Prepare a Brief
Who will be using the garden, children, pets, or disabled?
Are there particular problems? screening, wet/dry areas
How do you use the garden, are you after relative high or low maintenance?
Do you see the garden as formal or informal?
Do you see the garden as traditional or contemporary?
Is your garden enclosed (Inward looking), or do you have views? (Outward looking)?
Do you want to see all the garden at once, or would you like it to be divided up?
Are there particular things you would like to include? A sitting area, lawn, certain plants, water features or ponds, statuary or pots, trellis or arches
Are there things you don't want?