Good design is more than just a question of "what goes where?" What really matters is "what will it do for you?", and "how well will it do it?"
Choosing the right combinations of plants to give the look or feeling you want is certainly part of designing your perfect landscape, but our landscape design services also integrate all the "built" elements of a beautiful yard such as water features, stairs & paths, terraces & seating areas, decks & fences or even that outdoor kitchen.
The right design can help improve your landscape bit by bit.
When designing your land– scape, our goal is to shape and organize the spaces in your yard. JSI considers many different realities, by assessing your site and evaluating the soil, to surveying your surroundings and under– standing your lifestyle.
To put it another way, if what an expert gardener does for a garden is similar to what an interior decorator does inside a home, you can think of what a professional landscape design– er does as being similar to what an architect does for a house.
If you know exactly what you want, but can't figure out how to get it from the yard you have, a landscape design professional can show you how to make your vision a reality.
If you're having a tough time describing the yard you want, but you'll know it when you see it, you are ready to work with a pro.
If you need a painless way to decide where to invest and where to save, you want a plan you and your designer have collaborated on.
There are two essential qualities our designer offers smart homeowners - first is the ability to clearly see what's already there and understand its nature, and second is a creative way to analyze the value of what's seen, to identify how to use the good points and conceal the bad points.
Of course the most dazzling sketches you've ever seen won't make you happy if you spend more time maintaining your landscape than you do enjoying it. That's why you also want a design by a designer who has actually mastered the technical and practical aspects of installing and building all the different parts of your perfect landscape.