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    Garden Design and Landscaping - The Beginner's Guide to the Processes Involved with Successfully Landscaping a Garden (an overview)
    Garden Design and Landscaping - The Beginner's Guide to the Processes Involved with Successfully Landscaping a Garden (an overview)
    Garden Design and Landscaping - The Beginner's Guide to the Processes Involved with Successfully Landscaping a Garden (an overview)
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    Garden Design and Landscaping - The Beginner's Guide to the Processes Involved with Successfully Landscaping a Garden (an overview)

    By Rachel Mathews

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    If you're new to landscaping and you're not sure if you should DIY design the garden yourself or hire a designer, this book will explain what's involved, to help you decide. There's also tips on how to hire the right landscape contractor to build your garden as well as tips on the best places to learn about garden design, if you want to do it yourself. This book is an overview of the landscaping processes, not a step-by-step 'how-to' guide (see Rachel's other books for that).

    In order to create a fantastic looking landscaped garden, you need to know about the processes involved and how much it's likely to cost you. This book will give you an overview of the landscaping processes, from what you need to know in order to successfully DIY design your garden, to what to look for when hiring professional landscapers and designers to help you.

    In this book, professional, international garden designer, Rachel Mathews, from Successful Garden Design, will share over twenty year's experience as a designer and landscaping contracts manager. She will give you the low down on the main things you need to know BEFORE you landscape your garden.

    It can feel quite daunting tackling a garden, either on your own or hiring landscape professionals to help. You may not even know where to start; if you should DIY or hire someone. So, this book will explain what each stage of the landscape process involves, from the landscape design concept to creation, so you can decide which bits you do yourself. This book is an overview of the processes involved with successfully landscaping a garden, not a step-by-step 'how-to' guide (see Rachel's other books for that).

    The book covers how to work with landscaping professionals, tips on how to DIY design your garden, how to learn about landscape design. This book also answers the following questions: what's the difference between a gardener, a landscaper and a garden designer? Is garden design software worth using? How do I choose a landscaper to work with? How do you tell if a landscaper is a good one?

    This short book will save you a great deal of time, money and aggravation when it comes to creating your dream garden. You will get a great overview of precisely what is involved with creating a fantastic garden, so that you can spend your time, money and energy effectively and get the results you want with your landscape design.

    This new 2.0 version contains many more images and Rachel address the feedback left by reviewers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRachel Mathews
    Release dateFeb 11, 2014
    ISBN9781310225321
    Garden Design and Landscaping - The Beginner's Guide to the Processes Involved with Successfully Landscaping a Garden (an overview)
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    Rachel Mathews

    I'm Rachel Mathews and I've been a professional garden designer for over 20 years. I'm based in the UK but do work internationally for clients in the USA, Australia, Malaysia, North Africa, Spain and Switzerland. Over the years I've designed every size, shape and style of garden. My passion lately is to create modern gardens with a natural feel, whilst incorporating plenty of edible foods.In 2009 I did an online teacher training programme so I could learn how to teach garden design and since then I have been writing and teaching garden design to a worldwide audience via the Successful Garden Design website.I'm currently taking a year out from my design and construction business to write another 3 ebooks and mini-garden design courses. I've fled the UK to the warmer climates of southern Spain; the warm weather definitely helps the writing process you know!

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      Garden Design and Landscaping - The Beginner's Guide to the Processes Involved with Successfully Landscaping a Garden (an overview) - Rachel Mathews

      Garden Design and Landscaping - The Beginner's Guide to the Processes Involved with Successfully Landscaping a Garden (an overview)

      Copyright 2014 Rachel Mathews

      Published by Successful Garden Design at Smashwords v2.0

      Editor: Anna Obarzanowska

      Before we get going, we need to get the usual legal bits out of the way first.

      Disclaimer: Please note: the information contained within this document is for educational purposes only. Every attempt has been made to provide accurate, up-to-date, reliable, and complete information. No warranties of any kind are expressed or implied. Readers acknowledge that the author is not engaging in rendering professional advice.

