The first look
The Walk-Through
Sixty minutes in your yard, reading the light aloud.
- One site visit, weekday or evening
- Sun, soil and root read on the spot
- One-page shortlist of native plants
One visit$265
Book The WalkServices · Fort Lee, NJ
Four Plans. One Invoice Each. Zone 7b.
We draw the shade.
You plant it, or your crew does.
Nothing is billed twice.
The price ledger
Priced To The Bed, Not The Hour
Each plan is billed once, by invoice. No hours counted. No second bill for the same drawing.
One bed
The Understory Plan
A single bed, drawn to scale and sourced by name.
- One bed, up to 400 sq ft
- Scaled planting drawing
- Plant list with nurseries that stock each one
- Month-by-month bloom chart
From$1,185
Draw My BedFront or back yard
The Woodland Plan
Canopy, understory and floor, layered like the hills above the river.
- Up to 1,500 sq ft
- Three layers: canopy, understory, ground
- Planting and path drawings
- One return visit in season
From$2,640
Plan The WoodlandWhole property
The Full Dell
Every shaded edge of the lot, phased so the work breathes.
- All shaded beds and borders
- Phased across three seasons
- Two return visits
- A care calendar for year one
From$4,375
Ask For The DellSteeper or larger lots are quoted after the Walk-Through. Its $265 comes off the plan you choose.
Not sure which line is yours? Start with the walk.
Sixty minutes. The yard tells us the rest.
The planting calendar
A Year In The Understory
Shade has its own clock. We book the drawing in the cold months, so the planting meets the right weather.
Nov–FebDraw
Walks And Drawings
Bare branches show every root and every gap of light. The ground is often still open in November. Plans are finished before the thaw.
Mar–MayPlant
Ephemerals And Ferns
Foamflower, woodland phlox and wild ginger go in as the soil softens. Our return visit lands here.
Jun–AugWatch
Water And Patience
Young natives need a steady drink and no fussing. Year-one care calendars say exactly when.
Sep–OctSettle
Shrubs, Trees, Leaf Mulch
Spicebush, serviceberry and witch hazel root in cool soil. The fallen leaves become the mulch.
The drawing table is open. The light is leaving.
What lands in your hands
The Paper Trail
Every plan leaves as paper you can hand to a crew, a nursery, or a neighbor who asks.
Sheet one
The Scaled Drawing
Each plant placed at its mature spread, so nothing is crowded in year three.
Sheet two
The Plant List
Latin and common names, count, spacing, and where in New Jersey to buy each one.
Sheet three
The Bloom Chart
Twelve months across the top. Something in flower, or in good leaf, in every column.
Sheet four
The Light & Soil Notes
Hours of sun, depth of soil, the path of water. The reasons behind every choice.
Do you plant it too?
We draw and source. You plant, or your landscaper does, with our sheets in hand. The return visit checks the work against the drawing.
What if my yard is all roots?
Maple and oak roots are mapped to the inch on the first visit. Plans work around them, with ferns, sedges and moss where digging would hurt the tree.
How is it billed?
One invoice per design package, sent when the drawing is delivered. Nothing is collected at the door.
Are the plants all native?
The backbone is. Where a non-native earns its place, such as a hardy hosta at a doorway, we say so on the plant list and leave the choice to you.
One plan. One invoice. One quiet yard.
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