Hourly Consultations

A consultation is typically used for proper plant maintenance, drainage issues, overall conceptual ideas and visions. The consultation often leads to a written proposal for landscape drawings and details.

Siting Homes and Driveway Layout

This service is the first step a client and his/her architect or builder may request for a design opinion for new construction. Standard concerns are the following: proper drainage, slopes, garden layout, hardscapes, and sun directions.

Master Planning

Master Planning includes site analysis of existing conditions, scaled base information, preliminary master landscape layout plans, revisions, client meetings, detailed plant list, maintenance schedule, construction details, and landscape lighting plan.

Construction Project Management

Management of a project includes the following steps of construction and installation:

  • Written Construction Specifications
  • Contractor bid package dispersion
  • Plans submitted to Neighborhood or Architectural Review Boards
  • Contractor bid collection and review
  • Written Summary of Bids mailed to client
  • Organizing/scheduling of contractors
  • Installation inspections during construction
  • Review of contractor payment requests
  • Final inspection/punch list prior to any contractor receiving final payment

"Relaxing, fresh, classical, elegant, simple… these are just a few of many characteristics that Graham Kimak Landscape Designs strives to achieve in our landscape and garden designs. With every client having different needs, likes and desires, it is our job to listen and then translate those wishes from words… to paper… to reality. Our process begins with a preliminary plan, then revisions, and finally a completed landscape plan. The final product includes construction details, a thorough plant list, and a maintenance schedule. By using some of the best contractors in the upstate, we are able to complete your project by managing all aspects of the installation process. Along with the client, Graham Kimak Landscape Designs wants to combine our ideas and visions to create a detailed, aesthetically pleasing and functional landscape for you, your family and friends to enjoy for many years to come."