      By reading this document, the reader agrees that under no circumstances is the author responsible for any losses, direct or indirect, that are incurred as a result of use of the information contained within this document, accompanying videos, or other supplementary materials. This includes but is not limited to errors, omissions, or inaccuracies. The material contained in this document is not meant to be a substitute for formal training nor a replacement for professional training.

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment. If you would like to share this book with another person, please do. Thank you for appreciating the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction (important info, please read first!)

      Don't let it happen to you!

      Where do you start with landscaping a garden?

      Guaranteed Garden Failure!

      Section 1

      DIY Design

      The most important design principles

      What About Using Garden Design Software?

      Design & Landscaping Books

      How to learn about garden planning

      What Content Should a Good Landscape Design Course Cover?

      Are Certified Courses Worth the Extra Cost?

      Where to Find Good Landscape Design Courses

      Section 2

      Working with landscape professionals

      What Difference Can a Designer Make?

      What to Look For When Choosing a Garden Designer?

      How Much Should a Good Design Cost You?

      How to Get a Cheaper Design

      What You Need to do BEFORE You Call a Designer

      There is one critical thing you need to find out before you hire a designer

      Section 1 Summary - employing a garden designer

      Section 3

      Do You Need a Gardener, a Landscaper or a Builder?

      Builders

      Important Things To Do and Look For When Hiring a Landscaper

      How To Spot a Really Good Contractor From an Average One

      How to spot the not-so-good landscape contractors

      Cost of Landscaping

      Do You Need an Estimate Or a Quotation?

      How Long Does It Take To Build a Garden?

      How To Work Smoothly With Your Contractor

      About the Author

      Other Books in the 'How to Plan Your Garden' Series

      Introduction (well the pre-intro, intro)

      So you do not waste your time, read this FIRST!

      Before we get going I want to address the comments this book has received. Judging by the some of the reviews, it doesn’t look like people have read the book description or the book title. So, just in case you’ve downloaded this in a rush let me quickly tell you what it’s about so you don’t waste time reading something that’s not applicable to you.

      This book is a BIG picture overview of the process of successfully creating a beautiful garden. Think of it as a travel map. And think of me as the helpful tourist information officer who tells you how to get to your dream destination, without getting mugged on the way!

      I’ve been a professional, international, garden designer for over twenty years and I have seen thousands of gardens, and sadly, thousands of costly mistakes. My aim with this book is to help you avoid ALL those mistakes.

      Most garden mistakes are made because people are not sure where they should start, so they focus on little details, rather than the bigger picture.

      This book explains that bigger picture and points out all your options. You’ll lean what you need to know if you choose to DIY or how to work with professionals, if you’d rather have someone else do it for you.

      Just like you wouldn’t expect the person at the tourist information office to teach you how to drive a car, if you wanted to DIY instead of taking a taxi, in this book I’m not going to teach you how to design. ALL my other books cover that, with step-by-step, ‘how-to’ instructions.

      So this book is NOT a 'How to' guide, it's a 'What's' guide. I cover 'What's' involved with landscaping a garden so that you can work out the best way forward for your circumstances. Do you know if you want to DIY your garden or hire someone? What are benefits and drawbacks of each option?

      If you choose to DIY do you know where to start? Which design principles are important, which are best to ignore? If you choose to hire a professional, do you want them to do everything or are there some parts you could do yourself? If you decide to get a professional in, how do you know who’s good and who’s not?

      This book covers all that and more.

      Oh and did I mention this book was written for beginners? I know, I cunningly hid the word ‘beginner’ in the sub-title, you’d be amazed how often it’s missed! So, some of the information may be obvious to some and not to others.

      That being said, for those of you who do already have some experience with doing a garden and are about to dash off fearing the information in this book will be too basic for you, I have a quick question for you…

      Do you REALLY know what makes the difference between a fabulous looking garden and a frankly, foul one?

      Think about that for a mo.

      I bet you don’t. Not really.

      A wrong assumption

      Now let’s address the reviewers

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