Do I Need Drawings for My Garden?

Not every garden project needs a comprehensive set of professional drawings.

If you are simply:

• Replacing a few plants

• Creating a small border

• Moving a shed

• Making minor changes to an existing garden

a detailed drawing package may be unnecessary.

But as a garden project becomes larger, more complicated or more expensive, drawings become increasingly valuable.

For a substantial garden transformation, good drawings can help turn an idea into something that can actually be:

• Understood

• Costed

• Set out

• Constructed

• Planted.

At Kirman Design, we see garden drawings not as an end in themselves but as a means of communicating the design accurately.

The important question is therefore not simply:

“Do I need garden drawings?”

It is:

“What information does this particular garden project need before somebody starts building it?”

Kirman Design provides professional garden design and landscape construction across North West England, including Lancashire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and the Ribble Valley.

What Are Garden Design Drawings?

Garden design drawings communicate how a proposed garden should look, function and be constructed.

Depending on the project, they might show:

• Overall layout

• Dimensions

• Levels

• Paving

• Paths

• Walls

• Steps

• Planting areas

• Trees

• Lawns

• Structures

• Water features

• Lighting

• Drainage

• Materials.

Different drawings answer different questions.

A conceptual garden plan is not necessarily the same thing as a construction drawing.

Likewise, a planting plan serves a different purpose from a paving layout.

Do I Need a Garden Plan?

For a significant garden redesign, usually yes.

An overall garden plan provides a coordinated view of the proposed landscape.

Without one, individual decisions can easily be made in isolation.

For example:

• The patio is built first

• Then the path is added

• Then somebody decides where the trees should go

• Then privacy becomes a problem

• Then lighting is considered

• Then drainage has to be altered.

A garden plan allows these elements to be considered together.

Our Complete Garden Design and Build page explores how coordinated design can progress through to landscape construction.

What Does a Garden Layout Drawing Show?

A garden layout plan typically shows the overall arrangement of the space.

This might include:

• Patios

• Lawns

• Borders

• Paths

• Trees

• Seating

• Structures

• Focal points.

It answers the fundamental question:

Where does everything go?

This is one of the most important drawings in a garden design.

Why Is a Garden Layout Important?

Because the success of a garden depends heavily on:

• Proportion

• Circulation

• Relationships

• Views.

A patio can be beautifully constructed but still be in the wrong place.

A path can use an expensive material but still take an awkward route.

A tree can be a beautiful specimen but still block the wrong view.

The layout resolves these relationships before construction begins.

Do I Need a Site Survey Before Garden Drawings?

For many professional garden projects, accurate site information is extremely useful.

A survey may record:

• Boundaries

• Buildings

• Existing trees

• Structures

• Levels

• Dimensions.

The complexity of the survey should be appropriate to the project.

A relatively straightforward garden may require less information than a:

• Large garden

• Steep site

• Complex renovation

• Garden associated with major building work.

Why Accurate Measurements Matter

A garden cannot be designed reliably if the basic dimensions are wrong.

Small inaccuracies can become significant when setting out:

• Long walls

• Steps

• Paving

• Boundaries.

The more construction involved, the more important accurate information becomes.

What Happens Before Garden Drawings Are Produced?

The process normally begins by understanding the client and site.

Our What Happens at a Garden Design Consultation? page explains this initial stage.

The designer needs to understand:

• How you use the garden

• What you want to change

• What needs to remain

• Your priorities

• Your style

• Your budget.

Drawings should communicate a design that responds to a brief, not simply fill a piece of paper.

What Information Does a Garden Designer Need?

Before detailed design begins, additional information may be required.

Our What Information Does a Garden Designer Need? page provides a fuller guide.

This may include:

• House plans

• Extension drawings

• Drainage information

• Planning information

• Tree information

• Site photographs.

What Is a Concept Garden Plan?

A concept plan establishes the main design idea.

It may show:

• Shape of the garden

• Main spaces

• Circulation

• Key planting areas

• Major features.

Its purpose is primarily to communicate the overall design rather than every construction detail.

Why Start With a Concept?

Because there is little value detailing a design that has not yet been agreed.

The concept stage allows the client and designer to discuss:

• Layout

• Scale

• Relationships

• Priorities.

Changes are much easier to make on a drawing than after paving has been installed.

What Is a Masterplan?

A garden masterplan provides an overall plan for the entire property.

