Garden Design - Pricing
This is the page you won’t find on a lot of garden designers websites!
That’s because it is very difficult to give an answer.
The variables affecting design price are:
- Size of garden
- Location of garden
- Complexity of garden (are there lots of awkward corners, big changes in level, existing plants or structures that are to be retained if in garden or screened out if outside it?)
- Complexity of brief
- Budget for garden
Design can be priced as a percentage of overall build cost (as with architects) or quoted for as lump sums for individual items or an hourly rate for work undertaken. I usually quote lump sums for design work and an hourly rate for time on site
When I come to see you and have assessed your garden and your wishes I will be able to give you a clear idea as to what my charges will be for the different design services you require. These will be given to you, in writing, before you commit to any expenditure. It will be very clear as to what each item includes.
All design work charges include alterations and amendments needed to hone the design until it meets your brief to your complete satisfaction.
The “starts from” cost of a concept plan for a very small, very simple garden is £300.
Planting plans start from £250. (Summer 2011)