Ready to Get the Landscape of Your Dreams?
The best landscapes are created from a blend of artistry, in-depth scientific knowledge, and decades of experience. That's the Bay Landscaping difference that continues to earn us recognition for outstanding landscape design both locally and throughout Michigan.
Whether you're looking for a simple "facelift" to an existing landscape, a comprehensive design for a new build, or anything in-between, you can trust the professionals at Bay Landscaping to create a design that works for the way you live and provides the best growing environment for your plants.
You can rest easy knowing the designs we create include the healthy, thriving plants from our own 70+acre nursery.
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Three Design Options
Whether you’re a homeowner or business owner, we will be your landscape design partner at any stage of the process.
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Leave it All to Us
We'll design your landscape (in collaboration with you) and take care of all the construction and installation. Beyond giving us the input and feedback needed to create the perfect design, you won't have to lift a finger!
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Share the Work
We'll be there for you every step of the way but you can choose to perform any of the tasks you most enjoy. Love tearing out overgrown plants? Go for it! Like laying pavers? It's all yours! Everything else? We'll take care of it.
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Get a Helping Hand
If you're the DIY type but need some direction and support, we're here to help you out. Whether you need guidance in choosing an appropriate plant palette for your property, determining your construction supply needs, or delivering plants and trees to your location, you can count on us to provide whatever assistance you need.
Our Landscape Design Process
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Initial Meeting
Welcome to the team!
We always view you as an indispensable member of our design team. After all, no one knows better than you how you want your landscape to look or how you want to enjoy it.
After you’ve contacted us, we’ll set up an initial meeting time that’s convenient for you. During that meeting, one of our landscape designers will come to your home and:
- Listen to your landscaping needs and preferences, including design styles, building materials, and plant preferences.
- Ask about any special concerns, such as drainage issues or unwanted views.
- Walk your property to see any issues directly and get the lay of the land (literally)!
- Take pictures and even take a soil sample, if necessary.
We begin with an analysis and evaluation of your existing yard and landscape. This includes gathering technical information including property line locations, yard dimensions, and the position of non-movable objects. We’ll talk with you at length about your unique needs, how you use your yard, and what you personally envision for the design of your landscape. We’ll discover what you enjoy about your existing property and what you want to change, and any specific structures and/or features you feel are necessary or should be avoided.
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Concepts & Review
Options and inspiration for your new landscape
Next, we’ll show you examples from our portfolio of projects similar to yours. We want to help you visualize exactly what the possibilities are for your home’s landscape.
Based on the scope of your project, we'll provide you with a design retainer agreement and a design questionnaire so you can take your time thinking about your needs, styles, and options.
During the early stages of the planning process, our team will discuss with you a wide variety of ideas to help us home in on the ideal solution for you and your lifestyle. We’ll also consider your existing outdoor space, including any plants, hardscapes, drainage, grading issues, etc.
Depending on the scale of the project, you'll have one or more conceptual drawings to look at. After approving one of the concepts, the designer will begin the process of rendering a final landscape design for your approval.
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Setting a Budget
We'll never surprise you
As experts in designing and installing beautiful landscapes, Bay Landscaping knows how much different options cost. We’ll show you pricing comparisons, offer installation phasing options, and itemize every part of your plan for your approval upfront.
We’ll budget for every part of the project, such as:
- Existing plant protection and/or removals
- Hardscapes (concrete, wood, stone, fencing, lighting, etc.)
- Softscapes (plants and groundcover)
- All other key aspects of your project including any necessary sub-contracting
- Recommended maintenance budgets
The only surprise you might experience is the end result looking even more beautiful than you imagined!
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Design & Approval
Getting it all down on paper
Our designer will create a final rendering of the project with detailed specifications for plant materials, hardscaping, and all costs specific to the installation.
Once the concepts have been refined into the final plan, we’ll come to your home for a proposal meeting where we'll present the plan and walk through all parts of the project. We'll leave you with a detailed proposal to review; we want you to understand and approve exactly what your dream landscape will entail.
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Installation & Quality Control
Bringing your dream to life
Before any work starts on your new landscape, we'll give you a complete, step-by-step plan and estimated timeline for completing your project so you'll know what to expect. We’ll even take care of as much of the paperwork as possible, including acquiring permits for decks, sheds, fences, or any other aspects of the project that may require them.
Bay Landscaping's professional crew will install your new landscape according to the final plans. Your designer and installation team leader are available during the whole process to respond to any questions and/or concerns that may arise.
Our construction team will involve you as much or as little as you’d like. By keeping you fully informed and encouraging you to stay involved, we can continue to collaborate with you as a partner throughout construction.
Finally, we never forget that we are guests on your property; we will be considerate in keeping noise, mess, and distraction to a minimum. Because it’s not just our job site, it’s your home.
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Landscape Maintenance
Keeping it beautiful for the long term
Our partnership with you doesn’t end just because construction is complete.
Included in every project where we install plants and irrigation, we provide a one-year warranty on your new plants. If any plants don’t make it through the year, they'll be replaced.
Landscapes are always growing and evolving. Beyond the first year, your new landscape will benefit from ongoing horticultural and aesthetic adjustments. We’ll identify any routine and long-term maintenance needs you should be aware of and offer to take care of those for you. After all, who knows your landscape better than the pros who built it?
We can provide regular landscape maintenance throughout the year (with weekly, monthly, and annual programs), once a year horticultural pruning, or anything in-between.
We offer pest and disease control, weeding, cultivating, fertilizing, edging, pruning, spring and fall cleanup, and winter plant protection to keep your new or existing garden looking its best all year.
*We do not provide lawn mowing services. Please refer to your local lawn care company.
Meet Our Landscape Designers
