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Smart Products
Smart controllers like the rain Bird ESP-SMT an affordable weather based
control for the home owner
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Designing your landscape
The latest NARI (National Association of the
Remodeling Industry) survey of contractors reveals that building an outdoor
living area is one of the most desired projects for homeowners. From retaining
walls and fire pits to backyard kitchens and water features. Designing your
outdoor features to reflect your life style is important to the enjoyment of
your outdoor space and landscape.
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Synthectic Turf
Synthectic turf is a great alternet lawn for lowering green house gasses and
conserving water. Our XeriTurf™ does just that and looks like
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Successful planting design requires knowledge about plant selection. A Planting design will be developed to give you a creative and functional approach for individual, site-specific landscape planting. The irrigation design is completed after the planting design to ensure proper watering to all of the plants and lawns. We design the irrigation system to save water resources at the same time providing the appropriate water at the optimal time.
In the landscape plan, the designer is dealing with living plants that are subject to a all of the weather conditions in your planting zone, different soil types, insect and disease problems, and a host of other environmental and physical circumstances. The landscape designer must deal with plants that works for every season with the leafing out in spring, the aroma and visual delight of fragrant flowers, and the bare branches in winter. Change in the landscape is never constant as the seasons come and go. How the designer uses plants and other material components in the Landscape Planting Plan involves paying careful attention to detail, a thorough knowledge of practical horticulture, and a good understanding of the basic principles and elements of design. Gary faces the challenge of creating a plan that is pleasing to the senses and that visually, functionally and aesthetically improves the appearance of the landscape at an affordable cost.
We are committed to designing landscapes and outdoor spaces that are 'Green' and sustainable. Using the 3 R's (reduce reuse recycle) as a guiding principle to our designs. Your landscape will be designed to create a functional and aesthetic plan with sustainability in mind. We are able to provide design services to anyone anywhere in the U.S. all you have to do is email us a site plan in PDF format. We can then, in consultation with you develop the planting plan and include irrigation, Hardscape and lighting. Our fees for design are reasonable and affordable. Upload your site plan and we can complete the landscape and irrigation plan for you
IRRIGATION DESIGN The first thing you need to do before you can install your new irrigation system is create a design and materials list. This is usually required for most types of irrigation systems.
You can learn about this and how to professionally install your irrigation by going ( clicking ) to the irrigation tutorial at: http://www.JessStryker.com/install.htm
Far too often homeowners begin landscaping without a plan. They plant a few shade trees here and there and evergreen shrubs around the house's foundation. This haphazard approach rarely looks good, often does not fit in with the family's activities, and can cost more than well planned landscape.
Careful landscape planning can increase your family's enjoyment of your property and add significantly to the value of your home. Most important, an unorganized planting can increase the time and money needed to maintain the plants.
As a rule of thumb I suggest that an owner budget 5-10 percent of the value of the property. With a good design, that amount of investment could increase the value of the property up to the 15-25 percent range. More than that might be justified if the owner is looking for a posh look, but wouldn't be justified by economics.
Because of the effort and cost of going through the construction process a less amount might, or might not be, efficient. Design fees might range from 6% to 11% of cost of construction, depending. The larger the project, the lower the design fee. National average fee for landscape architects is about $105 per hour. [ASLA published survey "Map of the Territory"] Starting fees might be around $50 an hour for someone with less training or experience.
Based upon my experience, I believe that the relative value of a more experienced opinion increases exponentially. Twice the fee might be worth 10 times as much in actual value, when making recommendations on such a significant investment.
A one or two hour consultation might be worthwhile for the average 1/4 acre parcel. More time than that might not be economical. A developed design might take 5-8 hours, and 12-15 hours (or more) for complete working drawings, for an upscale residence.
There are actually three landscape professional that should be considered. A Landscape Architect to assess
the design, a Licensed Landscape Contractor to estimate the cost and a trained consulting Arborist to inspect for hazard trees.
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