Front garden
- WalkwayConcrete pavers
- Ground coverDouble-shredded hardwood mulch
- Plant paletteClassic evergreen
Design inspiration drawn from your selections. It isn't a site-specific engineered plan, a survey or a planting layout.
For Imani and Lee Okafor, Cary, North Carolina
A yard that looks finished in its first season, and better every year.
Front and backyard landscape. Prices valid until December 14, 2026.
Read Abby’s note
Imani and Lee, it was a pleasure walking the yard with you and hearing what you’d like from it: more color by the front walk, privacy along the back line, and less mowing.
Below are three planting plans, from refreshed foundation beds to a layered garden. Each price is exact for the beds and plant quantities listed. Choose the paths, ground cover and plant palette you like, then add privacy, lighting, irrigation or ongoing care.
Nothing here commits you. Send a request and we’ll set up a design meeting.
Abby LindgrenLandscape designer, Fernbrook Landscape Studio
Design inspiration drawn from your selections. It isn't a site-specific engineered plan, a survey or a planting layout.
Choose a planting plan
- Beds
- Front, sides and back border
- Plants
- 64 plus 2 trees
- Front walkway
- New
- Time on site
- 5 to 6 days
Why Abby recommends it. It fixes the front walk and gives the back line a planted edge, which covers most of what you asked for without the full garden.
Paths, ground cover and plants
Swatches are illustrations; we'll walk the nursery stock and stone samples with you before installation.
Privacy, lighting, irrigation and care
Optional. Nothing here is added unless you choose it.
The details
The design
Every plan starts by removing the tired shrubs and turf in the bed areas, amending the soil and edging new bed lines. The plans differ in how much of the yard becomes garden: refreshed beds along the house, full beds that frame the front walk, or a layered garden with small trees, shrubs and perennials.
What’s included
In every plan
- Remove existing shrubs and turf in the new bed areas
- Soil amendment in every new bed
- Steel edging along new bed lines
- Planting, staking where needed, and a first deep watering
- Clean-up and haul-away of debris
Not included
- Tree removal or stump grinding
- Drainage or grading changes
- Lawn renovation outside the bed areas
- Repairs to unmarked private lines
This price assumes
- Soil can be worked by hand and small equipment
- Water is available at an outside spigot during installation
- Plant varieties may be substituted for availability with your approval
Who handles what
| Item | Handled by | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 811 utility locateRequested before digging. | Fernbrook Landscape Studio | Requested before digging. |
| Private linesPlease flag sprinkler heads, low-voltage wiring and pet fences. | You | Please flag sprinkler heads, low-voltage wiring and pet fences. |
| HOA landscape approvalIf your HOA reviews landscape changes, we'll provide the plan to submit. | You | If your HOA reviews landscape changes, we'll provide the plan to submit. |
| Watering until establishedUnless you add drip irrigation, new plants need watering as directed for the first season. | You | Unless you add drip irrigation, new plants need watering as directed for the first season. |
Only if needed
These aren't in your total. They apply only if the condition is found, and we'll show you before doing the work.
- Rock or buried debris in a bedOnly if we hit it while digging. We stop and show you first.
- $115 per hour
How the project runs
Start: Spring and fall are best for planting; we schedule after the design meeting.
Design meeting
1 to 2 weeks
We confirm the direction and prepare a site-specific planting plan for your approval.
Utility locate
3 business days
811 marks public lines before we dig. Please flag private lines like sprinklers.
Removal and soil
1 to 3 days
Old plants and turf come out, beds are edged and the soil is amended.
Walkway and paths
1 to 3 days
The new walk and any paths are set.
Planting
1 to 3 days
Plants go in, irrigation and lighting are connected, and ground cover goes down.
Walkthrough
Same week
We walk the garden with you and leave watering instructions.
Durations are Fernbrook Landscape Studio’s estimates and can shift with weather and inspections.
About Fernbrook Landscape Studio
Fernbrook Landscape Studio is a fictional landscape design and installation company created to demonstrate QuoteStage. In a real estimate, this is where the contractor describes who they are, how long they've worked in the area and how they run a project.
- License
- Landscape contractor registration LC-DEMO-0000 (fictional number for demonstration)
- Insurance
- General liability certificate available on request (demonstration text)
- Warranty
Sample warranty for the fictional demo company: plants we install are guaranteed for one year when watered as directed (or on our irrigation). Hardscape workmanship is warranted for 2 years.
- Service area
- Wake and Durham counties, North Carolina
Documents
As Fernbrook Landscape Studio provided them.
- Certificate of insurance (sample)View Certificate of insurance (sample)
- Contractor license (sample)View Contractor license (sample)
Terms
- Prices valid until
- December 14, 2026
- Payment schedule
- 30% when you approve the planting plan
- 40% when hardscape is complete
- 30% at the final walkthrough
- Changes after signing
- Plant substitutions for availability are made only with your OK. Any other change is written up with its price first.
- Please note
The drawings on this page are design inspiration, not a site-specific engineered plan. A planting plan with exact varieties, quantities and placement is prepared after you approve the design direction.
Care plans are optional, billed monthly, and can be cancelled with 30 days' notice. They aren't part of the project total.
Ready to go ahead?
Send your selections to Fernbrook Landscape Studio. They'll contact you to confirm the details and prepare an agreement. Sending this doesn't commit you to anything.
You’re sending$18,900
Front garden package; Walkway: Concrete pavers; Ground cover: Double-shredded hardwood mulch; Plant palette: Classic evergreen.