Full Range of Landscape Design and Consulting Services
Landscape Designs
Designs range from sketches drawn on-site for an hourly fee, to detailed plans contracted to provide existing and desired paving and structures, planting layouts and quantity lists, vegetable gardens, plus basic installation guidelines. Designs address residential, schools, office parks and open space / restoration projects.
Image © Sacred Nature Designs
Plant & Landscape Product Brokering
This hourly service provides professional selection of plant and landscape product selection from area nurseries and national product providers. Effective when alternative plant choices are needed that maintain owner design and maintenance objectives.
Snowberry (Symphorcarpos albus ) Image © by Duane Karstens, July, 2012
Presentations & Program Facilitation
Public and private presentations can be contracted to address any size, age or audience skill-level about all aspects of horticulture; design; plant ID, care and selection; site maintenance; soil-building, mulches; and more.
Maintenance Guidelines
This contracted service provides documentation of site-specific seasonal management practices geared to owners, or contractor managers.
Stafford Creek Plant ID c/o ABR 2012
On-Site Coach & Employee Training
This hourly service is geared either to home owners seeking prioritized input for landscape enhancements and/or restoration; or for industry customers seeking on-site employee development. Topics include native and adapted plant I.D., landscape maintenance, plus tree and shrub pruning.
Image © Sacred Nature
Permaculture
This specialty service includes hourly or contracted preparation of permanent culture plans based upon: 1) thorough site analysis, client inputs, and design that outlines long-term installation options for sustainable site treatments according to International Permaculture standards. Clients may also choose to host a Permaculture training facilitated by SND which provides a finished Permaculture plan while offering education regarding Permaculture to groups of paying participants.
Permaculture Details © ABR 2013
Illustrations
This service includes landscape planning sketches and botanical illustrations for scientific treatise.
Coreopsis (c) RAThurston 1984
Plant Salvaging
Where prescriptive site restoration is required, SND can coordinate salvaging of plant materials from nearby habitats. Community events can also be facilitated to provide participant education about native plant habitats, and their role in the protection of regional water quality.
Native Plant Salvage Alliance 2008 © ABR
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