Imagine the ultimate retreat in your own backyard: A beautiful custom swimming pool perfectly paired with a peaceful, low-maintenance landscape…a year ’round oasis just outside your windows! This post will address the next step in the realization of your dreams for a garden oasis.

Step 2: Design the Space

After seeking to understand your thoughts and goals, we carefully survey your project site to understand how water flows and to record accurate dimensions that ensure the proposed changes will fit and function well.

Using computer-aided design (CAD), a scaled overhead view of the landscape is developed, communicating the initial design concepts on paper. The CAD drawing accurately depicts grading changes, plant placement, and an overview of how your landscape will change to incorporate your dreams. Often, we have walked with potential clients through our nursery and home garden to give them an idea of what can be.

Personal note: I am vision-impaired, by which I mean that, while I can see clearly the physical things that exist in front of me, I have a very difficult time mentally grasping the physical possibilities even when described in great detail. I find images essential, and greatly appreciate the clarity our visualization options bring to the decision-making process.

Contributed by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife (& grateful for visual presentation options)