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Garden design for Swifty McAdam – as of 22 Aug 2006 of 6

GARDEN DESIGN PROPOSAL

DATE: 22 Aug 2006

FOR: Garden design

TO: Swifty McAdam 5044 Maple Street. Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 1H9

FROM: Peter Vasdi 16 Huntwood Court Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2H9

SUMMARY:

Style: Simple and very low maintenance.

Objective for season: Improve look of front yard to match those of neighbors. Rejuvenate the lawn. In back, plant taller bushes and trees that can survive in current conditions (shade and dog) that will provide privacy to homeowner when inside house and on back decks.

GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS:

In the back, trim away some of the large branches in whole or in part from the tree canopy to allow more sun into the back and improve the health of the plants already there and to be planted. Fertilize all beds and work soil (peat moss and mushroom compost). Clean out and trim back most bushes and plants. On the deck, add large planters, some with high bushes (cedars, etc.) for privacy and other smaller planters with flowers for color.

Add variety and color to back yard to give it more depth: select plants for variegated leaf colors (golden, white, light/dark green, bronze, burgundy). Select plants that are fragrant and that provide seeds and fruit for birds.

The season has already started: the sooner the design is implemented, the more quickly the garden will be completed. For 2006, concentrate on trees, bushes, and perennials, and on building the boxes. Complete the decorative phase in 2007.

NOTE: This is a simple design document, and is intended as a starting point only. It provides a site plan and a verbal description of suggested plantings and actions. Frequently, final decisions, based on what is available and their physical presence, and cost, are made at the time the design is being implemented.



PLAN:

5044 Maple Street is on N side of property (see verbal description starting on page 3 below, and simplified computer-generated image on last page.)



DETAILS:

Description Units Price/unit1 Total

General:

Fertilize all beds with mushroom compost and topsoil mix. Prune and trim shrubs.

16cuyd $25+trnsprt $550

Plant bulbs for Spring: - bulbs - peat moss - chicken wire - stones.

n

1 2cf b 1 roll

n

$60

$6 $15

-

$81 -

TOTAL $631

A) Front yard:

Lawn: Manually poke out weeds. Add peat moss. Seed. Edge nicely against beds. Water well. Wait 3 weeks and then fertilize.

3 2

1

$7 $13

$20

$21 $26

$20

Bed on E side of walkway: Leave Annabel hydrangeas. Transplant shoots to other side of front, and to back yard. Thin out and possibly replace white/green groundcover (total removal will probably be impossible) with mixed annual impatiens.

4 flats

$4

$16

Bed on W side of walkway: Corner by veranda and house: PG hydrangea. In front of PG and to left of pieris: heleopsis or equivalent. Beside steps: Annabelle hydrangea (transplant) (to balance hydrangea on E side). Prune back pieris to 1.5m high. Behind pieris and between pieris and hydrangea: silver-leaf dogwood. Hidden behind pieris and dogwood: large elevated flat basin fountain (seen mainly from front veranda; to add sound, humidity, freshness to area). Between basement window and house corner: climbing hydrangea. Below green bushes: row of annuals (impatiens) to add color. Under electric meter: transplant juniper from dog run area into

1 1

1

1

1 5 flats

$75

T

T

$30

$350

$20 $4

$75

TBD

-

$30

$350

$20 $20

1 Costs will be estimates only and do not include tax. Unless specified, cost does not include labor. Labor, if required, is itemized in the Service Agreement.




corner (will grow taller as an accent in that corner and will hide the meter).

1

T2

-

Bed on W side of W wood gate: Golden rudbeckia by fence. Spirea thunbergia by gate.

n 1

T

$20

TBD $20

TOTAL $597

B) Dog run area:

Along earthy area by neighbor’s deck: Transplant/divide ferns and other shade-tolerant bushes and plants (hostas, cotoneaster, etc.) from back yard and front. Possibly add more gravel. Create a more distinct separation between gravel and bed areas.

n

4cuyd

T

$25+trnsprt

-

$200

B1: By trellis between house and deck stairs: Left of trellis gate: star magnolia. In front of magnolia, by house corner: forsythia. Along steps: transplant yew from back (or front). At end of steps: mint or other fragrant juniper (to be pruned to parallel railing). Along fence, plant 2 pyramid crabapples. Extend gravel as curved path towards storage gate in trellis.

1 1 1

1 2

$150

T T

$20

$200

$150 TBD

-

$20 $400

By front fence. Prefab toolshed (8ftx6ft).

