Customers comments

'I was amazed and delighted with the design, it has matured so well and continues to surprise.' Jane, medium size village garden

'I manage the large gardens at Bradford Castle. Room 105 were commissioned to create a large new visitor's garden including vast areas of planting with easy disabled access. Their ideas were exciting and their project management excellent. Everyone is delighted with the results. Bob, Head Gardener

Room 105 were great, they were able to add a Giant Redwood tree to my roof garden, despite the concerns of the local council and other residents on the floors below. Sam

Design stages

Creating quality, bespoke outdoor spaces requires a structured process. This is aimed at ensuring we fully understand the site, your requirements and that you are …

Images of each design stage together with a paragraph explaining the purpose of that stage. Movement through the images needs to be controlled by the viewer so they can look & read at their own pace – could we have a list of stages that when you click on the stage it brings up the image & text?

Think we ought to include some ‘human’ images for e.g. images of us sitting down with clients ‘taking the brief’, using the laser level etc.

  • Survey and site analysis –
    Before photo
    Site survey & analysis – stick to one drawing with analysis symbols hand drawn
  • The brief –
    image of us sitting down with clients (needs new image)
  • Presentation plans –
    hand rendered outline plan + 3D drawing
  • • Construction drawings
    Image of construction drawing + Sketch up 3D installation drawing
  • Planting plan
    Image of a planting plan – close up showing botanical labels, not coloured
  • Tender requests
    Image of us on site with landscape contractor (co. name not shown) or image of an Invitation to Tender document
  • Inspection of works & contract administration
    Image of us on site checking works (needs new image)
  • Maintenance plans
    Image of a maintenance plan & flower bed
  • Completion
    After photo

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