Approach
A clear path from first sketch to first spade.
Four stages, in order, with nothing decided for you along the way. This is how the concept studio would describe its process. It is a demonstration, so the later stages are explained rather than offered.
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Choose priorities
Start with what the garden should be good for: eating outside, somewhere to unwind, room to play, easy upkeep, colour, wildlife or growing food. Then sketch the rough shape in the planner.
The planner works with a simple rectangle: width, length, a patio share, a border depth and a finish allowance. That is enough to talk about proportions without pretending to be a survey.
In this demo: try it in the garden planner, then carry the plan into an enquiry.
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Discuss the site
Before any figure means much, the site itself is talked through: changes in level, how materials get in and out, whether the ground drains, and what is staying.
That is why the planner asks about the site separately. A slope, steps, restricted access, a drainage concern or an unsure answer all switch the plan to an assessment brief, with no sample price at all.
In this demo: no visit is arranged and no address is asked for. The assessment brief simply lists what would be discussed.
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Agree a design and quote
A real studio would turn the conversation into a drawing and a written quote, with its own rates, its own exclusions and worked examples you can check. You would agree both before any work began.
The sample calculation on this site only shows how such a conversation could be laid out. Its rates were invented for the demonstration and it is never a quotation.
In this demo: see how the sample prices work.
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Arrange the work
Only once the design and quote are agreed would dates be discussed, around the season, the weather and your plans for the garden.
Nothing on this site books a date, takes a payment or promises a timescale.
In this demo: a saved enquiry is a fictional test record in a private demo inbox that only the site operator can open.
Begin at stage one
Sketch a plan, or just say hello.
Use the planner if you know the rough size. If you do not, start an enquiry anyway; the size can be measured together.