1

$600

$600

TOTAL $1370

C) Side yard (east) by driveway:

C1: Wide stairs by house. Cut away about 2 or slightly more ft of the stairs. Under window: trumpet flower vine. Where paving stone was lifted: climbing explorer rose.

1 1

$20

T $20

$20

TBD $20

Paved area below stairs. Prefab toolshed (8ftx4ft).

1

$500

$500

C2: Small bed by fence. Clematis (late flowering (white)). Mixture of cultivated daylilies and other medium-height perennials (malva, hibiscus, hollyhock, gladiolus, dahlia, etc.) in front.

1

TBD

$20

TBD

$20

$40

Faucet from basemen/semiautomatic watering system: Work and materials to install faucet. Materials for watering system: - 4-way splitter

1

1

$200

$25

$200

2 Transplant from another location or garden. Cost TBD.




- piping - heads and fittings

100ft 4

$25 $20

$130

TOTAL $930

D): Back yard

Lower deck: Under railing of upper deck: build 3 large rectangular flower boxes: - W side of back stair (30in deep x 30in high x 72in); - E side of back stair (30in deep x 30in high x 96in); - E side of railing at corner (29in deep x 30in high x 96in); - 6-8ft cedars in boxes.

On railing above steps: long flower box and plant with overhanging flowers (white flower vine) that will quickly hang down and hide the railing and provide privacy and color.

Around edge of lower deck: acquire/build smaller boxes, and plant with colorful annuals: 4 boxes, one at each side, and one at each deck corner, shaped to match corner angle (appr. 24x24x36in).

1 1 1

9

1

n

5 flats

4

$350 $350 $350

$30

$20

-

$4

$100

$1050

$270

$20

$20

$20

$400

Throughout beds below deck: Stones spaced throughout in curved arcs as inviting, but somewhat hidden pathways, leading down from deck sort of from the center of each deck side.

n gravel

TBD $50

TBD $50

D1: W side: In corner between deck and fence with gate: jackmanii clematis (to grow up and along upper deck railing). In corner by fence: Preston lilac.

1 1

$20 $30

$20 $30

D2: Along west fence (from N to S): In space between 1st and 2nd lilac: golden mock orange.

1

$30

$30

Along back fence (from W to E): medium-height trees: - D3: at W corner: Russian olive. - D4: between lilac and maple: Japanese lilac, serviceberry, - D5: between big maple and maple in E corner: Russian olive; golden honeylocust (prune leafage to cover maples in front, and rise above burgundy sandcherry leafage).

1 2

2

$250 $250

$250

$250 $500

$500

D7: Along east fence (from S to N): Sandcherry in front of existing maple (maintain burgundy leafage low to spread into corner in front of maple and below honeylocust). Virburnum lantana. Chinese lilac.

1

1 1

$200

$50 $50

$200

$50 $50




Yellow clematis (to cover fence). 1 $30 $30

In front of trees:3 W corner: 2 bronze-leaved/green bushes behind a golden elder E corner: Golden elder and PG hydrangea and behind a Bristol ruby weigela. Along fence just in front of and between trees: bridal wreath spirea, Korean lilac, Preston lilac, sterile cranberry, tallbush cranberry.

3

3

5

$30

$30

$30

$90

$90

$150

Central garden area4: Taller spikes of color: golden rudbeckia (Fall), Echinacea. Add a couple of large hostas mixed with forest plants. W and E corners: azalea. Annabelle hydrangeas. Beebalm

n n 2 2 1

T T

$50 T T

TBD TBD $100

- TBD

Central parts adjacent to straight sections of deck (1-2ftwidth strips): Medium-height perennials: golden Spring daylily, golden July daylily, malva, phlox panniculata, potentilla, forest bells, etc.

n

T

TBD

Tree canopy. Trim large branches so that sun shines through into back yard.

1

$1300

$1300

TOTAL $5220

TOTAL (supplies for season)5 $8748

If you have any questions concerning this design, please call: Peter Vasdi at 613-797-7773

Signed to indicate that I have read and understand this design:

SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________ DATE: __________________

THANK YOU

3 Selected plants/bushes can change based on what is available at time of planting and new ideas on the best configuration.

4 Actual choice of perennials will depend on personal taste at time of planting. Objective is to plant a variety of colors throughout season. Most perennials can be transplanted from other gardens.

5 Total does not include to be decided (TBD) item costs.

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