What services do we offer: Garden

Gardens for modern living are not just for entertaining relaxing and socialising, but also needs to be so much more - environmental, medicinal, educational, and productive!!

Our objective is to exceed your expectations/ aspirations offering innovative design & install solutions

Our task is to facilitate, never impose, it is your garden and your space, we are partners in creating a design that is perfect for you and your family

Chris is a designer with over twenty years experience and his passion for gardens, large or small, urban or rural, is undiminished.

Communication is at the heart of the business and Chris will be delighted to meet with you in your garden to find out just what you want. We can do as much or as little as you wish from design consultancy to tender or through to full turn-key installation complete with maintenance regime.

This is very much a two way process and gathering information is a vital part of the design process.

In a ‘new build’ situation Chris will be more than happy to work with you in the conceptual stages so that house, garden and landscape blend seamlessly.

Plans can be prepared from an initial sketch proposal right through to finished working drawings. Once the layout scheme is completed and agreed Chris can then prepare full planting layouts that take into account your personal preferences, soil type, location and micro-climate.

How we work

• Initial consultation; presentation of portfolio.

• Full site survey and analysis.

• Initial sketch design proposals.

• Final detailed plans, construction drawings and specifications.

• Detailed planting plans and plant schedules.

• Hard landscaping (complete garden construction).

• Soft landscaping (supply and planting of trees, plants and hedges etc.)

• Supply of individually designed and handcrafted garden buildings and artefacts including furniture, pots and statuary.

Design Consultation & Project Management through to Construction

Site Analysis

The first two tasks are to carry out a thorough site analysis and develop a design brief on which to base the overall concept, style and theme of the garden. This will involve discussions about likely use and function of the garden, your likes and dislikes, restrictions due to soil type, orientation of the garden and climate and preparation of a wish list of plants and features to be included.

We will take a full set of photos and measurements of the garden (in the case of larger projects a full landscape survey will be considered) and based on these prepare a thorough design brief and site analysis which is given to you for discussion before proceeding to the next stage.

Presentation Drawings

Once the design brief and site analysis have been agreed, we will prepare a set of presentation drawings incorporating the outline design of the plan.

This will include a scale sketch plan, perspective drawings and in some cases sectional elevations showing how the garden will look and a colour mood board with a range of images of features, finishes and planting.

Design work commences using pen and pencil and can be worked up to presentation using AutoCAD and Vectorworks (computer aided desusign) software. A bespoke garden design is created for you.

Included in this will be some outline ideas about lighting and audio. In most cases we would recommend a full lighting and audio design plan prepared either by us or by a specialist designer.

Preliminary Plans

Chris will present a sketch plan with artist’s impressions, based on the approved brief. At this stage, comments are welcomed and amendments can be made, ensuring that the client is totally satisfied with the final design.

Construction Drawings

Once everyone is happy with the design, the next stage is to prepare detailed construction drawings and specifications including setting out plans, technical drawings and specifications for materials on which the landscape contractor can base his quotations. We can cary out the work for an agreed price or you may wish for this stage to be tendered (see below).

Planting Plans

The next stage is to prepare a detailed planting plan showing placement of plant varieties numbers and spacing and a planting schedule. This document is accompanied by a spread sheet listing all the plants specified detailing habit, appearance and basic care for each plant as well as a photograph.

Final Plans

These are the plans from which potential contractors will prepare quotations for the construction of the garden. They show the details of hard and soft landscaping, structures and materials. Planting plans show exactly where the specified plants are to be located and include a guide for annual maintenance.

Tenders

Should the contract be going out to tender to a range of landscape contractors, we can prepare full tender documentation and manage the tender process on your behalf. Could include scanned construction drawings and plans.

Tender documents can be prepared and sent with the plans to known and reliable contractors who will then quote for the work. These quotations are checked and submitted to the client for approval.

Construction

To ensure that the design is faithfully carried out, Chris may monitor the construction work until the garden is completed.

Or you may want Inout to do the work: source the plants and materials and carry both the hard and soft landscaping, whatever way you want to do it - we are happy to acommodate.

The right team for each stage

When you work with Inout, you benefit from our teamwork structure that ensures all groundwork is done by ground workers, structural work is done by professional builders, and planting is done by professional horticulturalists.

This approach is one of the differences that ensures our landscaping garden design services are head and shoulders above the rest.

On site, on time, on budget

We deliver what we say, when we say and how we say. Our reputation rests not only on our expertise in garden design and construction but also on reliability and excellence in all that we deliver. This is borne out by the feedback we get from our clients.

Planting by experts

We pride in knowing the right palnt for the right placeand we provide planting schemes and plant selections that look wonderful when planted but also grow and develop over the years in harmony with the space.

The final touches

Attention to every detail ensures that you get the beautifully designed and landscaped garden you want - and you're ready to start enjoying it as soon as we have done those all-important final touches that make all the difference.

Customer support

Once we've designed and delivered your dream garden, we're happy to provide help and advice as the planting develops over time. Another benefit that sets us apart.