Signature Design & Approvals

Get in touch to tell us a little about your project. We’ll discuss what you’d like to achieve and arrange an on-site design consultation.

Your consultation is an opportunity to talk through your brief, your family, what matters to you and how you’d like to use the space.

Being there helps us understand what drawings and photographs can’t always show: the surrounding context, shade from trees, privacy concerns, views and how sunlight moves through the garden. It’s a chance to understand your site and requirements, so we can prepare a fee proposal tailored to you.

We generally work with a fixed design fee, with payments linked to project milestones. Your proposal sets out your brief, the design work and documentation we’ll prepare, the review stages and what’s included at each step.

This is where the big ideas come together. We resolve the overall layout, levels and relationship between the spaces, usually in 3D, so you can see how the landscape works as a whole.

We work through your feedback and refine the design over the agreed review stages. This is the time to explore changes and get the arrangement right before moving into the finer detail.

Once the overall design is agreed, we layer in the planting, lighting, materials and finishes. Sections, elevations and construction notes add the detail needed to communicate the design clearly and give contractors a sound basis for quoting and building.

We coordinate the relevant approval pathway and supporting documentation for your project. Depending on the site and scope, this may involve Council applications, Hunter Water requirements, mine subsidence considerations, geotechnical investigations and engineering design.

We work with the relevant consultants and bring their input into the landscape documentation as agreed. External consultant, certification and statutory fees are additional and quoted separately where required.

Bringing the right team together. We can help obtain comparable quotes from trusted trades and specialists suited to your project, including structural landscapers, horticulturalists, specialist pool builders and fibreglass pool installers.

Support during the build. Where engaged, we provide design advice, help resolve details as questions arise and assist with sourcing and arranging the installation of key elements, from feature and advanced trees to pots and sculptures. Quoting, procurement and construction support are additional services, with the scope and fees agreed before we begin.