Next, the landscape designer will develop a conceptual design based on your needs and desires as presented during the Initial Consultation and in the client questionnaire. This design is also shaped by the information learned during the Site Survey and Inventory.

The Conceptual Design can allow preliminary budget analysis and can also act as a long-range blueprint in the event that the overall project involves stages to be implemented over time. Subsequent stages frequently require more detailed information than what has been developed up to this point.

At this point, the design is not a complete plan, but a “concept”. The Conceptual Design is intended to be flexible. Once you have decided that the Conceptual Design represents the direction you want to pursue, additional details can be developed to allow the design to be accurately implemented. Arriving at a final design is an interactive process involving close dialogue between the client and the landscape designer.