Garden Blueprint
How it works
Seven simple steps
Get in touch
Photos, ideas & a quote to start
Site survey
Your measurements or a topographical survey
Initial meeting
In person or online — your brief in detail
The design
Concept layout plan & mood board
Review
One round of revisions together
Planting plan
What goes where, plus a plant list
Handover
Final drawings & plant list as PDFs
For clients who want a proper plan to work from — whether you’re building it yourself, briefing a contractor, or tackling it in stages. This sits between a one-off consultation and my full design-to-delivery service: enough detail to get started with, without the ongoing site visits and project management of a larger commission.
Garden Blueprint
- Get in touch. Send an email with some photos and a sense of what you're hoping to achieve — a budget too, if you have one in mind. I'll come back to you with a quote and we can take it from there.
- Site survey. You can measure the garden yourself, or if you'd prefer a more accurate base plan, I can put you in touch with a surveyor for a topographical survey.
- Initial meeting. We can meet in person or online if you're further afield, and talk through in more detail about what you're looking to get from the space — your likes, dislikes, and how you use the garden.
- The design.
- Concept layout. A scaled layout plan showing the new structure of the garden — paths, seating areas, borders, lawn, and any key features such as a pergola, raised beds or water feature. This is the working drawing your contractor will build from.
- Mood board. Alongside the layout, you'll receive a mood board setting out suggested materials, colours and textures, so you can picture how the space will feel and start sourcing hard landscaping materials with confidence.
- Review and revisions. Once you've had time to look over the plans, we'll go through them together and I'll make one round of adjustments — so what you're left with genuinely reflects what you want, not just what I first proposed.
- Planting plan. A full planting plan tailored to your site's soil, aspect and light levels, showing exactly what goes where, alongside a plant list with quantities that you (or your gardener) can take straight to a nursery.
- Handover. You'll receive the final drawings and plant list as PDFs, ready to implement yourself, hand to a landscaper, or use to get accurate quotes for the build.
The details
The cost
- Gardens up to 100m2 from: £2,000
- Gardens up to 250m2 from: £3,000
Good to know.
What’s included: - A scaled layout plan showing the new structure of the garden. A mood board covering materials, textures and overall feel. Full planting plan and plant list suited to your soil, light and style. One round of revisions, so the plan is genuinely yours before it goes to build. All final drawings supplied as PDF, ready to pass to a contractor
What it doesn’t include: detailed design drawings, bespoke features, contractor sourcing, tender documents, or site visits during the build. If you’d like ongoing input while the garden is being built, my full design to delivery service includes this — do get in touch to discuss upgrading.
Timeline: typically four to six weeks from initial meeting to final handover, depending on the season and how quickly feedback comes back to me during the revision stage.
Good to know: This service generally suits gardens up to around 250m2 with a fairly straightforward brief; larger or more complex sites (significant level changes, structural work, swimming pools, and so on) are usually better served by my full design to delivery service, and I’ll always flag this before we start. In-person site visits are limited to roughly an hour’s travel from Marlborough; for gardens further afield, please get in touch for a bespoke quote or whether a video-based version of this service could work for you.
Best for: gardens up to around 250m2 with a fairly clear brief — courtyards, town gardens, and smaller family plots where you want a scaled masterplan, without the detail from a full ongoing design service.