The winter months are a restful time to think about your garden. Contemplating the possibilities and creating the vision for your space offers opportunities to reflect on your needs and wishes for your space. Thinking about how you use your space for patios, lawn area, gardens, driveways, ponds, seating areas while also the different styles, modern, rustic, natural, minimal provides time and reflection to ensure a holistic, carefully planned design that will be beneficial for you and your family.
Starting with a design, will draw out your vision and outline an overall plan for your property. Every property is unique and presents challenges and opportunities. Often sites have drainage issues, maybe their own or neighbours, privacy requirements, setbacks, septic, existing features to be retained. Also some properties can be located within protected areas such as shorelines, buffer zones etc. A design can help protect your investment by recognising and anticipating problem areas and providing sustainable solutions.
All these issues can be addressed proactively with a well thought out design. This process allows you as the homeowner to be involved in the design and be engaged to help create a space you and your family can enjoy for many years to come. Investing in a design helps you to see your vision, create a space that is comfortable for you and speaks to your style and creativity.
A design provides for consideration of budgets, timeline of project and material choices. Understanding the budget of your project allows for prioritising the work and allows for a managed approach to ensure minimal surprises, while managing expectations. A design also provides scheduling the work through phases to ensure job site efficiency and offers time and consideration for material options and availability. Having a plan, provides for an understanding of maintenance requirements and expectations. Beginning your process with a detailed design, also for the inclusion of climate resilient applications such as storm water management rain gardens, bioswales, green roofs and also the consideration and design of food forests, passive design and lawn alternatives.
Working with Parklane Landscapes on your garden design allows you and your property to be part of the creative process and offers you an opportunity to design a space sustainable and beautiful. Contact Jennifer at Parklane Landscapes today to begin your garden design journey. We invite you to visit us at the Barrie Spring & Garden Show, the Barrie Home & Lifestyle Show, and the Orillia Home and Cottage Show for inspiration and to embrace the spirit of Spring.
