Create the garden of your dreams with one of our tailored and personalized garden design options.
What do you want from your garden?
- Do you long for a beautiful garden to allow you to while away the evenings with the feet up on the deck enjoying a glass of wine or a cup of tea or whatever your tipple of choice may be.
- Dining alfresco maybe complete with an outdoor kitchen might be your highest priority
- Or perhaps you want a space simply for the kids and grandkids to play away
- Maybe a wildlife friendly garden is your highest priority
- Do you just want something nice to look out
- Or do you want to grow a lot of your own food but within a very ornamental garden
Before you start your garden design project and start looking for garden design ideas, you should give some thought to the type of garden design that you need.
Have you thought about the style of garden you want?
- Your garden should complement the home in many ways. It should be a continuation of the indoors and to create that continuity we look at using similar materials internally and externally and also to continue the style.
- If the inside of your house is very contemporary and perhaps minimalist in design well then that should also be reflected outside.
- On the other hand, perhaps your home is very traditional and relaxed indoors and so your garden should be a further extension of that style.
- Every garden is different, every garden owner is different and thus every garden design has to be unique. We create unique designs by working with our clients to find out exactly what they want from their garden space.
Garden design isn't a “one fits all” product. You might just want to devise a planting scheme for a particular bed or area within an existing garden and perhaps you're not sure where to start.
If you're not sure of the style of garden design that you want or you need some advice first, then I would always recommend starting with a design consultation. I ama available for online garden design consultations where we can discuss all your ideas for your garden, whether you need a small garden design or a much larger project.
Online Garden Design Consultation
€180,00
Consult Peter Dowdall, a garden design expert, for a high quality online design consultation. Utilizing his expertise, Peter will offer personalized help and suggestions tailored to your specific garden needs and preferences. He offers a thorough, comprehensive consultation that focuses on your… Learn More
Like every project, a good garden depends on the level of preparation that goes into it. Not working to a design will mean that your garden will just evolve and before too long your garden will just be a collection of random plants with no rhyme nor reason to this space.
Sound familiar?
Some time spent on creating a good garden design before lifting a shovel is what will make all the difference and turn your garden from a simple outdoor space into whatever you would wish and imagine for that space to be.
· Virtual Garden Design Consultation
· Perhaps you don’t need an actual garden design and a consultation or chat with myself, Peter Dowdall will do. I am available on certain dates and times for a chat online, where I can offer help and guidance to you for your garden.
· If you’re not sure which of the design options is right for you, I would advise starting with this Virtual Garden Design Consultation
· Perhaps it’s a completely new project and you just need some pointers about where to start, where to position patios, paths, garden beds and other features.
· Maybe it’s an existing garden and you would like some help deciding on how best to give it new lease of life. I can advise on which plants are worth keeping, moving and removing.
· Or maybe you just have some general gardening questions related to your own garden or gardening tasks and want a bit of help or guidance on how and when to do certain gardening jobs.
· Depending on what you want from the consultation, the more information you can give me beforehand or have with you on the day, the better. I will send you an email with some questions to best prepare both of us so that you get the best value from our chat.
· The length of each consultation is up to 1 hour.
· If there is no availability showing, that means I am booked out. You can email me directly at peterdowdallgardener@gmail.com if this is the case and I can contact you should a cancellation appear.
Online Garden Design Consultation
€180,00
Consult Peter Dowdall, a garden design expert, for a high quality online design consultation. Utilizing his expertise, Peter will offer personalized help and suggestions tailored to your specific garden needs and preferences. He offers a thorough, comprehensive consultation that focuses on your… Learn More
Firstly...
Before starting any design project, you will be asked to fill in a questionnaire (Which will be emailed to you) to allow us to get a feel for the style of garden that you wish for and also to ensure that we can include as many or as few elements as you wish for.
Once you have submitted the completed questionnaire one of us may contact you by phone or e-mail to get more information or to clarify any points
Conceptual Hand Drawn Design
If you would like a beautifully designed garden but perhaps you don't need all the extra details that come with a full-blown garden design, then this concept design could be the right option for you.
With this option you get a beautifully hand drawn design for your garden space showing all the different features within the garden
The Process
Start with zoning diagrams to agree on overall access route, location and areas.
Then work on black and white sketch options (1-3) to explore layout and levels.
Finally, a scaled coloured hand drawing delivery with annotation
Complete with mood board images of the different elements of the garden.
Add Ons:
- Plant List
We will select plants that are chosen specifically for your garden taking into account any existing features aspect and soil
Each design is unique and when choosing plants for your garden bed we are looking at elements such as color combinations and contrasting textures
A Conceptual Hand Drawn Garden Design should be looked upon as an initial investment before starting on your garden. This design will end up saving money in the long run by not making costly mistakes
All our planting plans are pollinator friendly and designed not just to give color interest and continuity but also to help promote biodiversity.
- Detailed planting plan
As the Plant List but with individual plants location shown on the drawing
We will take all the site details from Google Earth ensuring that dimensions and aspect are as accurate as possible without surveying the site.
A Landscape contractor may be able to price from this design, however it is not intended to be a pricing document, rather to illustrate where the different elements will be in the garden and any contractor will need to take their own measurements and examine the site before pricing.
Complete Garden Design Package
If you are starting a garden from scratch or, are giving an existing garden a complete overhaul then this is the option for you, as nothing is left to chance and you will be provided with the highest level of detail in your garden design.
· When creating a new garden, mistakes can be expensive, particularly when looking at the hard landscaping elements such as, your paving, paths, steps and wall elements
· This complete garden design package will ensure that you avoid costly mistakes as it is much easier and less expensive to change an element on paper than on the ground in your garden.
· Benefit from all our years of training and experience with this complete garden design package