This can be particularly valuable for:

• Large gardens

• Country properties

• Gardens being constructed in phases.

A masterplan allows the whole site to be considered even if construction happens over several years.

Our Large Gardens page explores why masterplanning becomes increasingly important as the scale of the property increases.

Do Large Gardens Need Drawings?

They benefit enormously from them.

Large gardens may contain:

• Multiple terraces

• Lawns

• Paths

• Trees

• Garden rooms

• Woodland

• Outdoor living spaces.

Without an overall plan, individual areas can feel disconnected.

Our Garden Design for Large Gardens page explores the design considerations for substantial plots.

What Are Setting-Out Drawings?

A setting-out drawing provides information that allows the proposed garden to be accurately positioned on site.

It may include dimensions locating:

• Walls

• Patios

• Paths

• Steps

• Structures.

This moves the design from:

“The patio goes roughly here”

to:

“This is exactly where the patio goes.”

Why Are Setting-Out Drawings Important?

Because a landscaper needs reliable information to transfer the design from paper to the ground.

Without adequate dimensions, interpretation is left to whoever is constructing the garden.

That may be acceptable for a simple informal project.

It is much less appropriate where the design relies on:

• Alignment

• Symmetry

• Geometry

• Precise relationships with the house.

Formal Gardens Need Accurate Setting Out

Formal gardens often depend particularly heavily on:

• Axes

• Symmetry

• Repetition

• Alignment.

Our Formal Gardens page explores how these principles shape the landscape.

Small setting-out errors can become very visible within a formal composition.

Modern Gardens and Construction Drawings

Modern gardens can look visually simple while being technically demanding.

Our Modern Gardens page explores how:

• Clean lines

• Precise paving

• Strong geometry

• Carefully detailed junctions

contribute to the finished result.

The simpler the visual language, the more noticeable poor alignment can become.

Contemporary Gardens

Our Contemporary Gardens page explores projects where modern materials, planting and outdoor living need to be coordinated.

Detailed drawings can help ensure that apparently separate features form one coherent landscape.

Do I Need Levels on My Garden Drawings?

If the garden is not flat, level information can be extremely important.

A levels plan may help establish:

• Patio heights

• Steps

• Slopes

• Retaining walls

• Lawn levels

• Drainage falls.

For a complicated site, levels can be as important as the horizontal layout.

Drawings for Sloping Gardens

Sloping gardens particularly benefit from careful level planning.

Our Sloping Gardens page explores how:

• Terraces

• Retaining

• Steps

• Planting

can transform a slope.

A plan showing only the garden from above may not provide enough information to understand a three-dimensional site.

Steep Gardens

Our Landscaping a Steep Garden page explores more challenging gradients.

These projects may require:

• Level information

• Sections

• Retaining details

• Construction coordination.

What Is a Garden Section Drawing?

A section shows the garden as though it has been cut vertically through the landscape.

This can communicate:

• Changes in level

• Steps

• Walls

• Raised beds

• Relationship with the house

• Height of structures.

Sections are particularly useful where a plan view cannot adequately explain the design.

What Is an Elevation Drawing?

An elevation shows a vertical face.

It may be useful for:

• Garden walls

• Screens

• Outdoor kitchens

• Water features

• Pergolas

• Bespoke structures.

Again, not every project needs elevations.

The drawings should be proportionate to what is actually being built.

Drawings for Retaining Walls

Retaining walls require more consideration than ordinary decorative walls because they are holding back ground.

Our Garden Retaining Walls page explores their landscape role.

Significant retaining structures may also require specialist structural design.

A garden designer's drawing should not be confused with structural engineering information where engineering input is required.

Do I Need Drawings for Garden Steps?

Simple garden steps may be adequately communicated through the overall landscape drawings.

More complicated flights may require additional information showing:

• Width

• Rise

• Going

• Landings

• Materials

• Relationship with adjoining levels.

Our Garden Steps page explores how steps can become part of the design rather than merely a way of overcoming a level change.

Do I Need a Paving Plan?

For a substantial patio, a paving layout can be useful.

It may communicate:

• Material

• Pattern

• Direction

• Borders

• Junctions.

This becomes particularly valuable where the paving relates closely to:

• Doors

• Walls

• Steps

• Outdoor kitchens.

Our Garden Patio Ideas page explores the design possibilities for terraces and patios.

