DIY CLIENTS - DESIGNEDBLISS4U LANDSCAPE PLANS

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OTHER SERVICES - NON CUSTOM PLANS

Beautiful, elegant landscape design for homes in Melbourne and beyond

Inspiring Landscape Solutions specialises in landscape design that caters to all tastes and styles, from modern and contemporary to classic and traditional.

In 2019, we trialed a new service offering with our DIY clients in Melbourne, later expanding to Perth and South Australia.

This service, as detailed further below, recognises a gap in the DIY market in creating gardens that are beneficial to the home-owners enjoyment and well-being:

  • lack of creativity in how landscapes are designed by developers especially for small urban spaces
  • lack of recognition of the need to create spaces for busy professionals and families which cater towards building family memories together or creating a connection to nature
  • lack of recognition that busy professionals and families need access to outdoor spaces to inspire them to unwind or simply enjoy their outdoors for their well being
  • lack of knowledge transfer from landscape industry professionals to home owners in making the right choices in designing their garden spaces
  • lack of home owner maintenance knowledge which covers plant and materials.

This service is only available to DIY clients who meet the criteria listed further below and who want just more than a developers “tick the box for approval” garden.

We are more than happy to do this work remotely/online and offer this Australia wide.  All of our engagement on your project can be virtual – from consultations, design to on-going garden coaching.

DesignedBliss4U Plans

Garden layouts designed to fit into most site plans or block layouts. Budget friendly and brought into fruition using your DIY skills and your beginner gardener knowledge. Able to be passed on to an experienced landscape contractor for construction.

Garden coaching

We offer quarterly coaching on existing and new gardens, on a subscription basis. This service is also available on a more frequent as needs basis to all existing clients.

Gift vouchers

Help someone you love by gifting them a start to their dream garden journey. Starting from $50 and available to be used across all of our services mentioned on our website.

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“DesignedBliss4u”- Hand drawn Plans

Price point:

Starting from $550 with planting plan included

DesignedBliss4u garden themes:
  • Gardens to impress – entertainers dream!
  • Just4u – Emphasis on creating your own personal bliss
  • Scented – emphasis on flowering plants with perfume
  • Family bliss – creating a family sanctuary and a place for togetherness
  • Kids haven – emphasis on kids play areas as the main design brief
  • Productive gardens – where you’ve got room for a small vege patch or room for growing dwarf fruit trees OR want your planting choices consisting mainly of edibles or plants producing edibles!
  • Green me up – oasis of lush – heavy plant focus with a choice of being tropically themed or using mainly Australian native plants. This garden theme maximises softscapes ie plants and minimises hardscapes except for practicality of use and for purely functional needs.
Key Features of all DesignedBliss4u garden themes may include the following in some form:
  • Alfresco area
  • Focal feature of some form defined by you (e.g. custom decorative metal or other artwork, garden sculpture, large rocks/boulders, water feature etc)
  • Firepit or BBQ area
  • Personal reflection or meditation areas
  • Decking/Paving/Lawn spaces
  • Low maintenance*
  • Mixed planting (Australian natives & hardy exotics) ranging from shade plants, ground covers, climbers, small trees and shrubs for all garden themes except for productive gardens and scented gardens (ref above)
  • Material specifications – in order to keep costs to a minimum for drawing the plans up, these are as specified by you or if not provided, will be described in a general manner on the plan e.g. mulch, pavers, lawn etc.
  • Hand-drawn plan – 2D

 

Notes & Disclaimers –

*Low maintenance does not mean no maintenance.

You are only able to choose features of your garden from the above list of items.  If you wish you customise your plans, don’t worry.  Speak to us and we may still be able to help and provide you with a custom price depending on how much time is involved for drawing, research etc. We are more than happy to help you achieve the garden of your dreams!

You need to assess the suitability of the plan for your own use and perform your own site analyses, preparatory enquiries like Dial before you dig and obtain all regulatory and council approvals.

Our normal terms and conditions apply to these plans unless stated otherwise.  Refer to FAQs.

Optional Add ons:

3D renders and computer generated plans

Stuck visualising your space and needing a little more help with that. Do take advantage of our 3D design capabilities and software to draw up a 360 degree model for you or some elevations!

Garden coaching

We offer quarterly coaching on existing and new gardens, on a subscription basis. This service is also available on a more frequent as needs basis to all existing clients.

Garden Maintenance Programme

Customised maintenance regime & tips to follow with the purpose of continuing to achieve the design intent over the long term

Do you qualify for DesignedBliss4u?

  • Existing or newly bought land size is < 500 SQM
  • The land is relatively flat
  • All material (hardscapes such as concrete, timber, paving, decking etc colours, mulch) specifications are provided by you
  • Be able to provide a house layout plan
  • Be able to provide house plans and elevations, including all site measurements required
  • Be able to provide photographs of your site from all angles
  • Be able to provide aspect of your site (ie which way is North) including any shadow drawings or site pictures to indicate sun/shade areas taken at different times of the day
  • Be able to provide soil report studies of your site, if available
  • Assumption that no existing structures, paths or trees existing on your site are to be retained

**If you don’t have any of the above criteria, don’t worry.  Speak to us and we may still be able to help and provide you with a custom price depending on how much time is involved. We are more than happy to help you achieve the garden of your dreams!

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