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Would anyone review my small planting scheme?

I realise this is a bit cheeky but any help would be appreciated.I have a design and scheme, in Excel format, and would value a second opinion as this ismy first opportunity to do this sort of work for some time (what a nice change to "grounds mainte

Started by Invicta in Design

4 Replies · Reply by Lawncare-4u.co.uk May 28, 2009

How much do you charge for designs?

This is something that has just been touched in on in the 'Clients Budgets' post. But do people charge for their designs and how much?I recently designed and priced quite a complex garden and it took me the best part of a day to complete this, not in

Started by Daniel Kaye in Design

12 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice Jan 16, 2015

Clients budget

The biggest problem i am always coming across is the client never wants to tell you what budget they have in mind when they want a garden designed and built, I think they all think that they are going to get conned out of there money, does anybody el

Started by Mike Stapleton in Design

16 Replies · Reply by Jonathan Hall Feb 12, 2009

To draw or not to draw?

I would like to know how everyone goes about drawing up their plans these days? By hand or by CAD?Having come to garden design from an art background I have always prided myself on doing everything by hand. I really enjoy the process of drawing by ha

Started by Charlotte Noar in Design

13 Replies · Reply by Bo Cook May 31, 2013

Payments from Landscapers.....backhanders?

The Garden Design Journal published an angry letter from a landscaper in its Febuary edition, verging on the offensive.As a stimulous to debate on fees, commissions or, as he would have it, back-handers charged to and recieved from landscapers, I att

Started by Colin Elliott in Design

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Turn Around Time?

How long do you all normally specify to clients before you will get back to them with something to view? And how many do you take on at any 1 time?I am a habitual procrastinator and rarely get designs back within a specified time - sometimes it's bec

Started by Nicky @ GardenImprovements.com in Design

7 Replies · Reply by Colin Elliott Jan 17, 2009

Pics of Great Designs

I am turning my rantings on the benefits of good garden design into a website and am looking for designers, landscapers, and anyone else to send me pics of lovely gardens, big and small. Want to communicate to the public that its worth having the des

Started by Susan in Design

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Hand drawn design or CAD?

I have been trying to perfect the use of my 3D Designer program with varied success. The thought has occurred to me that customers might prefer the traditional hand drawn design which has a more one off personal feel. I would be interested to hear th

Started by NIGEL GRAHAM in Design

47 Replies · Reply by Ben Corah Dec 19, 2013

Mark-up on plants

I would like to ask everyone how they deal with supplying plants, and what sort of mark-up you add from trade prices?I think it's generally accepted in the industry that you buy at trade cost and double the price up to retail (unless you're talking a

Started by Charlotte Noar in Design

6 Replies · Reply by Lawncare-4u.co.uk Dec 14, 2008

The best autumnal herbaceous borders

I'm looking for some herbaceous borders to photograph - that are particularly well designed, planted and a good representation of autumn.Anyone got any good suggestions?

Started by Elspeth Briscoe in Design

6 Replies · Reply by Elspeth Briscoe Oct 12, 2008

Complete Gardens CD Rom Plant Finder

I have been using this programm for a few years now and find it most helpful when designing gardens, it has now been updated to contain 3500 plants.It includes how to prune, diseases and a fabulous database on sixes etc. Just put all the details of t

Started by Paul in Design

1 Reply · Reply by Neil Bromhall Aug 6, 2008

How do designers decide which plants to use ?

Excuse me while I leap onto my hobby horse....why do designers not give more thought to where their clients can source their plants from ?We seem to have a regular flow of customers who arrive on our nursery triumphantly clutching a garden design, fo

Started by Nick Steele in Design

12 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice Dec 7, 2013

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A question for the Garden Design group

I am keen to get the groups going a bit more (although I do not wish to thwart the great activity on the forums either). I asked a question in the garden design group a while back and I wonder what your thoughts are? https://landscapejuice.ning.com/gr

Started by Phil Voice in Design

1 Reply · Reply by Bigyin Jul 18, 2008

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Garden design software - what does it do and what does it cost?

There are a number of garden software packages out there on the web. We have two members, Neil Bromhall - Complete Gardens and Tamsin Slatter who both provide different software packages.

I will let both Tamsin and Neil explain the benefits and adva

Started by Phil Voice in Design

20 Replies · Reply by Jackson's Landscape Design Feb 2, 2009

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