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Not ready just yet or still feeling out options? Our (a) Project Audit covers discover, scoping, analysis, phasing, budgeting, and guidance at $1k, while the (b) Exploration Track is a month long design sprint with flexible deliverables offered at $5k and that can morph into full-service if desired.
Investment Guide
Sharing as much information as possible about landscape design costs, we hope to empower everyone to better strategize and prioritize their investments, creating a more balanced approach to budgeting for your home projects.As a small business operating with detailed precision and care, we're able to take on only a handful of projects each year. At our current size we have bandwith for 10-12 select projects per year.
Proposal Process
After filling out the form on our site here, we’ll schedule either a video call or site-visit to talk through your project together. Then we’ll share your proposal along with deposit invoice to reserve your spot on the project calendar.Timeline
Plantkind focuses on designing full-scale gardens by taking a holistic view of your outdoor world, and results in a stronger final outcome. For example, if you’re planning to address the front and back gardens, we’d design both of those spaces at the same time. However, the installation of these design plans can happen in multiple phases.
1. Design Process
→ 2. Construction →
3. Plant Growth
Small
Mostly botanical, with irrigation and some hardscaping like pathways and pads.
Medium
More layers added in with hardscaping, construction, and material selections coming into play.
Complex sites, hillsides, grading, custom tilework, and more specialists involved.
Process
Programming
Learn from the space that surrounds you in your existing site conditions to gain a deep understanding of the unique vision and desired outcomes.
Schematic
Explore multiple conceptual directions to establish guiding themes for the landscape that inform and set the tone for the story moving forward.
Development
Layer planting and material palettes together with selections that align with the project goals and meets the needs of the local ecosystem.
Documentation
Communicate the design intent thoughtfully through a set of organized plans to guide the installation of the future outdoor space.
Sourcing
Seamless project delivery and procurement with our network of suppliers for plant material, lighting fixtures, and outdoor furniture. Ensuring the original design intent is brought to life.
Build
We're a team with a sharp construction skillset that's embedded throughout the entire roadmap providing an integrated project delivery, consisting of multiple site visits and agile project management.
Service
Plants are guaranteed to establish and replacements are offered. Always available with yearly check-ins with our design team along with continued support via email and text message.
Maintenance
You can never really finish a garden. On-going garden care services through our community of horticulturalists. For those who would like to do this themselves, we can provide guidance and resources.
Plantkind is a digitally driven studio with the client experience powered by screen recordings, collaborative documents,
calendar invites, digital signatures, interactive 3d models, direct bank transfer connections, text message group chats, and more.
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calendar invites, digital signatures, interactive 3d models, direct bank transfer connections, text message group chats, and more.
See more behind the scenes
On the ground throughout construction, walking the site with contractors, problem solving in real time, and making sure the design intent comes through at every stage of the build.
Sourcing materials from the sample library, visiting nurseries, coordinating with millwork partners, and keeping the project moving through quick calls and messages. Weekly timeline updates from the build team keep everyone aligned.
Low-Voltage lighting designed in the Netherlands
Outdoor furniture from select brands
EV charging stations
No BPA recycled plastic garden hoses
California native trees for present and future
Irrigation systems for smart homes with weather intelligence
Leak and corrosion resistant, plug and play hose spigots
Accessories for home exteriors
The most successful project outcomes consider the whole site and exterior space together in a cohesive approach.
With a detail-driven process that includes all elements populating the space, the full picture of the landscape comes together.
- Hardscaping
- Construction
- Lighting
- Furniture
- Finishings
- Irrigation
Buildings
Plantkind specializes in integrating structures with our trusted
trade partners into your outdoor space to expand livable areas.
Designing with drought-tolerant native plants already adapted to California's climate, sustained by rainwater alone. Smart irrigation, reduced water bills, and no wasted resources on thirsty lawns.
Landscape plans that consider defensible space, fire resistant plant selection, proper spacing between plantings, and strategic use of hardscape as fuel breaks. Common-sense strategies for living in fire-prone landscapes.
California Native Plants
The use of native plants in your project conserves water, supports wildlife, reduces maintenance, promotes biodiversity, improves soil health, prevents erosion, and decreases pest issues. Plus, they honor the local ecological heritage and make use feel more connected to the specific environment where we live.
Low-Voltage lighting designed in the Netherland
Outdoor furniture from select brands
EV charging stations
No BPA recycled plastic garden hoses
California native trees for present and future
Irrigation systems for smart homes with weather intelligence
Our landscape lighting and drip irrigation systems are designed to work with Apple HomeKit, Google Home, and Matter smart home setups
Smart Outdoor Lighting
Low-Voltage lighting designed in the Netherlands
Intelligent Irrigation
Irrigation systems for smart homes with weather intelligence
Are you available to start now or soon?
Yes. We can move quick. The trees grow bit slower at times.
How much do projects cost?
Our projects range from $50k to $5m. We believe in financial transparency and open conversations.
Where do you work geographically?
Anywhere. We’re based in the San Francisco Bay Area but can tackle projects across the country and planet.
We stay involved. Maintenance support, yearly check-ins, and ongoing care for the space as it grows into the future.
Yes. A network of specialists and contractors we've worked with for a long time. You're in good hands.
For sure. We love being in the space. If you're further away or out of state, we may limit to a couple of key visits.
We can be strategic. Phased installations, flexible timelines, and guidance on value engineering where it's needed.
We're priced in the middle to upper tier of the market and structured to sustain a thoughtful small practice. Our pricing reflects a comprehensive design process that results in detailed plans.
We handle all of that. Topographic surveys if required. It's a full service deal.
Depends on what we're doing. Larger structures, extensive grading, tall retaining walls, complex drainage. We guide you through all of it. Most projects don't require them.
Yes. We could consider designing the full picture together, then install in phases if needed. Single cohesive vision, flexible execution
Yep, we prefer that. This is a collaborative process. We create space for you to shape the design with us, not just receive a finished plan.
Yes. We think holistically about everything outside the home. Hardscape, structures, grading, drainage, utilities. Full service from design through build with our network of contractors.
Deposit secures your spot on the project calendar. Payments are spread across the project timeline. Quick questions aren't billed. Hourly kicks in for anything extended.
As early as possible. Even if a full project is years away, a quick check-in now saves headaches later. Already underway? We can jump in too.