Common Landscape Design Questions
Why do I need a landscape designer?
How much will it cost for a design?
Can we phase in our project?
Can you design within our budget?
Is my small yard worth designing?
Can you work with my existing landscape?
Can you design pools, ponds, and spas?
Will my designer be available throughout the process?
What is the size limit to a design?
Can I do it all myself?
Do we have to go with your contractors?
What are designer's qualifications?
Why do I need a landscape designer?
Answer:
Our designers are horticultural and landscape materials experts. They can help you to create the look you want with plants that will work well with your unique soil type and microclimate. In addition, our knowledge of brand new as well as classic construction materials costs and uses makes our experience invaluable. Our designers at Hall Landscape Design can help you work with a budget to create the landscape of your dreams.
How much will it cost for a design?
Answer:
Our designs are based on size and scope of the project. Your designer will come to your house for free, walk your yard with you, discuss your ideas and vision of your yard as well as make recommendations of his own. Based on that information, he will give you a fair and written quote for what your landscape design will cost.
Answer:
Many projects require some phasing in whether the reason is logistical, financial, or other our designers will help you manage the phasing of multiple aspects of a project so things run smoothly, and your landscape continues to look like one beautiful project as all phases are completed.
Can you design within our budget?
Answer:
Of course. No project is too big or small and they all require equal attention. Our designers are incredibly helpful with keeping a project under budget. Our knowlege of material prices at Hall Landscape Design can allow us to create excellent effects with materials that can be more cost effective.
Is my small yard worth designing?
Answer:
Again no yard is too small. Having a small yard means it is all the more important to manage the space you do have. Our designers at Hall Landscape Design can help you to create quality livable space and get the most out of your other use areas.
Can you work with my existing landscape?
Answer:
Our designers are excellent at working new elements into an existing landscape. We will identify that which is functional and that which is not, working with what you already enjoy about your yard and incorporating the new things you desire all while eliminating the scary problem areas you dread. No problem in any yard is without a solution, allow the helpful design team at Hall Landscape Design to help you find yours.
Can you design pools, ponds, and spas?
Answer:
Yes, we can design any outdoor water feature you desire. Our designers are excellent with using existing areas to design pools, spas, ponds, waterfalls, pondless water features that fit into the surroundings and will be enjoyed for many years. Allow Hall Landscape Design's professional design team help you create the water feature of your dreams.
Will my designer be available throughout the process?
Answer:
Your designer is your personal contact and will be available to help and answer questions from the time the design process starts until project completion and onward. They will help and assist in any way possible and we at Hall Landscape Design want to be your landscape design resource for life.
What is the size limit to a design?
Answer:
Once again no area is too big or small. At Hall Landscape Design we can help you plan a very small space or a very large one, the one thing that will be unchanged is our attention to detail. We have a great deal of experience in both areas so whether it is a small sitting area or multi-acre parcels, our designers will help create the landscape of your dreams without any of the nightmares.
Answer:
Absolutely. We can help you with self install, staging in the project in phases, as well as getting you discounts on plants and materials from local nurseries and distributors.
Do we have to go with your contractors?
Answer:
Absolutely not. Your design is yours to keep. You will get 2 full color, scale designs on 24"x36", that you own. About 1/2 our clients want to do at least some of the planting or construction themselves. We want to be your complete design resource. If you want a design great, if you need some contractor referrals we can do that to. We are your complete design hub.
What are designer's qualifications?
Answer:
All of our designers are experienced plant people, most with associate's degrees in Environmental Horticulture.The majority have 5+ years experience and have vast knowledge of all types of hard and softscapes. We have designers living all over the Sacramento Valley and into the Foothills so your designer will be local to you giving them vital knowledge of your local environment and microclimates.