Paving Outside Bifold Doors

Where paving meets large areas of glazing, alignment can have a major visual impact.

Our Patio Design Outside Bifold Doors page explores this relationship.

A well-planned paving layout can respond to:

• Door openings

• Sightlines

• Internal flooring

• Garden geometry.

Drawings for House Extensions

Garden drawings become particularly valuable when landscaping is coordinated with an extension.

Our Garden Design After House Extension page explores how the garden can respond to the altered house.

Important information may include:

• Finished floor levels

• Door positions

• Drainage

• New views.

Garden Levels After an Extension

Our Garden Levels After an Extension page explores why new thresholds can create complicated external level decisions.

These should ideally be resolved on paper before groundworks begin.

Drawings for Bifold and Sliding Doors

Our Garden Design Around Bifold Doors and Garden Design Around Sliding Doors pages explore how the garden can be aligned with large glazed openings.

Accurate drawings help coordinate the interior and exterior rather than treating them as separate projects.

Level Access Drawings

Where level access is required, drawings can help coordinate:

• Thresholds

• Paving levels

• Falls

• Drainage

• Paths.

Our Level Access from House to Garden page explores this in more detail.

Accessible Garden Drawings

Accessibility should be designed deliberately rather than adapted after construction.

Our Accessible Garden Design page explores how:

• Paths

• Seating

• Raised beds

• Gradients

can work together.

Wheelchair Accessible Garden Plans

Our Wheelchair Accessible Garden Design page explores the additional requirements of wheelchair users.

Accurate dimensions and levels become particularly important when designing:

• Routes

• Turning areas

• Gradients

• Seating.

What Is a Planting Plan?

A planting plan shows which plants are intended to go where.

Depending on the level of detail, it may identify:

• Species

• Cultivars

• Quantities

• Planting positions

• Groups

• Spacing.

This is very different from simply writing a list of plants.

Do I Need a Planting Plan?

For a significant new planting scheme, it can be extremely valuable.

Without one, plant selection may happen reactively at the nursery or while the landscaper is already on site.

A planting plan allows the designer to consider:

• Height

• Spread

• Colour

• Texture

• Repetition

• Seasonal interest

• Mature scale.

Our Garden Planting Ideas page explores the principles behind successful planting.

Naturalistic Planting Plans

A garden that looks informal can still require detailed planning.

Our Naturalistic Gardens page explores how apparently relaxed planting can be structured through:

• Repetition

• Drifts

• Layers

• Matrix planting.

Naturalistic does not mean random.

Prairie Planting Plans

Our Prairie Gardens page explores planting schemes using grasses and perennials.

Plant quantities and repetition can be particularly important in this style.

Do I Need a Tree Plan?

Trees are major structural elements and should usually be positioned deliberately.

A plan can show:

• Species

• Position

• Relationship with buildings

• Relationship with boundaries

• Intended function.

Trees may be used to provide:

• Privacy

• Scale

• Structure

• Shade

• Focal points.

Drawings for Privacy and Screening

Privacy problems are often best solved by understanding sightlines.

Our Overlooked Garden page explores how the position of:

• Trees

• Screens

• Pergolas

• Seating

can influence privacy.

A drawing can help determine exactly where screening needs to be located.

Garden Privacy Plans

Our Garden Privacy page explores privacy as part of the overall design.

This can be particularly useful where the aim is to screen specific views without unnecessarily enclosing the entire garden.

Do I Need Drawings for a Pergola?

A simple proprietary pergola may need little additional garden design information beyond its position.

A bespoke pergola may require much more.

Drawings could establish:

• Dimensions

• Height

• Position

• Relationship with paving

• Relationship with planting.

Our Pergola Ideas page explores how pergolas can form part of the wider landscape.

Drawings for an Outdoor Kitchen

Outdoor kitchens need to be positioned in relation to:

• Dining

• Seating

• House

• Circulation

• Services.

Our Garden Design Around an Outdoor Kitchen page explores these relationships.

More complicated installations may require additional supplier or technical drawings.

Drawings for Fire Pits

A fire pit may appear to be a relatively small feature, but its position affects:

• Seating

• Circulation

• Views.

Our Garden Design Around a Fire Pit page explores how it can be integrated properly.

Drawings for Hot Tubs

A hot tub design may need to consider:

• Access

• Privacy

• Screening

• Surrounding paving

• Levels.

Our Garden Design Around a Hot Tub page explores these issues.

