Pricing
What a landscape design costs
The prices on this page are for the design: the master plan for your property. They are not the cost of building it. Here is where most design projects land, and what moves the number.
Front Yard Design
$2,000–$3,000
A cohesive front-yard master plan that elevates curb appeal and sets the tone for the whole property.
Backyard Design
$3,000–$5,000
A full backyard design built around how you live, relax, and entertain — outdoor living, planting, and lighting intent.
Full Property
Combined discount
Design your front and backyard together as one cohesive vision — at a combined, discounted price.
Please read: installation is priced separately
The design fee is not the cost to build
We design your landscape. We do not build it, and we do not set the price of building it. Installation is quoted by the contractor you hire, and that number is theirs alone. Materials, site conditions, and who does the work all change it.
What we can do is guide you. With 25+ years in the North Bay and a working knowledge of local contractors, we will give you a realistic ballpark for your scope while we design, so you can plan, phase, and make choices with your eyes open. That ballpark is a guide, not a quote, and the final installation price is between you and your contractor.
Our Pricing Philosophy
One price. Room to get it right.
One clear price, quoted upfront — and we stick to it. When we give you a design price, it includes the room to get it right: typically three to four rounds of revisions, so you can develop the long-term vision for your property without watching a meter run. No surprise change orders, no add-on fees every time you want to move something.
Most designers don't offer that kind of latitude — we do. Every square inch of your property is worth getting right, whether you build next year or in five. We'd rather you feel free to explore the vision (and let us push you in directions you hadn't considered) than feel boxed in by the first draft. The goal is a plan you love — and a designer you keep coming back to.
What determines your price
Every property is different
The site visit comes first
Everything starts on-site. Walking the property is how we define the space, learn how you live, and see what we're really working with — because a price only means something once we understand the project.
Terrain & site complexity
A flat, blank-slate yard and a multi-level hillside are very different projects. Slopes, elevation changes, and mature trees all shape how much design the property needs.
Structure & grading
Retaining walls, staircases, and grading to carve out usable, level space add real design work — and they're often exactly what makes a difficult site finally function.
How much is changing
The more new elements you want — and the more we're reworking the existing landscape — the larger the design. A full-property redesign is more involved than refreshing a single area.
Cohesion & craft
The real value is making every element look like it was always meant to be together. That trained eye — flow, proportion, and detail — is the difference between paint-by-numbers and a design that feels inevitable.
Included in every design
What you get for your design fee
On-site consultation & vision session
A $300 on-site session (credited toward your design) where we walk the property, talk priorities, and define the scope.
Laser-accurate measuring & topography
We laser-shoot the elevations to within about a quarter inch and build a precise topographic base plan — so staircases, walls, and usable spaces actually work when they're built, not just on paper.
A complete preliminary plan
Your first real look on paper: hardscape, structures, lighting plan, and planting plan — the whole vision in one place, ready to refine together.
Three to four rounds of revisions
Genuine latitude to move things around, explore multiple ideas for a space, and dial it in until it feels right — with no change-order fees.
One flat design price
The price we quote is the price. No surprise add-ons every time you want to adjust the vision.
Your first step: a $300 consultation
An on-site vision session where we review your property, talk through your goals, and give you clear direction on what your landscape could become. If you move forward with your design, the $300 fee is credited toward your project.