05 Services

Landscape design in St. George

A plan before anything is poured. I measure the yard, draw the layout, grades and drainage, pick the materials and plants, and price it by area. So the quote and the build match, and you know what the yard will cost before a shovel goes in. Build it with me, in phases, or with someone else.

Serving St. George, Washington, Santa Clara, Ivins, Hurricane, La Verkin, Toquerville, Virgin and Mesquite, NV.

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Fig. 01 · Hand-drawn plan of a garden with paths, lawns and planting bedsHistoric garden plan, Amsterdam City Archives

01 Scope

What’s included.

Every line below is on the written quote, itemized, so you can see what you’re paying for and what you’re not.

Site visit: measurements, grades, where the water goes, sun and shade through the day
A scaled plan: hardscape, planting, lawn and drip zones
A materials list: pavers, stone, block, rock, with samples to look at
A plant list suited to the heat, your soil and how much water you want to use
A cost by area, so the plan can be built in phases
Drawings your HOA can review, where it asks for them
Design only is fine: the plan is yours to build with whoever you choose

02 How I build it

The order matters more than the material.

Most of the work is under the surface. These are the steps, in the order they happen on your job.

Walk the yard.You tell me how you want to use it. I measure, shoot grades, note where water sits after a storm and where the afternoon sun lands.
Draft the plan.A scaled drawing of the whole yard: patio, paths, walls, beds, lawn if any, and the trees placed for shade. Materials and plants named.
Review and revise.We go through it together, on the plan and on the ground. Move the fire pit, lose the lawn, add a gate. The drawing changes until it is right.
Price it by area.Each part of the plan gets its own line, so you can build the back this year and the front next, and the pieces still fit together.

Depths, heights and what the city requires vary with the lot. The numbers for your yard are written into the quote, not guessed from a web page.

03 Money

What changes the price.

No price list, because no two yards are the same. These are the things that move the number, so the quote makes sense when you read it.

Size and complexity

A side yard needs a sketch. A full lot with walls, a patio, planting and drainage needs a real drawing. The design time follows the yard.

How much hardscape

Walls, patios and steps need grades, sections and sometimes an engineer’s input. A planting plan on flat ground is faster to draw.

Revisions

One or two rounds of changes are part of the process. A plan that keeps changing direction takes longer, so it helps to know what you want the yard for.

New build or existing yard

Bare dirt behind a new home is a clean start. Reworking an existing yard means working around what stays, and finding out what the last contractor buried.

04 Questions

What people ask about landscape design.

Straight answers. If yours isn’t here, text me and ask.

Do I need a design for a small job?

Usually not. A patio, a wall or a strip of steppers gets drawn on the ground at the estimate visit and that is enough. A design earns its keep when there are several parts that have to fit together, or when you want to build the yard in phases over a couple of years.

Can I get just the design and build it myself or with someone else?

Yes. The plan is yours when it is paid for. Build it yourself, hand it to another contractor, or come back to me for part of it. I would rather a yard be built to a good plan than built to no plan at all.

Will the plan work with my HOA?

I draw to what your covenants ask for, which here often means plant lists, rock colors and wall heights, and I give you drawings the review committee can read. Submitting is yours to do, and the HOA’s answer is its own. If it asks for changes, we make them.

Can we build the plan in phases?

That is one of the main reasons to have one. Each area is priced on its own, grades and drainage are worked out for the whole yard at once, and the drip is sized for the finished plan so nothing has to be dug up later.

My new house came with bare dirt. Where do I start?

With the plan. On a new build nothing has to be worked around, so grades, drainage, the patio and the trees can all be set where they belong, and the budget can be spread across the yard in the order that matters to you. The lawn caps your city sets for new homes get built into it from the start.

05 Also

The rest of the yard.

Most jobs are two or three of these together. Each one starts with what goes under it.

01Pavers & patiosPatios, walkways and driveways laid on a compacted base, edged and sanded so they stay flat.02Retaining & block wallsBlock and CMU walls that hold a grade, drain behind the face, and sit on a footing sized for the soil.03Flagstone & hardscapeFlagstone paths and steppers, fire features, and the rock that frames them. Set so nothing rocks underfoot.04Desert landscaping & lawn conversionsRock mulch, desert planting on drip, and lawn-to-desert conversions that can earn the water district’s rebate. Turf stays where it earns its place.PProjectsReal jobs, with the photos and the scope.

Start with a photo

Send me the yard as it is. I’ll send back what I’d build.

A text with two photos is enough to start. Or take two minutes on the estimate form and I’ll have everything I need before I come out.

Text Zane · (208) 570-8215 Hi Zane, here’s my yard…

Send a photo and what you’re thinking. Zane answers his own phone.

Free estimate Call (208) 570-8215