Drawings for Swimming Pools

Pool gardens can require extensive coordination between:

• Pool

• Terrace

• Levels

• Planting

• Lighting

• Outdoor living.

Our Garden Design Around a Swimming Pool page explores the wider landscape considerations.

Do I Need a Lighting Plan?

For a substantial garden lighting scheme, a plan can be very useful.

It may identify:

• Fittings

• Trees to illuminate

• Walls

• Steps

• Planting

• Cable routes.

Our Garden Lighting Ideas page explores how lighting should form part of the design rather than being added as an afterthought.

Why Plan Lighting Before Construction?

Because electrical infrastructure is much easier to install while:

• Ground is open

• Paving is being constructed

• Planting areas are accessible.

Trying to add everything afterwards can be unnecessarily disruptive.

Do I Need a Drainage Plan?

Where drainage is an important part of the project, some form of drainage information may be required.

This is particularly relevant for:

• Clay soil

• Waterlogged gardens

• Large patios

• Level access

• Extensions.

Our Garden Drainage page explores why drainage should be designed around where water comes from and where it can safely go.

Drainage Around Patios and Extensions

Our Drainage Around Patios and Extensions page explores the relationship between:

• Thresholds

• Paving

• Falls

• Surface water.

These issues should ideally be resolved before paving is laid.

Clay Soil Gardens

Heavy clay can make drainage and ground preparation particularly important.

Our Clay Soil Gardens page explores the implications for landscaping across the wetter conditions commonly encountered in North West England.

Do I Need Construction Drawings?

This depends on what is being built.

A simple planting redesign may need no construction drawings at all.

A major landscape might involve:

• Retaining walls

• Steps

• Raised planters

• Bespoke screens

• Water features

• Outdoor kitchens.

The drawings should match the complexity of the project.

Garden Design Drawing Versus Structural Drawing

This distinction is important.

A garden designer can design the appearance, position and dimensions of a retaining wall.

But if structural engineering is required, the necessary engineering information should be provided by an appropriately qualified specialist.

The same principle may apply to other technically demanding structures.

Do Drawings Help the Landscaper?

Yes.

Good drawings give the landscaping team a clear reference for what has been agreed.

They can help communicate:

• Position

• Dimensions

• Materials

• Levels

• Planting.

Our Professional Landscaping page explores what is involved in translating a design into a finished garden.

Landscape Construction Drawings

Our Landscape Construction page explores the physical construction process.

The more complicated the landscape, the more important it becomes that the design information and construction process are aligned.

Do Drawings Help With Landscaping Quotes?

Very much so.

If several landscapers are pricing a project, drawings can help ensure that they are quoting for substantially the same thing.

Without adequate information, one contractor might assume:

• One paving specification

while another assumes something entirely different.

This makes price comparisons unreliable.

Can I Get a Landscaping Quote Without Drawings?

For a simple project, yes.

For a complex garden transformation, a quotation produced without sufficient design information may contain:

• Assumptions

• Provisional sums

• Exclusions.

The quote can only be as accurate as the information being priced.

How Much Does Landscaping Cost?

Our How Much Does Landscaping Cost? page explores the major factors affecting landscape construction costs.

A well-developed design can help make the costing process more meaningful.

Do Drawings Make Landscaping More Expensive?

The drawings themselves form part of the professional design cost.

But that is different from saying they make the construction more expensive.

Good drawings can help reduce:

• Ambiguity

• Mistakes

• Unplanned changes

• Misunderstandings.

The objective is to make important decisions before expensive construction begins.

How Much Do Garden Design Drawings Cost?

The cost depends on:

• Project size

• Complexity

• Level of detail

• Number of drawings.

Our How Much Does Garden Design Cost? page explores professional garden design fees more broadly.

For fee structures specifically, see How Much Does a Garden Designer Charge?.

Are Drawings Worth Paying For?

For a small, low-cost project, extensive drawings may be disproportionate.

For a major garden transformation, the cost of design information should be considered against the overall landscape investment.

Our Is a Garden Designer Worth It? page explores this wider question.

What Does a Garden Designer Actually Do?

Producing drawings is only one part of the role.

Our What Does a Garden Designer Do? page explores the wider process.

A designer may also be responsible for:

• Developing the brief

• Analysing the site

• Solving layout problems

• Selecting materials

• Developing planting

• Coordinating features.

