11 10 client interview
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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
cover
Identify these groundcovers
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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