Questions to answer when considering a Landscape Project

1. What do you and your family enjoy doing and seeing in your garden ?
2. Do you need more privacy ?
3. Which garden jobs do you least enjoy ? (e.g. mowing lawns)
4. What are your gardens main problems ? (e.g. strong winds, ugly views, too much shade)
5. If you have young children, do they have room to play ?
6. Do you intend to do a lot of outdoor entertaining ?
7. What sort of plants do you like ?
8. Is there a particular group of plants you have always wanted to grow ? (e.g. Roses)
9. What other structure and features do you want in your garden ? (e.g. gazebo, archway, seating, birdbath)
10. What about a quiet garden retreat which is far removed from the activity of the house ?
11. What don't you want ? Is there anything about your garden that annoys you ?
12. Which rooms of the house do you use most? What sort of garden would give them the best outlook?
13. What do you want to remove from your garden? (e.g. trees past their prime, ugly structures.)