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YOUR LANDSCAPE INVESTMENT BEGINS WITH A LANDSCAPE PLAN
Your landscape architect will provide a bid set to you to use in selecting a contractor. This bid set ensures that you are pricing apples to apples. When you select your contractors to consider you will give each contractor a set of plans and each will come back with a price for the installation of the complete project. The bid process will save you money as each contractor will be pricing the same plants, the same quantities and the same supplies. THE BID PROCESS 1. Obtain a well thought out plan from a Licensed Landscape Architect 2. Distribute the plan to your selected contractors, your bid list. 3. Provide a due date for the bid. 4. Evaluate the bids. 5. Short List at least two contractors. 6. Interview the short list contractors, research their credentials. 7. Select your contractor from the short list. |
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS DESIGN FEE
Our projection of hours is not random and is based upon historical data which is compiled from years of project experiences. Some potential clients might think that their project might not be sizeable enough to hire a landscape architect as a landscape designer for their project. Of course if you know that you only need six viburnum replaced then we are not for you. We will direct you to someone appropriate and reputable who can help you with your viburnum needs if our initial telephone converstation leads that way. If your needs extend beyond simple replacements of existing foliage we will be happy to speak to you about becoming your landscape designer for your project. 3-D CONCEPT FOR LANDSCAPE AND HARDSCAPE REMODEL Clients may select to have their concept delived in 3-d To see this project completed for A&E TV's "Fix This Yard" Click Here |
HOW LANDSCAPE IS PRICED
Wholesale pricing for plants is generally 1/3 the price that a consumer would pay at any large box retail store, or 1/5 the price a consumer would pay at a specialty nursery. Special considerations will be made in evaluating a bid for cost of demolition, mobilization (getting a crew and equipment to a project site), permitting, etc. As each proeject is custom designed and every site is different these costs cannot be generalized. There is an unfortunate practice of "PRICING A CLIENT" that occasionally occurs in the landscape industry. This is the practice that some lanscape contractors will give a randomly high price to a client based upon what they think that the client can afford. This typically ends up in a low grade landscape installation with low quality plants and alot of mulch. There are some unprofessional companies that are heavily involved in this practice and unsuspecting clients typically do not know that they have been priced as they have nothing to compare their experience to. Having a landscape plan from a licensed landscape architect will help you avoid this practice. As you will be able to bid your plan to several contractors that don'n need to know your address as you can email them the plan. This little bit of anonymity will help you to obtaib an industry standard price for your landscape installation project. Land Art Landscape Architecture can include the bidding process in your proposal at your request, leaving the bidding process to us. |
CREATE VALUE WITH A PROFESSIONAL DESIGN
Landscape Architects design to a clients desired style and environmental conditions to develop a plan that is best suited for the client's lifestyle and site. Condidering many factors, a landscape architect will spend countless hours developing your plan to ensure the best long term solution for your project and budget. The final product is simply stunning, a head turner. Landscape Architecture is an art form, and every project is seen as a work of art. Landscape designers are generally connected with a nursery, you sign an agreement for a free design to your budget and the landscape designer makes a quick sketch using the junk plants that they have in their nursery and using plants that are considered high profit plants. The final product is under whelming at best. In the end, your project was a revenue source for a landscaping company. |
LIFE OF A LANDSCAPE, PRESERVING YOUR LANDSCAPE INVESTMENT
Land Art Landscape Architecure designs landscapes utilizing the thousands of available plants to design lifetime landscapes. Keep in mind, you will only be our client one time for each property that you own, we get it right the first time. When designing a landscape we consider factors such as soil conditions, sun light availability, exposure requirements or limitations, water requirements, canopy availability and even root zone compatibility. We integrate these factors with your desire for cover, color, pattern and more to develop the best long term artistic landscape design for your project. Obviously, we are not associated with any single nursery and are not limited by a small selection of plants that a nursery or landscaper might have on hand. We make regular visits to nursery plant growers, trade shows and collector plant growers to maintain our knowledge of what is available in the industry. Even the lowest maintenance landsapes require supplemental water to remain attractive looking throughout the year. No matter where you live a supplemental water source is going to be the key to your landscape success. Water will nourish your plants and keep unwanted pests away. Aphids and mites will be forced to pack up and leave your landscape if proper watering occurs. Be sure to budget this small monthly allowance to help ensure the long term success of your landsccape. A week without water will show in your plants health, even in a xeric landscape.
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