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One-to-one
Private Garden Consultation
90-minute session
One-to-one
Private Garden Consultation
90-minute session
One-to-one mentoring
A 90-minute video consultation on your garden, with a written action plan and a plant list
with Claire Donovan, garden designer
$480
Single sessionAbout the sessions
A private 90-minute video call with garden designer Claire Donovan about your garden: what to keep, what to take out, what to plant and in which order. Claire studies your photos and measurements beforehand, so the call goes to decisions, not questions. Within five business days you receive a written action plan and a plant list for your zone.
It suits a garden that isn’t working as well as one that hasn’t started: the border that’s bare by July, the view of the neighbor’s garage, the lawn that drinks too much water, the side yard nobody uses. On the call you can walk Claire around with your phone while she sketches options on screen and explains what each one costs in money, effort and upkeep. For 30 days afterward, you can send follow-up questions by email.
A consultation isn’t a full design. You won’t get a scaled drawing, and big projects, such as a new patio, regrading or a full irrigation system, still need a contractor and often a proper plan; the Bespoke Garden Design Plan covers that. But many gardens don’t need a redesign. They need a dozen good decisions, made in the right order, and Claire will tell you when the simplest option is the right one.
One 90-minute private video call
Book online right after purchase. Sessions can be used within 6 months and moved with 24 hours’ notice.
Book your call
Right after purchase you get an email with a booking link. Choose a 90-minute slot in your own time zone, any time in the next 6 months.
Send photos and measurements
At least three days before the call, send photos from each corner of the garden and from the windows you look out of most, a rough sketch with measurements, your ZIP code, where the sun falls in the morning and afternoon, and a list of what you want to change and what you want to keep.
The consultation
Claire has already studied your material, so the 90 minutes go to decisions. Walk her around with your phone if you like; she sketches options on screen and talks through the trade-offs.
Your action plan
Within 5 business days you receive the written action plan and plant list. For 30 days after the call, send any follow-up questions by email.
Your mentor
Claire Donovan
Garden designer
Designs low-maintenance gardens with perennials and grasses. Trained in England, practicing in California since 2011.
Garden Design
Groups of three or five, stepped heights, bloom times that hand off to one another and grasses for winter: a method for designing a perennial border.
Claire Donovan · · 4 min read
