Services

Colleen's, A Landscape Design Company, located in Port Orchard, offers garden consultation and landscape design services to the Western Puget Sound area. Colleen Miko offers garden consultation on an hourly basis, with a garden walk through that is helpful for new homeowner’s or anyone who needs a new perspective. Consultations can include plant evaluation (advice on placement, transplanting, pruning, trouble shooting) and general design advice.

Landscape Design services are tailored to your exact needs, whether you intend to do your own garden installation or renovation, or intend to have it professionally installed. Custom designed blueprints are a map from which you can work on your own time, or provides a means to obtain meaningful and comparable bids from contractors. Complete landscape plans include thorough site evaluation, design blueprints, detailed plant lists and lists of materials with design sketches for fences, paths, water features, etc. Colleen helps do-it-yourselfers with installation instructions and lists of locations for purchasing landscaping materials. For those who choose professional installation, Colleen prefers to purchase and deliver the specified plants herself to check their health and quality, as well as insuring the integrity of the garden plan. Project Management is another service Colleen offers to help the homeowner communicate with their chosen contractor and to assure the homeowner’s dream garden is installed as designed.
 
The Value & Benefit of Good Design

The Value of Landscape Design
A well-designed landscape reflects the style of your home, the physical characteristics of your property and the activities your family enjoys. Your yard is a personal, creative statement that reflects who you are. While increasing your own enjoyment of your home, an attractive landscape can also increase your property value. A recent study by the American Association of Nurserymen indicates that an attractive yard can increase the value of a property by up to 30%, with an average increase being about 12%.
 
A custom landscape plan provides a realistic goal toward which you can work and eliminates costly mistakes. When plants are thoughtfully chosen for their mature size and location, pruning and maintenance costs are reduced. Well-planned recreational areas encourage outdoor activities that physically and mentally benefit the whole family. In turn, healthy and landscapes provide habitat for the wildlife around us.