Lavish Gardens is an award-winning landscape company celebrating 15 years in business!
We are passionate landscapers serving
Hastings County, Northumberland County and Prince Edward County,
and our mission is to design and build beautiful and sustainable living home landscapes
to draw you and your family outside to connect with nature.
You know that feeling you get when you come across a running brook? You hear the melodious rippling sounds of the water, catch a glimpse of the rays of the sun flashing upon the water's surface... a hummingbird flies above you and you breathe in the deep, musky smell of the wet earth surrounding you?
That's the feeling of being right here, right now.
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Whether we are building an awesome waterfall or planting a garden,
our MISSION when planning your landscape is to create home environments that will make you
excited to UNPLUG and CONNECT WITH NATURE
right in your own backyard.
How? It starts with an ecological approach to design and results in sustainable, beautiful and functional outdoor spaces that include what is needed for a thriving ecosystem - diversified plantings, healthy soils, sources of clean fresh water - all elements that attract and provide shelter and food for wildlife and other beneficial organisms. Why? Because we believe that living well is connecting with nature.
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THAT is the reason why we are passionate landscapers.
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HOW WE WORK
SUSTAINABILITY We believe in environmental stewardship. We work to create habitats that sustain local ecosystems and support human well-being. We practice the three pillars of sustainability, which strive to achieve balance between economic, social and environmental demands.
ARTISTRY Lavish Gardens is where artistry meets the beauty of nature – where art is directly inspired by nature, and the medium is the land: its plants, soils, rocks, water, wildlife, scents, sounds as well as its people.
PASSION We bring our passion to work! We believe in investing emotional energy into our work – that means giving our very best and finding fulfillment by fostering a positive attitude. Excellence, creativity, hard work and productivity are what we strive for. We go above and beyond – whatever we do, we do with all our hearts. We strive to work in a way that will leave us fulfilled at the end of the day.
IF YOU DREAM OF AN OUTDOOR SPACE
THAT PROMOTES RELAXATION AND
ENHANCES YOUR CONNECTION WITH NATURE,
LAVISH IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR YOU.
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TOGETHER, WE WILL BRING
LIFE, NOURISHMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
TO YOUR GARDEN.
Read our Landscape Ontario Member Profile Published in the November 2022 issue of LO Magazine Here (click image):
OUR SALES PROCESS
1) PHONE CONSULTATION
After your initial contact with our company, we will schedule a 10-15 minute phone consultation with the owner, Karina, to ensure that we understand your goals and to assess whether we might be a good fit for your project. During this phone call, we'd like to hear about your wish-list, site challenges, anticipated project timelines, and investment and cost expectations. We'll then evaluate whether or not a face-to-face meeting at your property is the logical next step.
2) IN PERSON CONSULTATIONS
We charge a $200 non-refundable consultation fee for in-person consultations.
A) Garden/Pond Maintenance or Renovation:
We require that all the key decision makers be present at this in-person meeting.
During the in-person meeting, we will provide: horticultural and design advice on your existing gardens and/or a technical assessment of your water feature.
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These discussions usually take place in the garden, and the conversation will mostly revolve around the garden's needs, issues, the frequency of visits that will be required, and average expenditures. We may suggest broad ideas to improve or redesign your existing gardens, provide horticultural advice about existing plants and flower beds, as well as possible solutions to your garden problems.
If the consultation is about an existing water feature, we will perform a technical assessment of your water feature, as well as discuss problems and possible solutions for improvement.
If we find that we may not be the best fit for your project at this time, we will recommend other quality landscapers who may be better able to serve your needs. The consultation fee is non-refundable. The homeowner is advised to take notes during the in-person consultation as a written report from our company is not included in the consultation fee.
If, however, we mutually find that we are well aligned, we will proceed to scheduling the maintenance work on a time and materials basis. In the case where a complete garden or pond renovation is required, we will decide whether a free estimate or a more detailed design (at an additional cost) is most appropriate. In this case, the consultation fee will be reimbursed towards your maintenance fees, design or renovation project.
B) NEW INSTALLATIONS
We require that all the key decision makers be present at this in-person meeting.
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At this meeting, we will delve further into who we are and what we can do for you, your expectations and requirements for this project, budgets allocated to the project, design costs and information regarding subsequent meetings. The objective of the meeting is to determine if it makes sense for us to work together and whether we are well-aligned.
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If, for whatever reason, we mutually decide that another company would be better suited to serve you during the initial in-person consultation, we will refer you to other quality local contractors and the consultation fee will become non-refundable.
If we agree to move forward, we will proceed to the design process.
3) DESIGN PROCESS
Upon receiving a design retainer, we will set the date and time for our next meeting. This meeting can be in-person or through Zoom. Initial drawings paint a broad stroke and focus on the main design elements and space management. The goal is to not delve too far into an idea before checking in with the customer and making sure we're on the same page. The drawings become more detailed with each revision. The number of meetings varies with each client. Typically we can have a solid plan and an itemized quotation in 2 to 3 meetings. At the end of the process, you will have a complete plan with detailed plant list, full estimate and colour-printed mood boards.