Once you have decided that you wish to employ TulipTree in the re-design of your garden we can set the design process in motion.

We arrange to visit you and listen carefully to your feelings about the site and how you would like your ideal garden to look and function.

We will talk with you about the sorts of gardens that you enjoy and how you see your garden fitting in with your lifestyle. We can discuss our previous projects with you and the all-important issue of budget. If clients have already thought carefully about certain things which they would like to be included in their new garden, whether they wish to light the garden at night, install irrigation for plants etc it helps greatly. Some clients make ‘mood boards’ and gather together photographs from magazines, books and their travels in order to illustrate their preferences. These can prove extremely helpful in the early planning stages.

 

 

 

We will take careful measurements, and if necessary, levels, of the garden which will then enable us to draw up a scale plan. At this point the designer usually goes away to formulate the initial design ideas, make sketches and working drawings. There is then a second meeting in which these ideas are discussed and a final design decided upon.

 

To help you to visualize how the garden will look on completion, sketches, models or photoshop impressions may be used by the designer.

 

 

We will then present you with a spiral bound portfolio of design ideas and drawings along with the final design which is bespoke and hand-drawn, not computer generated.

 

 

This can then be given to the landscaper of your choice or the work could be taken on by yourselves.




Most of our gardens are built by local hard landscaping companies with whom we have forged strong working relationships.

Usually clients ask us to come back on site at the build stage and oversee the setting-out and construction of the new garden. This works well as it ensures that the initial design vision is adhered to and the materials specified in the design are used.

All of the gardens on this website have been subsequently planted by ourselves once the hard-landscaping (walls, paving, decking etc) had been put in place.

Whats the Cost?

Prices range from £350.00 to £700.00 for a full domestic garden design package.

Reductions in the cost of your planting package may be made if you have first employed us to produce a design.

Exact design cost will depend on the size of your garden, slope, and complexity of your requirements, which can be discussed at the initial meeting with the designer.