Our Process

Once you decide to enhance your outdoor space with Creative Habitats, one of our talented designers will meet with you at your home to evaluate your space and its uses. We’ll talk with you about your vision for the space and how it will fit into your lifestyle.

Some of the questions we may ask you include:

1. How do you envision using this space?
2. What do you do outside?
3. How much time do you spend outside? Would you like to spend more time outside?
4. Do you have children who will be playing outside?
5. Do you have pets?
6. Will you maintain the space yourself or hire a company to do so, or are you looking for a more hands-off space?
7. Do you need drainage solutions?

Our goal from this initial meeting is to understand how you live in your space so that we can create a plan customized especially for you. We’ll walk through your outdoor space and discuss how you plan to use it and all the pieces that help make an outdoor space welcoming – plants and patio surfacing, for starters – so that we can understand your likes and dislikes. Once we have walked your property and talked through how you’ll use the space, our designers will typically draw a landscaping plan tailored especially to you, detailing plant types, hardscape materials, irrigation and more.

Many times, we find that homeowners love the full plan we put together, but want to complete it in stages, either due to budget concerns or seasonal issues. We are happy to create a “phasing in” master plan to accommodate your needs. With this plan, all aspects of your new space will be installed over time, whether over the course of a couple of seasons, years, or whenever your budget allows. Our designers will recommend each phase and give you a pricing estimate, so you can be sure each piece fits within your budget.