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is it worth having a garden designer?
My garden is about 30 ft long x 20 ft - with a garage and a path down the west facing side. I never know what to do with it - I'm retired now and heavy work is getting hard. Should I get a landscape gardener in just to sort things out - how much will it cost - or I was going to find some agricultural college student/s to give me some advice. What do you think?
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is it worth having a garden designer?
"jayjay" wrote in message s.com... My garden is about 30 ft long x 20 ft - with a garage and a path down the west facing side. I never know what to do with it - I'm retired now and heavy work is getting hard. Should I get a landscape gardener in just to sort things out - how much will it cost - or I was going to find some agricultural college student/s to give me some advice. What do you think? -- jayjay save your money just use your imagination |
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is it worth having a garden designer?
We had one. Waste of £200. Didn't use a single suggestion of his - he was
too prima-donna, ignored our thoughts entirely. But I'm sure there are good ones out there. -- Stuart "pied piper" wrote in message news "jayjay" wrote in message s.com... My garden is about 30 ft long x 20 ft - with a garage and a path down the west facing side. I never know what to do with it - I'm retired now and heavy work is getting hard. Should I get a landscape gardener in just to sort things out - how much will it cost - or I was going to find some agricultural college student/s to give me some advice. What do you think? -- jayjay save your money just use your imagination |
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is it worth having a garden designer?
"jayjay" wrote in message
s.com... My garden is about 30 ft long x 20 ft - with a garage and a path down the west facing side. I never know what to do with it - I'm retired now and heavy work is getting hard. Should I get a landscape gardener in just to sort things out - how much will it cost - or I was going to find some agricultural college student/s to give me some advice. What do you think? -- How about getting a book or two to start with, to see if any 'ready made' designs catch your fancy, then contacting local landscape garneders to implement. SOunds like you have soem fairly good thoughts on what you want, ie low maintenance, so then its just a question of getting something that looks good from your POV. Maybe a local college could help with a student or two to amend a design that you think is a good basis for what you want. -- Tumbleweed Remove theobvious before replying (but no email reply necessary to newsgroups) |
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is it worth having a garden designer?
"jayjay" wrote in message s.com... My garden is about 30 ft long x 20 ft - with a garage and a path down the west facing side. I never know what to do with it - I'm retired now and heavy work is getting hard. Should I get a landscape gardener in just to sort things out - how much will it cost - or I was going to find some agricultural college student/s to give me some advice. What do you think? I think that if you don't know what sort of garden you want, you might consider just leaving it as is and killing off all signs of growth with glyphosate as soon as you see any green anywhere. Why waste money on a landscape gardener? Franz |
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is it worth having a garden designer?
"jayjay" wrote in message s.com... My garden is about 30 ft long x 20 ft - with a garage and a path down the west facing side. I never know what to do with it - I'm retired now and heavy work is getting hard. Should I get a landscape gardener in just to sort things out - how much will it cost - or I was going to find some agricultural college student/s to give me some advice. What do you think? jayjay All depends on whether you wish to become a gardener or not :~)) If you do then some advice may be a good thing. If not then you'd be better of spending you money of someone to come in a mow the grass for you............. Jenny |
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is it worth having a garden designer?
On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 21:34:03 GMT, jayjay
wrote: My garden is about 30 ft long x 20 ft - with a garage and a path down the west facing side. I never know what to do with it - I'm retired now and heavy work is getting hard. Should I get a landscape gardener in just to sort things out - how much will it cost - or I was going to find some agricultural college student/s to give me some advice. What do you think? -- jayjay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk My mother has been a very keen gardener all her life, in fact I got my love of gardens from her. She has recently found hers getting too much for her, and sought advice from someone regarding making it easier for her to manage. The person she got in actually did the hard landscaping and moved a lot of her plants for her. She is very happy with the results, though I'm afraid I don;t know how much it cost. Why don't you try getting a few quotes? Shelley |
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is it worth having a garden designer?
My garden is about 30 ft long x 20 ft - with a garage and a path down
the west facing side. I never know what to do with it - I'm retired now and heavy work is getting hard. Should I get a landscape gardener in just to sort things out - how much will it cost - or I was going to find some agricultural college student/s to give me some advice. What do you think? -- You don't say where you are. Cost of advice/plans/drawings. etc. all depends on the skill of the person giving the advice, where you live in the country (local economics), supply/demand, etc. If you're in N. London I'd be happy to give you some advice for little if any remuneration (money). Basically, if you just get a sketch done, it's going to cost less than a 'proper' drawing, which in turn will be less than a coloured drawing. Isometric (and other fancy views) of your planned garden will also cost more. If you need any more advice, just mail me. Dave. |
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is it worth having a garden designer?
My garden is about 30 ft long x 20 ft - with a garage and a path down
the west facing side. I never know what to do with it - I'm retired now and heavy work is getting hard. Should I get a landscape gardener in just to sort things out - how much will it cost - or I was going to find some agricultural college student/s to give me some advice. What do you think? -- You don't say where you are. Cost of advice/plans/drawings. etc. all depends on the skill of the person giving the advice, where you live in the country (local economics), supply/demand, etc. If you're in N. London I'd be happy to give you some advice for little if any remuneration (money). Basically, if you just get a sketch done, it's going to cost less than a 'proper' drawing, which in turn will be less than a coloured drawing. Isometric (and other fancy views) of your planned garden will also cost more. If you need any more advice, just mail me. Dave. |
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