Client Interview

Review Groundcovers

Term: Public Area

Ground Covers chart

Ajuga

Wintercreeper

Juniper

Periwinkle

Liriope

Color/SeasonSizeExposurePlant

Bugle WeedAjuga reptans

• Herbaceous, flowering, perennial, evergreen• Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9• Size: 3 to 4 inches • Partial shade to shade• Foliage: Glossy medium green 3 to 4 inch oval-shaped

leaves in tight rosettes • Blue-violet flowers in spring • Spreads by stolons• Uses: containers &

groundcover

WintercreeperEuonymus

• EE OH NA MUS• Plant type: Evergreen Groundcover or shrub• USDA Hardiness Zones: 4b to 8b • Height: 12" to 24" • Exposure: shade to full sun • Leaf Color: Green, White, Variegated• Uses: Container, Erosion control, Ground cover,

Liriope muscari

• Herbaceous, flowering, perennial• USDA Hardiness Zones: 5a to 10a• Shade to full sun• Bloom Color: Lavender• Leaf Color: Green, Variegated • Bloom Time: Early summer, Early fall, • 6-12” tall, 12 – 36” wide• Landscape Uses: Border, Ground cover

Junipers• Juniperus• Plant type: Groundcover • USDA Hardiness Zones: 4a to 10a • Height: 11" to 24" Spread: 10-20’ • Exposure: partial shade to full sun • Leaves: Green to yellow green• Growth Rate: slow • Form: Prostrate, Spreading or

horizontal • Landscape Uses: Erosion control,

Ground cover, Massing • Susceptible to bagworms

PeriwinkleVinca minor

• Perennial, evergreen, groundcover• USDA Hardiness Zones: 4a to 9a • Height: 6" to 12" , spread 12-14”• Exposure: shade to full sun • Bloom Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, White • Leaf Color: Green • Growth Rate: fast • Can become invasive• Landscape Uses: Erosion control, Ground

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Design Steps

1. Meet the customer2. Sketch a base plan3. Determine family needs4. Conduct a site analysis5. Sketch rough outline (goose egg)6. Establish bed patterns7. Locate trees8. Locate shrubs9. Select plants10.Trace plan to quality vellum11.Label Plan12.Price plan

Sketch Base Plan before you meet with the client

Site Analysis

• Measure – Determine scale• Existing Plants• Orientation – Sunlight Path• Water• Slope• Land Uses – Client Interview

– Public Area – street front– Outdoor Living Area– Service Area

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Client Interview

• Go through a checklist to get the customer’s ideas for the site– Family Members– Pets– Attitudes– Use of outdoors– Privacy needs– Service areas– Preferences– Budget

Use interview results to sketchSite Plan – Goose Egg

Barrier

Barrier

Entertainment

Svc Area

Public AreaHammock/rest

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Site Plan-Goose Egg

Flower Garden

Flower Garden

Flower Garden

Vegetable Garden

Entertainment

Results

• Use client input to sketch the design project

• Make plant suggestions• Make hardscape suggestions

Movie

• Watch the video to get an idea of what a customer will communicate during the interview