Do I Need a Garden Designer or Can a Landscaper Draw the Garden?

Some landscapers offer design services.

Some garden designers specialise solely in design.

Others provide integrated design and build.

Our Garden Designer and Landscaper page explores the difference.

The important question is not the job title alone.

It is whether the person producing the design has the necessary:

• Design ability

• Technical understanding

• Experience.

Landscape Architect Versus Garden Designer

For some larger or more technically complex projects, clients may also encounter landscape architects.

Our Landscape Architect vs Garden Designer page explains the distinction.

Can I Have Design Drawings Without Using the Same Company to Build the Garden?

Yes.

A design can be commissioned separately from construction.

Our Garden Design Only Service page explores this approach.

The drawings can then be used to obtain landscaping quotations.

Design and Build

Alternatively, one company can coordinate both stages.

Our Complete Garden Design and Build page explores the advantages of an integrated process.

The design information can then flow directly into construction.

Do I Need Drawings for a £50,000–£100,000 Garden?

At this level of investment, it is normally sensible to have a properly developed design.

Our Garden Design £50,000–£100,000 Budget page explores projects within this range.

They may involve:

• Paving

• Walls

• Trees

• Planting

• Lighting

• Outdoor living.

Leaving major decisions to be resolved during construction can expose a substantial budget to unnecessary uncertainty.

What About a £100,000+ Garden?

For very substantial projects, drawings become even more important.

Our Garden Design £100,000+ Projects page explores this level of landscape investment.

At this scale, a project may involve multiple:

• Trades

• Suppliers

• Materials

• Structures

• Construction stages.

Good design information provides a common reference point.

Drawings for New-Build Gardens

New-build gardens often appear to be blank canvases.

In reality, they may have:

• Poor levels

• Drainage problems

• Overlooking

• Limited access

• Compacted soil.

Our New-Build Gardens page explores these challenges.

A coordinated plan can help ensure the whole garden is considered rather than improving one problem at a time.

Drawings for Period Properties

Older houses may require a more sensitive relationship between new landscape work and existing architecture.

Our Garden Design for Period Properties page explores this approach.

Drawings for Listed Properties

Where a property is listed, drawings may also be required as part of applications or discussions relating to proposed work, depending on the nature of the project.

Our Garden Design for Listed Buildings page explores the additional considerations.

Do Garden Drawings Need Planning Permission?

Drawings themselves do not require planning permission.

However, drawings may be required to explain work that does need planning permission or another consent.

Our Do I Need Planning Permission to Landscape My Garden? page explains when garden work may require further investigation.

Should I Get Drawings Before Applying for Planning Permission?

If the proposed landscape work requires an application, appropriate drawings will normally be needed to explain the proposal.

The required information depends on:

• Type of application

• Nature of development

• Local authority requirements.

Should I Get Drawings Before Choosing a Landscaper?

For a substantial project, this can be very helpful.

It means contractors are evaluating a defined scheme rather than each imagining a different version of the garden.

Our How to Choose a Landscaping Company page explores the wider contractor-selection process.

Questions to Ask a Landscaper About Drawings

Our Questions to Ask a Landscaper page provides a broader checklist.

For drawings specifically, ask:

• Can you build accurately from these plans?

• Is anything unclear?

• Are additional details required?

• Have you included everything shown within your quotation?

Should I Get Drawings Before Setting My Budget?

Budget should ideally be discussed before the design is developed too far.

Our How to Set a Budget for Garden Landscaping page explores how to establish a realistic project budget.

There is little value in producing a highly detailed design for a garden that cannot realistically be constructed within the available investment.

How Early Should I Commission Garden Drawings?

Allow enough time for:

• Consultation

• Survey

• Concept development

• Revisions

• Detailed design.

Our How Far in Advance Should I Book a Garden Designer? page explores the project timeline.

Do not wait until the landscaper is ready to start before asking for the construction information.

How Early Should I Book the Landscaper?

Once the design is sufficiently developed, landscaping availability becomes part of the programme.

Our How Far in Advance Should I Book a Landscaper? page explains why contractor lead times should be considered early.

What Drawings Might a Complete Garden Design Include?

Depending on the project, a professional drawing package might include some combination of:

Site Survey / Existing Plan

Records the existing garden.

Concept Plan

Shows the overall design idea.

Masterplan

Shows the complete proposed garden.

Setting-Out Plan

Provides dimensions for construction.

