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BEAUTIFUL, LOW-MAINTENANCE PLANTING SCHEMES FOR YOUR GARDEN DESIGN NZ WIDE

STOP STRESSING OVER THE PLANTING ASPECT OF YOUR GARDEN DESIGN NZ-WIDE HELP IS CLOSE AT HAND!

If you love plants and want bang for your garden buck, we've got great news for you! NOTHING transforms your garden quite as cost-effectively as planting. 

But we're not going to lie and say choosing plants is easy. Plant selection can be tricky. People quite often get stuck, even some so-called 'professionals'. That's why planting design is often classed as a specialist area of garden design. Fortunately, our DIY designers are experienced NZ planting design experts. We are also all keen gardeners. We understand the importance of using and choosing the right plant for the right place, and also, selecting the right plant for your purpose.

Whether you need privacy planting for your overlooked property, tall planting to screen an ugly eyesore, trees for shade, or just a beautiful plant scheme to enhance your home and add value to your property, we can help! All of our DIY garden design NZ master plans include full planting specifications. 

Garden Before Planting

Before photo professional planting garden layout
Garden After Planting

After photo professional planting layout

NEED A LOW-MAINTENANCE SCHEME? OUR GARDEN DESIGN NZ PLANTING EXPERTS WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN!

If you're thinking a low-maintenance garden is the way to go, you're making a great choice! With a low-maintenance foundation, a garden can take care of itself when you're busy, and when you do have time to lavish a little more love on it, it won't be a mission to get it in tip-top shape. 

We have plenty of garden design tricks up our sleeves to ensure a low-maintenance outcome for you. When when our planting design experts put together your planting scheme, we will think long and hard about the long-term impact of the selections on your garden maintenance routine, weaving smart design ideas in as we create a gorgeous planting design suitable for your preferred garden style. You can opt for a simple, pared-back planting scheme (perfect for the new or novice gardener), or we can put together more interesting and unusual plant combinations if you are a more experienced gardener or an adventurous learner gardener. 

NZ Native planting themes, lush subtropical gardens, contemporary statement planting, relaxed family-friendly gardens, a flower-filled paradise, or something else entirely? Whatever style of garden or landscape you desire, our planting & garden design NZ experts can create a professional planting design for you or your garden contractor to work from.  

POPULAR PLANTING & GARDEN DESIGN NZ WIDE SERVICES

Unless you are applying for resource consent, very seldom does a garden concept need just a planting plan. There are almost always associated garden layout changes needed, so we make it excellent value for money for our clients, by wrapping all the changes up in one plan - Either a Garden Master Plan, or a Planting Plan for Resource Consent. 

If it's just the formation of a plant palette you want help with, get in touch.

WHAT  PLANTING INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN A DIY DESIGN'S GARDEN MASTER PLAN?

1. A PERSONALISED PLANT PALETTES FOR YOUR NZ GARDEN

All our garden designs feature individualised plant palettes which show a selection of suggested plants and planting combinations suitable for New Zealand gardens. The photographic plant ID palette your planting designer creates provides you with a visual guide to the proposed plant palette.

plant palettes show a selection of suggested plants

2. DETAILED PLANT SCHEDULES

All our garden master plans ) also contain a detailed plant schedule that provide all the information  you'll need for plant procurement (purchasing your plants), and for planting out:

  • Botanical names of the plants

  • Common names of the plants

  • Suggested quantities to purchase

  • Recommended purchase sizes (very helpful if you are buying on-line)

  • Recommended plant spaces for when planting

3. FULL PLANTING LAYOUT

Our planting design experts design gardens NZ-wide and will tailor the planting in your garden design to your specific New Zealand garden location and individual site characteristics. We also factor in your aesthetic needs and your gardening skill level. DIY Design's garden master plans and planting plans for resource consent provide a full plant layout guide, showing you exactly where each plant will go on site. It will provide the answers to those puzzling questions such as :

  • What plants should I use in my garden and where should they go?

  • How many plants do I need and how far apart should I space them?

  • What plants will work best for my soil type and garden situation?

  • Which of my existing plants should I keep and what should I remove?

  • How do I make my garden low-maintenance

Branded landscape Plans

4. PLANTING SPECIFICATIONS & MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES

Planting plans for resource consent and developer's approval need to contain additional information. These are no problem for our garden design experts. 

Planting Specifications -These outline the what, when and how of the planting implementation, such as programming, site preparation, planting methodology, and mulching. 

3 or 5 Year Maintenance Schedule - This outlines how the garden will be maintained while it establishes and contains a list of weekly, monthly, 6 monthly and annual garden maintenance tasks.


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