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What Is Garden Design? What is Garden Design? Questions answered for those thinking about designing and landscaping their garden Plews Garden Design Copyright Notice What is Garden Design? Copyright © 2018 e-edition Marie Shallcross and Plews Garden Design plewsgardendesign.co.uk Whilst we are happy for you to share this book and its content, both text and photography, we would expect you to reference our authorship and ownership of the same. Your co-operation is appreciated. Photography Copyright © 2018 Plews Garden Design and Marie Shallcross Plews Garden Design plewsgardendesign.co.uk TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 What is Garden Design? 2 Why You Shouldn’t Use a Garden Designer 3 Should you use a Garden Designer? 4 Initial Design Visit 5 Planting Design 4 6 Design process What Next? About Plews “Outdoors and indoors are inseparable; they are complimentary and supplementary, two “ sides of the same door...” Garrett Eckbo What is Garden Design? What is Garden Design? All too often the garden becomes an afterthought. The last priority in home improvement budgets rather than being considered as part of the whole ‘let’s improve and renovate our home’ process. Garden design is important in helping you get the best out of your garden, whatever its size. And getting your garden wrong can be costly. I have seen this more times than I care to mention. Even ‘just a patio’ can cost thousands of pounds and it would be a shame to spend your money yet not get good value and the garden you would like at the end. House and Garden Renovation If you’re having a total rethink of your whole home environment your garden designer should be included from the beginning. If we're part of the early conversations that you have with your architect, this will ensure that your house and garden flow seamlessly one to the other. Which is what most people expect and want to happen. We should be included in conversations with your house builders and can suggest garden landscapers. Asking the garden designer to create a level area behind the house after you’ve narrowed the side access, is like asking someone to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted. Garden designers are clever people but not usually miracle workers. Garden Renovation It may be that your house is fine, but you’re thinking about refurbishing your garden. Once again, garden design is the first stage to consider. A good garden designer needs to consider you and your garden from an expert’s viewpoint to enable you to get the best garden possible. It involves a lot of listening and asking of questions. And also includes other aspects that a designer needs to look at and consider, both practical and creative. A garden design can be a total re-think of a whole garden, be that rear garden or front garden. Front gardens are important in different ways to a rear garden. For example, they’re generally in the public view, whilst most rear gardens are a private or family space. What is Garden Design? A full garden design will look at: - • the existing garden in all aspects; • what your ideals are; • whether these are achievable on your budget; • how to manage the budget and project, for example, would a staged approach be more suitable; • it deals with hard landscaping, for example, patio, decking, fences; • soft landscaping turf, planting; • the use of garden space, ie how you use it now, how this might change • sundries, for example, statuary, lighting. There’s more to it than this of course, including technical stuff about levels, but the above gives you a good idea of what is involved. Design is not just about large gardens. Courtyard garden, small gardens and roof terraces need a good designer, so the best use is made of restricted space. Your garden may be the biggest “room” you own and deserves at least the same thoughtful design as is afforded to the kitchen, living room or bathroom. And consider budget. Depending on where you live and the size of the garden you should reasonably expect to spend 5-20% of the value of your home on designing and landscaping your garden. Like a new kitchen or bathroom, a well designed and landscaped garden increases the overall value of your property as well as giving you great pleasure. 'Just tweak or two’ At Plews, we understand that you may not always want or need your whole garden designed and landscaped. So we also offer Planting Design and planting. This may be a planting scheme for an existing border or creating a new space, such as a vegetable garden. See the Planting Design chapter for more detail. Why You Shouldn’t Use a Garden Designer Why You Shouldn’t Use a Garden Designer Did you know? Not everyone should use a garden designer. Shock! Horror! It’s true. Let’s delve a little further into the reason for that statement. For example: - You may have a large estate and wish for it all to be developed and managed. Then you should be looking for a landscape architect, a landscape designer, to develop much of that land. And then a landscape or estate manager to keep it going. A garden designer would be appropriate for certain areas – formal gardens near the house, orchards. Of course with all of those professionals floating around, you may also need someone to manage them; a landscape or garden consultant, with enough expertise to have authority. Now most of you who are reading this will not have large estates of many acres. So why shouldn’t you use a garden designer? Let’s consider a few reasons… Reason 1 Are you prepared to work with the garden designer to create a garden that suits you? Yes, you did read that correctly. I can design 3 different gardens for you, all of them wonderful, of course – but without input from you, will they work for you in the long term? A successful garden design depends on collaboration and if you’re not prepared for this, then you shouldn’t use a garden designer. Or accept that the garden may well not turn out as you had hoped. Reason 2 Good garden designers are experts in their field. Now whilst collaboration is essential, if they’re advising you, it pays to listen to their advice. If you decide not to follow that advice, that’s fine; it’s your garden, after all. But make sure you’ve listened. Reason 3 Do you care about your garden? Are you bothered if it looks nice / is wildlife friendly / is a welcoming space? Some people are not interested in their garden. If that’s you, I would query why you would use a garden designer for a full garden design. You could just have a wildflower meadow and a patio. Or preferably, give your garden space to someone who will use it and enjoy it. (She says, being controversial). Reason 4 You think garden designers just plant a few trees and flowers. So you talk to a couple after you’ve let the non-gardening builders lay a patio, build some narrow raised beds and put up a shed. Without any thought to how these elements of the garden link to each other and the house or whether they’re in the right place for your needs… Reason 5 Oh and definitely don’t use a garden designer if you don’t appreciate that they cannot create a £40,000 garden on a £10,000 budget. Magician is not part of their job description. Reason 6 Whilst we’re talking about money, you shouldn’t use a garden designer if you’re not prepared to pay them. The number of times we designers hear “Could you just pop round and we can chat about my garden, and you can give me some ideas, and do a quick sketch…nothing fancy” Uh, no. I’m more than happy to share thoughts and tips – I think over 5 years of blogs sort of suggests that. But would you go to work for a month without being paid? Are there any more reasons why you shouldn’t use a garden designer? Well, yes. For example, is a garden designer the right professional for the job? This partly relates to my first point about an estate, but not totally. For example, for inside spaces and houses, use an architect; for fencing use a landscape gardener. So if these are reasons why you shouldn’t use a garden designer, what would be some reasons for using one? If we keep to the money issue – a good garden designer can save you money. Consider the scope of the project - for your garden re-design, or a major planting design, use a garden designer. For some more excellent reasons on getting in the right professional, read on to “Should You use a Garden Designer?” But if it’s a problem with your garden, use a garden consultant. Plews Marie can help with that as Member of the Professional Garden Consultants Association. And she’ll refer you to another member of the PGCA if she feels their expertise is more suited to your needs. Should you use a Garden Designer? Should you use a Garden Designer? Perhaps a good starting point for the discussion as to whether you should use a garden designer is to look at: - •What is a garden designer? •What does a garden designer do? And these comparisons from related professions may be helpful – •Gardeners look after and maintain gardens. They are concerned with plants, pests, propagation.
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