This morning I completed a foundation planting landscape design.
What are my clients goals for the landscape?
The number one goal is color. Women want colorful and inviting homes. Men want what their wives want as long as it stays within budget.
The second goal is low maintenance requirements. No one wants a landscape that needs constant attention.
Some prospective clients focus on low price. In some cases lower than I recommend.
All I can say is, “You get what you pay for.”
Restaurants that ask what type of wine you’d like with your meal cost more than the restaurants that ask, “Do you want fries with that?”
See the video playlist Go To Plants for Your Landscape for more information.
I’m looking forward to presenting this foundation planting landscape design Saturday.
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2 responses to “Foundation Planting Landscape Design”
This is some really good information to know when you are trying to come up with a landscape design. I agree with what you said about how you should make it easy to maintain. That would be a good thing to know before you start designing. That way, you don’t get a lot of plants that are hard to take care of.
I often see landscapes designed with plants that fill the landscape quickly but need to be heavily pruned to maintain their size. I’ve made that mistake with plant selections in the past. I now do my best to keep fast growing plants from blocking windows and keep trees and large shrubs a healthy distance from the house.