planting design package

Plants are more than decoration.  From beautiful blossom-covered trees to scented rose-filled borders, they’re a living part of your garden that engages the senses and delight throughout the seasons. 

However, choosing the perfect colours, scents, shapes, and sizes can often feel overwhelming for would-be gardeners.

Don’t worry. Eat Landscape design inspiring planting schemes tailored to your budget, preferences and, crucially, how much time you have for garden maintenance.

Whether designing a single border or planting proposals for the entire garden, we’ll share our knowledge and passion for plants to help you create your personal oasis.

Do you love the charm of traditional gardens?  Or do you prefer the clean lines of a minimalist, contemporary space?

No matter your style, we’ll inspire you with creative ways to combine ornamental and edible plants that’ll make your garden productive, delicious, and breathtakingly beautiful.

From a small fruit tree or herb bed for making homemade teas (and cocktails!) to a wall-mounted salad box or perennial vegetables dotted through your borders, our designs are sure to suit your taste for fresh, flavourful treats.

Our planting design fees

Option 1: Initial Plant Palette

From £275

Option 2: Outline Planting Design

From £450

Option 3: Detailed Planting Plans & Plant Sourcing

From £450

our planting design package includes:

Women in a blue coat bending down to measure the length of a planting bed with a yellow tape measure

1. site survey and design brief meeting

Once you’ve accepted our quotation, we’ll meet to complete the site survey and design brief.

Then, we’ll measure the planting areas and analyse the location, taking soil samples and recording the aspects, levels, drainage, and microclimate.

Next, we’ll discuss your choice of planting style, including preferred colour palettes, maintenance requirements, and budget.

We can review options to retain and enhance existing planting to preserve garden maturity and a sense of place.  Alternatively, we can move established plants to a new location that suits your refreshed design.

Hand drawn coloured sketch of a planting border in a garden including a plan view and elevation

2. design and recommendations

Your three planting options include the following:

  • Option 1 Initial Plant Palette – We’ll provide a list of suitable plant species and illustrative images based on your brief. The list includes plant types, heights, flowering times, seasons of interest, and health and safety notes.

    You’ll also receive a list of suggested suppliers for the plants.

  • Option 2 Outline Planting Design – We’ll provide a list of plants as per Option 1, plus a sketch design drawing showing the position of key plants.

    You’ll also receive a full schedule of plants, including the numbers and specifications for each species and rough costs.

  • Option 3 Detailed Planting Plans – Includes everything in Option 2, plus a detailed layout drawing showing every plant’s position.

Unsure which option to choose? We’ll discuss what suits you best during our consultation.

additional services that we can offer...

Our optional extras help get your planting established in style. Additional services include:

Lots of plant pots arranged in a garden border ready to be planted, with a large grey shed in the background

plant sourcing

We’ll provide complete management of your planting project, including obtaining quotes from recommended commercial plant nurseries, arranging delivery, inspecting the plants, and laying out the plants in the border.

You can choose to put the plants in yourself, use your gardener, or we can arrange for a contractor to prepare the ground and install the plants.

maintenance guide

Want your garden to stay beautiful for many years?  We do.  That’s why we can prepare a written Maintenance Guide that shows how to identify each plant and look after it and details the timings for different operations, such as pruning, watering, and fertiliser application.

Looking to rejuvenate your borders or create beautiful new ones?

Book a free consultation call with us today to create your dream planting scheme.