Why design a landscape?

Designing a landscape can be intimidating.

Typically when a house is purchased there is “a bit” of renovation work to bring it from its previous use and condition to the home you are envisioning. Functional elements like the roof, windows, kitchens and bathrooms need to work and also provide beautiful spaces for the tasks of everyday living. By the time repairs and renovations are complete, It can take a few years to have the energy to begin imagining what the landscape could be.

While it can be overwhelming approach a new project thinking through the variables and details of the landscape, working with a designer to develop a plan can help put things into perspective. Starting with a zoomed out approach and developing a concept for the way your entire property functions, you can build the design in phases so that it matches your dream outdoor space and the way you use your home everyday.

Beginning with questions about how guests arrive and move around your property, which views are most important to preserve, any areas are important to screen and seasons of heightened use and activity for the landscape all contribute to a thorough plan for what your landscape can become. With a plan in place, installation can be budgeted and phased to begin developing your dream landscape.

Sometimes the busyness of getting out the door and from one activity to another can create weeks and seasons and years where the landscape goes by without being noticed. Hiring a designer can be one approach to developing the outdoor spaces of your home so they can be enjoyed in any capacity, in spring, summer, fall and winter.