Client Questionnaire - Site Survey
This is an outline of the first stage in the process of landscape design. Wonder-Flora will work with you to answer these questions, or you may begin gathering information on your own if you wish.
On a blank sheet - or tracing paper overlaying a Google Earth image - sketch the existing features of the property: buildings, sidewalks, streets, alleys fences, trees, shrubs, garden areas, paths, power lines. (Research will determine what is underground and any setbacks influencing the plan.)
Indicate any structures or plants you plan to remove by outlining those in red.
Estimate the slope of the land, and draw the contour lines. A survey will have this information if one is available.
Note which direction is south and any trees or structures in the area that cast shadows on your property. In the winter these shadows will be cast from a narrow arc to the south, while the sweep of the summer sun is higher and much further north at our latitude.
How windy is your site? What is the direction and force of the prevailing winds?
What information, if any, do you have about your soil?
Have you observed puddles on your property or in your neighborhood? Indicate where stormwater flows off a roof or any impervious surface and how it crosses the land.
Are there views you wish to preserve or highlight?
Where do you wish to screen views or create privacy?
How does your home connect to the landscape? If you imagine a deck or patio in your yard, what is the size and shape? How do you wish to access this space from the house, yard or garden?
Do you want to include a children’s play area or structures?
Do you have animals, or plan to, what spaces, fences or structures will they need?
Will you grow vegetables, fruit or nut trees?
Do you have plants you wish to preserve or highlight?
Any plans for other gardens, future needs or uses of the space?