Help please! What's usual cost of a landscape gardener to draw up plans?

[Southers]

We have quote for ?750 including all drawn up plans and planting suggestions - is that reasonable?

[mancity68]

I paid ?250 and I thought that was to much! They did offer to take it off the final bill if we went with them but I'didnt like design do ?250 wasted....

[nina_maniana]

We just got a gardener in and got him to do planting suggestions (for free) and then he did all the planting and landscaping. The pure 'design' work was just a bunch of sketches based on stuff we liked the look of from pinterest. Unless you have acres of gardens and want to do something really high-end seems to me daft to pay a designer separately

[Sue]

mancity68 Wrote:

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I didnt like design

Did the designer not take a detailed brief from you as to exactly what your requirements were, and then discuss various options with you before s/he did the final design?

Bit poor if not :(

[mancity68]

They did, yes. And I provided loads of photos of things I liked. I also gave an idea of budget and the design I got back was as if the ideas had never been given and the quote was twice my budget. I got the impression my job was too small and too much trouble.....