younger less mature plants or trees, as your budget allows. More often that not, you will find friends and family wanting to share cuttings, bulbs or even provide plants as gifts. As plants and shrubs fall into perennial, annual and biennial - those annual and biennial will need replacing every year, or other year respectively, so your soft landscaping will allow you scope to change easily in future years.
The other area to seriously consider is the inclusion of artificial grass. This is growing in popularity as this removes a repetitive, laborious maintenance task from the garden. From an aesthetic perspective, artificial grass can look outstanding. The options and range of artificial grasses keeps growing and getting better. Its seriously worth considering - for long hot summers, especially if we have a hosepipe ban you will have a luxuriously green lawn and be the envy of your neighbours. The other big advantage of artificial turf is that for dog owners it provides a surface, which is easy to clean and as winter and rainy conditions become commonplace your lawn does not become a mud patch. Your pooch can pop out and traipse back into your house without muddy paws leaving their mark. We've not heard of any homeowner, especially those with dogs, having any regrets about installing artificial grass. In fact the only complaint is that they didn't install it sooner.
Landscape Gardeners Nottingham
Our Approach
Our Nottingham landscaping team will have an initial consultation where we listen to your ideas and understand where your priorities lie for your budget. We will take all necessary measurements to size up and cost the project. We will then provide you with an initial sketch outline of our design proposals, where we run through the choice of materials, how spaces will be utilised and how this can be complemented by soft scaping or accessories such as pot plants. For larger landscaping projects we can then provide a 3D CAD design providing a comprehensive visual of what your finished garden could look like. Due to the time involved in providing a CAD design, we do make nominal charge for this service, which is fully reimbursed against the project (when you hopefully decide to carry out the work with us at Nottingham Fencing!)
Once your happy with the final proposal and you've approved it we will then provide you with an outline of the proposed work, which will include time frames and other logistical aspects you need to be aware of such as: skip & waste removal, access for machinery, material deliveries - so that together we can minimise any disruption to your daily activities and you're fully aware of what to expect and when, from you local garden landscaper in Nottingham. With many projects in West Bridgford and Kimberley being hot spots for landscaping services.
Our Nottingham landscaping team will have an initial consultation where we listen to your ideas and understand where your priorities lie for your budget. We will take all necessary measurements to size up and cost the project. We will then provide you with an initial sketch outline of our design proposals, where we run through the choice of materials, how spaces will be utilised and how this can be complemented by soft scaping or accessories such as pot plants. For larger landscaping projects we can then provide a 3D CAD design providing a comprehensive visual of what your finished garden could look like. Due to the time involved in providing a CAD design, we do make nominal charge for this service, which is fully reimbursed against the project (when you hopefully decide to carry out the work with us at Nottingham Fencing!)
Once your happy with the final proposal and you've approved it we will then provide you with an outline of the proposed work, which will include time frames and other logistical aspects you need to be aware of such as: skip & waste removal, access for machinery, material deliveries - so that together we can minimise any disruption to your daily activities and you're fully aware of what to expect and when, from you local garden landscaper in Nottingham. With many projects in West Bridgford and Kimberley being hot spots for landscaping services.
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