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Why hire a professional
landscape designer?
O’Donal’s
Professionals are hired every day to help us do the things
around our home that we cannot do ourselves. It is
important to have the job done right and that goes for
having a well designed landscape.
Landscape Design
Service
At O’Donal’s, our landscape designer will offer the expertise
needed to develop an ornamentally superb, functional and
successful landscape design customized to your needs. We
provide you the guidance of how to plant and/or maintain so
you can achieve and continue to have the beautiful garden
that you have always wanted.
THINK AHEAD… WINTER IS THE TIME
TO GET STARTED FOR SPRING PLANTING
What should I expect from a customized landscape?
The benefits to having a customized landscape design are:
• Avoids costly and time consuming mistakes.
• With a master plan supplied, you will arrive at the garden
center with the knowledge of which plants to buy.
• Knowing your garden will thrive and in turn raise the
property value of your home.
• Considers the constant elements of colors, textures, sizes
and shapes of plants to reflect your interests & fit the
property.
• A custom landscape takes into account all the factors that
make your landscape unique.
Whether you are looking for
a historically accurate
landscape, a
contemporary retreat,
a birder’s sanctuary, or
a colorful perennial
garden, we can
design a plan to fit
your needs.
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Gorham, Maine 04038
207-839-4262
www.odonalsnurseries.com
• Possess a permanent design document as reference for the
future.
BEAUTIFUL SPACES. TRUSTED FACES.
P LAN
DESIGN
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Why should I hire the
landscape designer in the winter?
If you plan to hire a landscaper to
install your plants,
landscapers line up their
jobs by April or May for
the entire planting
season.Therefore, it is
smart to have your design
done during winter for it to be
implemented the following spring.
If you prefer to do the planting
yourself, you can prepare your
workload over the season or simply hit
the ground running once the ground thaws.
With a plan in hand, the choice is yours.
Checklist of customers’ questions
I would like my plants to provide:
Privacy
Food
Shade
Noise buffer
Fragrance
Native plants
Energy efficiency
Birds/butterflies
Flowers
4 Season appeal
Heirloom plants
Windbreak
I’d like my garden to be:
Bright, cheerful
Contemporary
Meditative
Cottage
Formal
Extension of the home’s interior
What are my favorite:
Colors? Plants?
What colors/plants I don’t like?
Allergies
Handicap access
Do I need to consider pets/children?
Maintenance:
Very little
Some
I love to work in the garden
What Else?
Irrigation
Lighting
Statuary
Deck/Patio/Entertaining space
Walkways
Water feature
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The process
O’Donal’s quality
Consultation: Our designer will visit
your home and through a detailed
analysis recommend the necessary steps
for improving your landscape.The consultation
will encompass the sketched and listed selection of appropriate
plants for an established garden or it may involve providing the
size, form and composition for an intended garden area.This
will be done while keeping in mind any variables, such as space,
moisture, exposure (sun and wind), wildlife, soil type etc.
We grow a wide variety of stock in our own fields, just feet
away from the garden center. Nurtured in Maine soil and
acclimated to Maine conditions ensure that your investment
not only survives, but thrives. We provide the quality, size, and
selection you’ll find nowhere else.
O’Donal’s Staff will take the time to help you with all your
gardening projects. We will give you the
right information relevant to your
specific design, as well as provide
any additional gardening
information. We will be
familiar with your specific
plan, therefore you can
return to us anytime.
Design levels
If you choose to have a design drawn it will require the on-site
consultation.
The Fundamental Plan: This plan includes a design proposing
outlined garden beds, either those that are detached from the
house or as a foundation border against the house. All to-scale,
the design focuses on the plant selection, possible secondary
paths, and contours of garden beds.
Property Segment Plan: This plan focuses on a selected section
of your property drawn to-scale within proximity to the home
and along with what is proposed it will also include any existing
plant or hard-scape features.
Property Blue-Print: Consisting of both new and existing
landscape elements this plan will examine the entire property.
If you are uncertain of what design level
is applicable to your needs, the
landscape designer will help
you to determine by asking
the necessary questions.
We look forward to
working with you
and accomplishing
your desired
landscape or
garden.
BEAUTIFUL SPACES. TRUSTED FACES.