In-Nursery Design Service

The goal of our in-nursery design service is to help you develop a garden space that reflects your lifestyle and personal aesthetic.

We’re here to help you avoid many of the pitfalls associated with garden design and plant selection. At the end of this process, your garden space will be filled with plants that you love, in a manner that reflects you. Not only will you achieve a great design but you will also save hundreds, even thousands, of dollars compared with conventional design fees.

The design service is a collaborative process between you and one of our trained design professionals that takes place at our nursery. Our designers do not visit your home. Rather, they get to know your garden space through a detailed questionnaire, diagrams and images that you supply. The more preparation and thought you put into your project and the more specific the information and visuals that you provide, the better your finished garden space; and we want that space to be very beautiful indeed! Please note that because we do not visit your site we also do not design hardscape features such as pergolas, patios, and pathways. Your hardscape features should already be in place.

Once your questionnaire and attachments are received by one of our designers, we will call you to make an appointment to meet at the nursery. Prior to the meeting, your designer will spend an hour to:

• Analyze your information, diagrams and images
• Formulate possible solutions and options to meet your design goals
• Identify areas that need clarification
• Synthesize your preferences with the site requirements to guide her in presenting a selection of suitable plant material

This pre-meeting work ensures that the designer is fully cognizant of the scope of your project and can make more efficient use of the time you spend together at your appointment.

During your appointment, you and your designer will work together on all aspects of the design. You’ll discuss various options and collaborate on the artful combination of plants for your space. By the end of the process, you’ll not only have a design but you’ll have chosen your plants. We can send you home with a planting diagram or you can take pictures so your remember how to place your plants. You will then head home and you (or someone you hire) will do the gardening work to plant your garden design.

If you are consulting our design service about a large space, we recommend tackling one patio, balcony or bed (or small group of beds) at a time. Of course, this means that more than one meeting may be required, but it will make the whole process more manageable for you and your designer. We also recommend limiting each session to one or two hours so that it’s not too overwhelming.

Prior to your appointment, we strongly suggest doing some research by visiting Phoenix Perennials to see our wide selection of garden plants. You can also search our online Plant Encyclopedia and use our Perfect Plant Search to discover plants that you might want to use in your design.

On the day of your appointment, please dress for the weather and bring your camera to take pictures of your plants and your design.

If you have any questions, please call the nursery at 604-270-4133.