Fernmoss Landscapes: The Whitfield Rear Garden
Landscaping proposal presentation with a planting plan
A landscaping proposal presentation has to help a family picture the finished garden, show exactly what will be planted, and set out what it costs and how long the yard will be a building site. Fernmoss Landscapes, an invented Australian landscaper, proposes a 154 square metre rear garden for the Whitfield family, an invented client, in nine slides from concept plan to first year of care.
Every slide, in order
The whole deck as it renders, one slide after another. Read it the way the audience would.
The structure
What each slide is doing, so you can reuse the order even with different content.
- Slide 1cover
- The three things the family asked the garden to do, set as the cover, with the client named.
- Slide 2pillars
- The site and the brief as found on the visit, so every zone in the plan answers something the family said.
- Slide 3framework
- The concept plan described zone by zone, standing in for a drawing, with sizes that add up to the 154 square metres.
- Slide 4comparison
- The plant schedule with quantities and pot sizes, so the family can see exactly what is planted and why.
- Slide 5timeline
- The four week build week by week, so the family knows when the yard is unusable and when it is done.
- Slide 6investment
- The price split by build stage, so the family can see what each stage costs and when payments fall.
- Slide 7process
- Year one maintenance as a seasonal cycle, so the family knows the garden will be looked after while it establishes.
- Slide 8testimonial
- A past client on a similar yard, with the number that matters to a busy family: time spent on it.
- Slide 9closing
- Every way to reach the designer and the date that holds the March start.
Slide by slide
Slide one sets out what the garden is for: shade, growing and gathering. Slide two records the site, the family's wants and its limits, including a budget of about 40,000 dollars and two hours a month of garden work. Slide three is the concept plan by zone. Slide four is the planting schedule. Slide five is the build, week by week. Slide six is the price by stage. Slide seven is the first year of maintenance by season. Slide eight is a past client on a similar clay yard. Slide nine gives the date to accept and the start date.
How to adapt this deck
A commercial landscape tender should replace the family brief with the client's specification and add a maintenance schedule priced per year rather than per visit. A front garden or courtyard should drop the zones to two and add a slide on materials, since paving and walls take more of the budget than plants. Where the designer has a concept drawing or a 3D render, add a gallery slide with the plan view and one perspective, and keep the zone slide as the written explanation beside it.
What the rules and guides say
In New South Wales, the government says a builder or tradesperson must give a written contract for work over 5,000 dollars, a fuller large job contract above 20,000, and that a deposit must not exceed 10 percent of the contract price, which is one reason this proposal invoices at the end of each stage instead. Other states have their own thresholds. The federal Your Home guide recommends Australian natives, well mulched beds and drip irrigation to cut outdoor water use, which is why the schedule leans native and the build includes a drip system on a timer.
What makes this deck work
The plan adds up to the yard
Slide three describes four zones, a 24 square metre deck, 60 of lawn and 70 of beds and paths, which together are the 154 square metres measured on the site visit. Standing in for a drawing, it still lets the family check that nothing has been forgotten.
Every plant is counted
Slide four lists 170 plants in seven kinds, from 14 lilly pillies in 45 litre pots for the back fence to 60 native violets in tubes. Showing pot sizes explains the price and tells the family which plants will look full on day one and which will take a season.
Price and care are both on paper
Slide six splits the 38,600 dollar fixed price into four stages, invoiced as each finishes. Slide seven adds eight maintenance visits in the first year for 1,440 dollars, so the family knows the garden will be looked after while the plants establish.
Questions people ask
What should a landscaping proposal include?
The site and the client's brief, a concept plan or zone layout, a planting schedule with quantities and pot sizes, the build programme, a fixed price split by stage, what maintenance follows and a start date. This example covers each in nine slides for a rear garden.
How do I present a planting schedule to a client?
As a table with the plant, quantity, pot size and where it goes. Group by role, such as screening, feature trees and groundcover, and give a total. Clients rarely know plant names, so the position column does more work than the botanical name.
Should a landscaping quote be split into stages?
Yes. Stages such as groundwork, hard landscaping, planting and finishing show where the money goes and give natural points for invoices. Check the deposit and contract rules in your state, which in New South Wales cap a deposit at 10 percent.
How do I show a garden design without drawings?
Describe each zone with its size and purpose, and make sure the areas add up to the site. A written zone plan works in an early proposal; once the client is interested, add a plan drawing or a render on a gallery slide.
Should a landscaper offer maintenance in the proposal?
It helps, because new plants fail most often in the first year. Set out visits by season and a fixed price, so the client can see the cost of keeping the garden healthy while it establishes rather than discovering it after the first summer.
Can I reuse this deck for other gardens?
Yes. Keep the structure and change the brief, the zones, the schedule and the price for each site. The generator can draft a new version from a short description of the garden, and you then check every quantity and price before sending it.
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