From the client...
'I engaged Jayne to come up with a design for my small back yard. While this may sound straightforward, I had not only hundreds of photos but a multitude of ideas; to include a deck, a spa, a fire pit, a BBQ space and many others. In addition to my large inspiration-pool of photos for hard design, I had as many ideas for planting styles; contemporary, sub-tropical, native, beachy, structured, lush.
If that was not enough, I had house-improvement ideas future that might have impacted the outdoor space. And of course, a modest budget!
Jayne’s most noticeable skill when we first met was her ability to listen well to all of these ideas, and to my thoughts. She asked great questions and listened some more; a skill often lacking when landscapers see the space and immediately have their own ideas they want to implement. She measured everything, listened some more and shared some first thoughts based on what I had said, and also shared some images of other work she had done, with examples of solutions in similar spaces.
Jayne not only came up with a beautiful drawing of the space, but she had thought through all the functional uses of different parts of the spaces throughout the seasons, reflecting back key ‘wants’ I had expressed to her in a cohesive, really wonderful design. Crucially she had also thought through construction so that it could be phased over time and could incorporate house plans, whether they came to fruition or not. Her complete and separate planting scheme thoughtfully utilised shade, colour, texture and form in the tight space and also provided a wide range of specific plants to choose from, should I want to incorporate them into the sketched design.
Jayne’s plant and planting knowledge, experience and passion, is matched by her functional and practical hard design ideas; but her ability to really listen and understand each client’s type of living, lifestyle and what matters most is what makes her the best'.
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