Father Nature Landscapes · Tacoma Inquire
Detail of paver patio, outdoor kitchen, and covered structure — a Father Nature design
Design — Since 2006

See your yard before we touch a shovel.

Custom Visualization Blueprint

001 — Design

A buildable plan, not a sales sketch.

Every project begins with a Custom Visualization Blueprint — a complete plan with materials, layout, planting, lighting, drainage, and fixed cost worked out at the kitchen table before the first day of work.

It's the deliverable other firms call a 'concept.' We call it the contract. You see exactly what we'll build, exactly what it'll cost, and exactly how each piece relates to the next — before you commit to anything.

Design starts at $2,500. Most clients move from design to build within a few months of the first site walk.

Chris Scheer, Co-owner
002 — How design works

From the first walk
to a fixed plan.

  1. I.

    Site walk

    We visit the property, listen to how you use it, photograph what's there, and decide together whether the fit is right.

  2. II.

    Custom Visualization Blueprint

    Site plan, materials palette, planting scheme, lighting placement, drainage, cost. Walked through line by line at the kitchen table.

  3. III.

    Fixed scope

    Design, materials, and budget are locked. No surprise changes once the build begins. Change orders are conversations, not invoices.

005 — How it actually goes

What the build looks like
from your side.

Most of our buyers have been burned before — by a quick-quote contractor, a vague estimate, a crew that vanished. Here's what to expect, step by step.

  1. I.

    The first meeting

    Chris shows up. It's not a sales pitch — it's both sides deciding whether the fit is right. Bring your questions. We'll bring ours. If it's a fit, we keep going. If not, you've lost nothing.

  2. II.

    See it before the shovel

    The Custom Visualization Blueprint is a real plan — materials, layout, planting, lighting, cost — worked out at the kitchen table before the first day of work. No vague quotes that grow over time. You see the project, then decide.

  3. III.

    Real numbers, walked through line by line

    No off-the-hip estimates. We sit with you and explain what each line item buys, where the cost comes from, and what we'd do differently if the budget moves. Once it's locked, it's locked.

  4. IV.

    Same crew, every week

    The team that drew the plan installs the plan. Same names on site through the whole build. Changes aren't arguments — they're conversations, talked through and approved before anyone swings a tool.

  5. V.

    We don't disappear at the end

    Walkthrough, punch-out, follow-up. Many projects roll naturally into a maintenance contract because the team you've worked with for weeks is the same team you'll see next spring. Most of our clients come back for a second or third project.

Begin

Start with a site walk.

We visit the property, listen to how you use it, and decide together whether the fit is right. We take on a small number of designs each season.

Request a site walk