Whether it’s a residential or commercial property or a public area, innovative and attractive landscape design makes a huge difference to the look and ambience. A landscape designer works closely with architects and planners to create stunning outdoor spaces that add value to a property, enrich the community, and help to improve the environment.

Perth is home to some of Australia’s most forward-thinking and influential landscape designers, as well as national and international award winners. In this blog post, we take a closer look at some of Perth’s best landscape designers – people who push boundaries and create truly unique landscape designs.

We see the garden as an extension of your home so it’s important for us to get to know you first. We begin our design process with a meeting at your home to discuss your brief and assess the existing conditions. We like to get to know how you live and how you intend to use the space so we can tailor your design to really work for you and your lifestyle.

We get a full snap shot of your lifestyle so we can create a garden that works for you, whether that be low maintenance if you lead a busy lifestyle or perhaps a veggie patch if you enjoy tending to the garden. We take into consideration any issues like safety, excessive sun, drainage issues so we can ensure our design aims to combat any potential issues.

During the visit we also study the topography of the land and find out what types of soil it has, so that we have an idea of what nutrients it is going to need and how water drains from it. We also identify micro-climates. These micro-climates can be areas that are completely shady or those that receive full sun. Familiarising ourselves with the micro-climates, soil and topography of the land that we will be landscaping helps us to determine what plants to use, where to install elements of the hardscape and also what type of maintenance the landscape is going to need.

We also pay special attention to scale and proportions at concept stage. The beauty of a landscape is determined by how well its different elements complement each other. In order to maximise the beauty of the landscape, we hold all the elements in the landscape to a scale that fits the surrounding environment and keep them in proportion to each other.

GARDEN DESIGN CONCEPT

If you decide to proceed with a Urban Greenaid our team then gets to work on creating a concept design encompassing all our learnings from our initial meeting with you. This is usually a 4-6 week process. The plan view landscape design is presented detailing the overall layout, planting options, material selections and image mood board. We present this to you in person and welcome client collaboration during this stage and work until everyone is happy.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN FINAL DOCUMENTATION

Once the concept is approved we can develop the design with the level of detail necessary to carry out the landscape construction including:

• Landscaping plan with datum levels
• Lighting plan
• Irrigation plan
• Drainage plan
• Material specifications
• Planting schedule

We will specify all material selections, plant types, technical information and construction requirements.