Levels Plan

Shows proposed heights and changes in level.

Sections

Explain vertical relationships through the site.

Elevations

Show vertical features such as walls or screens.

Paving Plan

Shows paving layout, direction or materials.

Planting Plan

Shows plant selection, quantities and locations.

Lighting Plan

Identifies proposed lighting positions.

Construction Details

Explain particular bespoke landscape elements.

Not every garden requires every drawing.

More Drawings Do Not Automatically Mean Better Garden Design

A huge drawing package is not automatically evidence of a good design.

The important test is:

Does the information adequately communicate what needs to be designed, priced and built?

A simple project may need only a few clear drawings.

A complex project may require considerably more.

The documentation should be proportionate to the garden.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need drawings for my garden?

For a small garden alteration, possibly not. For a substantial redesign involving multiple landscape elements, professional drawings are usually very valuable.

What is a garden design plan?

It is a drawing showing the proposed arrangement of the garden, which may include patios, paths, lawns, planting, trees and other features.

What is the difference between a concept plan and a construction drawing?

A concept plan communicates the overall design idea. Construction information provides greater detail needed to set out or build particular elements.

Do I need a survey before my garden is designed?

Often, particularly for substantial or complicated projects. Accurate dimensions and levels help the designer develop a reliable scheme.

Do I need drawings for a flat garden?

Potentially. Even without complicated levels, drawings can resolve layout, paving, planting, lighting and other elements.

Do I need drawings for a sloping garden?

They can be particularly valuable. Sloping gardens may require level information, sections, steps, terraces and retaining-wall coordination.

Do I need a planting plan?

For a substantial planting scheme, a planting plan can identify plant varieties, quantities and locations.

Do I need a lighting plan?

For a comprehensive lighting scheme, a plan can help coordinate fittings and electrical infrastructure with the landscape construction.

Do I need a drainage plan?

Where drainage is a significant part of the project, suitable drainage information may be needed.

Does a landscaper need garden drawings?

Not for every job. But for a substantial design-led landscape, drawings provide a much clearer basis for quotation and construction.

Can a landscaper quote without drawings?

Yes, but for complex work the quotation may rely on assumptions if there is insufficient design information.

Can I use the drawings to obtain several landscaping quotes?

Potentially, yes. A properly developed design can help contractors price the same scope of work.

Do garden drawings need planning permission?

No. But drawings may be required to support an application for landscape work that does require planning permission.

Do I need drawings for a listed property?

Depending on the proposed work, drawings may be needed to explain proposals requiring planning or listed building consent.

How much do garden design drawings cost?

It depends on the size and complexity of the project and the level of detail required. See How Much Does Garden Design Cost?.

Can I commission drawings without using the designer's landscaper?

Yes. See our Garden Design Only Service page.

Can the same company design and build the garden?

Yes. See Complete Garden Design and Build.

How long do garden drawings take?

It depends on the project and level of information required. A substantial design may progress through consultation, survey, concept and detailed-design stages.

When should I start the design process?

Ideally several months before you hope substantial landscape construction will begin. See How Far in Advance Should I Book a Garden Designer?.

Does Kirman Design produce garden design drawings?

Yes. Kirman Design provides professional garden design and landscape construction for projects throughout North West England.

The Right Garden Drawings Remove Decisions From the Building Site

The real value of a garden drawing is not the drawing itself.

It is the decisions that have been made before construction begins.

Without sufficient design information, important questions may still be unresolved when:

• Excavators arrive

• Foundations are being dug

• Paving is ordered

• Walls are being built.

That can lead to decisions being made under pressure.

A properly developed garden design moves those decisions earlier in the process.

It allows you to consider:

Where should the patio actually go?

How large should it be?

Where should the steps start?

What level should the lawn finish at?

Which views need screening?

Where should the trees be positioned?

How does the paving align with the house?

Where does surface water go?

Where will lighting infrastructure be required?

And crucially:

Does everything work together as one garden?

For a small project, the answer may genuinely be that only limited drawing information is required.

For a substantial garden transformation, however, professional drawings can provide the bridge between:

idea + reality

design + budget

designer + landscaper

client expectations + finished garden.

If you are considering a significant garden project in Lancashire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, the Ribble Valley or elsewhere across North West England, Kirman Design can develop the level of garden design information appropriate to the project, from the initial concept through to the drawings required for landscape construction.