For landscape designers
Every garden starts with a visit to measure and listen. Sell the site visit with the address on it, take a share when the design is commissioned, and keep the rest for when the drawings are done.
What homeowners ask on the first visit
How much does a garden design cost?
Usually a design fee based on the size of the garden and the detail of the drawings, separate from the cost of building it.
Does a landscape designer build the garden?
Some do; many design it and recommend contractors. Say which in your offering, so the client knows what the fee covers.
When is the best time to design a garden?
Autumn and winter, so the drawings are ready for building and planting in spring.
What’s different for landscape designers
A paid site visit
Sell the first visit as a session at a price, and your booking question asks for the address and what they want from the garden.
The design in two parts
Set what’s due at booking on the design, and the rest waits on Today until you hand over the drawings.
Your page on the first day
This is the design or creative setup, and it’s what your page starts with. Change any of it where it appears.
- Clients can book from tomorrow onward.
- Moving or canceling is free up to 24 hours before.
- Before booking, your page asks: “What are we making, and by when?”
Your project agreement opens with this: Half of the project price is due up front and half on delivery. The scope is what we agreed in writing; new work is a new agreement.
What gets in the way
The first visit is two hours in somebody’s garden, and they expect it to be free.
A design takes weeks of drawing, and some clients take it to a contractor and disappear.
Planting plans depend on the season, so the work bunches into spring.
What it doesn’t do for you
There’s no drawing tool, no plant database and no contractor scheduling. The page holds the visits, the design fee and the money.
Others who start from the same setup
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