TierramadreLandscape.com

Looking to have a nice garden with lot of colourful flowers & design for front & back yard.

You can ask at Alden Lane Nursery for references.

You can try Kristin's Garden: Kristin Yanker-Hansen (out of Danville).

2008-06-13 12:15:48 by Lucky D

Free landscape design ideas by architects and designers. Project 001

I would be working mostly from my home office for other designers with their own companies.
- Do I need an LLC or sole proprietor thing?
- Tax suggestions?
- General Liability Insurance?
- Need to change my car insurance?

I would stay away from sole proprietorship because of the liabilities and landscaping sounds like the kind of work that can be prone to frequent accidents.

2006-09-06 14:05:09 by Jem B

Price: $9.95

I am looking for a way to help see my landscaping and gardening come together before I start planting and landscaping. Any ideas of websites or tools that let you put in a design of your house and fencing and start from there?

There are many, many pieces of design software on the market today. From professional versoins costing thousands of dollars to free versions. So I think the best thing to do is give you a couple of links and chech out the free software from google.

2009-04-14 15:36:10 by Amanda T

Price: $39.95 $20.24

Measures 5 inches in diameter for plenty of illumination without taking up much space
Solar-powered color-changing outdoor decorative light
Automatically turns on at dusk and off at dawn; LED lasts up to 30,000 hours

I have a good imagination when it comes to some things, but terrible when it comes to design (looking at the raw product and seeing the vision of the end result).

I have a huge front yard that has gone wild and trashy looking and it needs a total makeover. I was thinking about sponsoring a design contest and the winning submission gets a cash prize ($500?) I thought it would be cool to advertise in the local paper and have it open to anyone (professionals or otherwise) and have limited rules, such as it has to be $5K or less to complete, and would be judged on which I liked best. I thought I could direct people to a website that could give them some clues on what I like (like blueberry bushes).

I would hope to get 10 or more quality submissions to pick from.

Do you think this idea has any hope? Do you have any suggestions?
I would have to put the address in the advertisement.
The people who submit their design do not have to be the ones who complete it. I want tons of different ideas. I can hire a landscaper to work on the winning design.

I like the idea in that you will get to see way more than just one plan for your money if you have a good response. I like it also because there are a lot of people out there that love working in their garden and yard and have a lot of good ideas but don't have degrees or titles. I like it because it sounds fun. I don't like having to guess what you like or are interested in. I have been a designer for over 10 years now and that would not be fair. People will be spending a lot of time on these designs and it should be fair. I would let people know that the drawings do not have to be professionally drawn and scaled. You will really be limiting your people who have lots of idea's but don't feel comfortable with their drafting skills. Yet at the same time you may not want paper napkins with a sketch on it submitted. Have some basic standard but keep it simple. I have sold more than a few designs with a scrap of paper and simple sketch. I am a stay at home mom and would love to participate in something like this.

2008-04-15 14:54:36 by chuckyoufarley

Can anyone recommend a website that I can use to design my own landscaping ideas? I'm looking for something free and if possible, something I don't have to download. Just looking for a website where I can try some things to see how they look. I'm not creative enough to just look at my lawn & see in my mind what it will look like. :( HELP!

Something along these lines?

Good luck

2009-03-05 06:05:09 by icy_tempest