The Design Process From imagination to reality  nce 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. Home     About Us     Design     Planting     Restoration     Commercial     Links     Contact Copyright Tulip Tree Gardens 2010 - All Rights Reserved 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. Tulip Tree, 1 Reservoir House, Butterley Lane, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3QZ.