Catriona Rowbotham
Garden Design
Initial Consultation & Forming a Brief
Catriona Rowbotham will meet with clients at the site of the proposed garden to discuss client ideas and how the process works.
The first offer is then to create a brief for your garden design based on your individual requirements and an initial appraisal of the garden from the first meeting. This offer will include a fee proposal for the Preliminary Design Phase. Please click the link below to see in more detail how the design phases work:
Preliminary Design Phase
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Survey & Full Site Analysis
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Sketch Design
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Moodboards to discuss materials, planting & precedents
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Masterplan
Detailed Design Phase
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Quantities & specifications added
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Planting Plans and schedules drawn up
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Moodboards to discuss and confirm plant selections
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CAD layout showing setting out for construction
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Relevant construction details
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Design sent to tendering contractors
Construction
Larger projects will require a formal contract to be put in place. With experience from architectural projects, CRGD can act as contract administrator. Catriona Rowbotham is a Pre Registered Member of the Society of Garden Designers and is as professional in her garden design as in her architecture.
On smaller projects a more informal approach is more appropriate with site visits paid on an hourly rate, usually at the start of the job and then once a fortnight to check progress and completion.
Maintenance
CRGD subscribes to Shoot Gardening. Please click link below to find out the benefits of this subscription to CRGD clients:
Clients retaining CRGD until the end of construction will receive a bespoke maintenance plan from Shoot for one year after completion to help them or others keep the garden looking beautiful.