
UNDERSTANDING YOUR GARDEN NEEDS
– Landscape design checklist questions
– Websites, blogs, books and other online/offline places you can go for ideas
– Agency restrictions / rebates and what to do about them

HIRING A LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
– What does a landscape designer do?
– What kind of designer you should hire and where to find your ideal designer

PREPARING & MEETING WITH THE LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
– What you should bring to the design meeting and what you should be asking the perspective designer
– What should the designer be doing / asking
-Contracts

THE DESIGN PROCESS
– Site analysis, measuring the site and creating a site plan
– Concept plans
– Hardscape, irrigation, planting, lighting and everything else that goes into a design
– All kinds of plant information
– Install supervision / hiring a contractor

AFTER INSTALLATION
– Establishment period
– Watering
– Pruning