Frequently Asked Questions

  • Lisa Cann Garden Design offers three main services: Personal Design Advice, a full Garden Design Service, and Landscaping Contracting and Plant Procurement. These cover everything from on-site advice through to a hand-drawn garden plan, contractor quotations, and plant sourcing.

  • Personal Design Advice includes a two-hour visit at your home or on site, with advice on landscaping and planting. For many clients, this is enough to get their project moving in the right direction.

  • Personal Design Advice is listed at £149 including VAT. The site also states that mileage is charged over 10 miles.

  • Yes. The site says that if you go on to ask Lisa to design the garden, the cost of the initial design advice is taken off the cost of the garden design.

  • The Garden Design Service includes a visit to your home, a discussion about your garden needs and preferences, written confirmation of the brief, and a hand-drawn garden plan prepared by Lisa. The service is described as suitable for clients who want a bespoke design for their outdoor space.

  • The Garden Design Service is listed at £799, which the site describes as the typical cost for a medium-size back garden.

  • Yes. Lisa can arrange quotations from three different landscapers based on a specification, introduce them to you so you can make an informed choice, procure plants at wholesale prices, and make sure they are planted correctly in line with the planting plan and the needs of the garden.

  • Landscaping contracting and plant procurement is listed at £1,200 on the site.

  • The About page says Lisa works in North Essex and Suffolk and has designed hundreds of gardens, while also maintaining many in the local area