Feel free to use our planner to help you collect your thoughts! You can save yourself time and money by printing out the questions on the sheet and answering them. Then by making an appointment, I can come out and help you with your problem areas, be they a small garden bed or a large paddock. "Happy Gardening!"

What do you want out of your garden?

This may seem a silly question, but your garden is your garden. It?s personal and needs to reflect your character and your family?s needs, otherwise it will never become a pleasure.

Before we go any further, let?s identify your needs. Consult the family and let them make up their minds as well.

Print Out This Form

	Please Tick any of the following you wish to include:				The style of garden I prefer is:
	Vegetable Garden		B.B.Q		Leafy, Tropical ? ferns, palms etc
	Herb Garden		Play House		Cottage Style ? colourful shrubs, roses etc
	Tool Shed		Sand Pit		Low maintenace ? conifer garden
	Swimming Pool		Swing		Native Bush Garden
	Clothes Line		Slippery Dip		English ? very green, ashes, elms, birches, etc
	Patio		Garden Furniture		Mediterranean/Tuscan ? terra cotta
	Shade House		Fountain		Japanese
	Glass House		Garden Lights		Park ? like: extensive lawns, trees
	Rock Garden		Tennis Court		A mixture of above
	Fish Pond		Paved Area		Other ...........................................................

	Do you wish the garden to be:		Would you prefer:
	Formal ? mainly straight lines with some curved		Larger lawn areas
	Informal ? mainly curved		Smaller lawn areas
			No lawn areas
	Soil Conditions:		Levels and Slopes:
	My soil is mainly:		Our Block is:
	Sandy		Reasonably level	Sketch the difference between the top and the bottom of the slope.
	Light Clay		Slightly Sloping
	Loamy (easy to dig)		Fairly Steep
	Heavy Clay
	Brought in top/garden soil
	Drainage:
	Good ? water runs away well after rain
	Reasonable ? water lies for a short period and then disappears
	Poor ? water lies around for a while after rain

Sun and Shade:
The front garden gets mostly?
Sun		All Day		Morning		Afternoon
Shade		All Day		Morning		Afternoon
The back garden gets mostly
Sun		All Day		Morning		Afternoon
Shade		All Day		Morning		Afternoon

Before you start, you will require: 

1. Several sheets of graph paper (sticky tape them together if you need a lager sheet), tape measure, compass, pencil, eraser, ruler. A good scale to use is 1:100, that is 10mm on the graph paper equals 1 metre on the ground. For a larger area try 1:200 ie. 10mm = 2metres
   
2. Mark the location of all driveways, house, pathways, paved areas and other fixed items such as pergolas, shade houses, aviaries, decking, patios, clothes lines and BBQ area'
   
3. Indicate position and approximate size of existing trees and shrubs. Give each plant a number and identify the variety if known in the space provided.
   
4. Fill in as many details as possible in the spaces provided on your soil, weather, drainage and other influencing conditions.
   
5. Indicate the approximate location of your overhead/underground power lines, telephone lines and underground garden lighting. Mark in sewer and water pipes, aggregate of pipe drainage systems and outside tap positions. Indicate position and approximate size and shape of existing lawn areas, garden beds, rockeries, vegetable plots, fishponds and retaining walls.
   
6. To assist our designers, please supply a photograph of your house, include a north point on your plan and tick the appropriate points in our questionnaire.