How Wizard Can Help You

This section is for the professional landscaper / contractor / tradesman who is excellent at hard landscaping but struggles with design and presentation.

Good presentation of your design is crucial to winning the contract and putting over ideas.

We also provide a sample plan, with your logo printed on it, which will assist with your initial pitch to the client.

The Design

A well thought out and professionally presented Wizard design will:-

Blend the client's thoughts and requirements with our expertise and flair
Present a really professional face
Show the client exactly what they will be getting - so no misunderstandings later
Give the client great enthusiasm for the porject
Help sell any extra ideas you might have

The procedure for drawing up a design for private clients is found by clicking on to:

The procedure for the professional is only a little different. We send you a package containing:

Survey paper
Instructions on how we like the survey drawn up
Satchets for soil samples
Questionnaire for all possible client requirements
Freepost envelope

We ask you to draw up a survey of the garden , get the clients answers to the questionnaire, take one or two soil samples and send it all back to us.

Once this has been received we will produce your design package within 14 days *.

The design package comes in three parts:

1.		The unique garden design with your organisations' name printed on it to give that really professional touch. This is delivered in a protective plastic sleeve for presentation to the client. We also give you two black and white copies for your own use.

2.		A booklet to give the client containing: Front cover giving your organisations' name. First page with clients name and address and project details. Second page giving an overview of the project - soil analysis, difficult views, awkward shapes etc. etc. The planting plan for the scheme together with a description of all plants & trees suggested. Pruning instructions for the plants & trees suggested. There is also a copy booklet for your records.

3.		A quotation for: All plants & trees suggested. Any other items to use on the contract.

Click here to see our schedule of charges for the different sizes of gardens.

N.B. In the case of the professional the 60% first charge on the schedule will get you to the stage where we send you an outline drawing of our ideas.

Once this has been agreed, and the balance of the charge received we can 'work up' the final drawing and send it to you together with the booklet.

Your Initial Pitch to a Prospective Client

To help you with this crucial stage we can provide for you:

A sample design with your name printed on it. This comes in a protective sleeve.
One of our booklets containing a sample of what the client can expect.

Armed with this and your portfolio you will be well equipped to win your contract. Our charge for this service is Ł25.

A Sample Design

Charging the Client for Design Work

As designers and contractors we have never had a problem charging for design work.

In fact we take the view that we only want clients who understand the value of good design - and will pay for it.

If this aspect worries you then there is the option of say charging only half the fee with the other half coming from the contracts profitability.

We would never reccommend providing the design free of charge. If it has not been paid for no value is put on it and you are asking for trouble.

* Assuming normal trading conditions.