Organization Landscape Design and Visioning

Organization Landscape Visioning and Design

Create Healing Outdoor Spaces

Partner with us to design a landscape that welcomes visitors, supports well-being, and is easy to maintain.

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Bring stakeholders together to co-design a welcoming, low-maintenance landscape that strengthens well-being, supports community use, and builds ecological resilience.

Sessions

1–5 sessions
1–2 hours each

Price

$950–$2,000, depending on the size of your landscape, your desired level of detail, and how many visioning and review sessions you choose. We’ll talk this through and provide a clear quote after an initial discussion.

Travel fees outside of the Iowa City area are estimated up front and included in your quote.

Benefits

Build Shared Understanding: Create a common vision for how the landscape will look, feel, and function for your community.
Reduce Conflict: Address prickly issues constructively and help teams move toward aligned, positive decisions.
Plan for Real Use: Explore how people, wildlife, and weather patterns shape the space so design and maintenance choices are grounded in reality.
Create Momentum: Understand the steps needed to move from vision to concept plan, master plan, and phase-by-phase implementation.
Strengthen Connection: Use a hands-on, nature-based process that supports inclusion, creativity, and pride in the shared space.

Process

Initial Visit: We walk the landscape with your coordinator, identify opportunities and constraints, learn about your goals, and understand who will participate in the visioning event.
Site Assessment: We map sun, shade, slopes, water flow, access points, and existing features.
Pre-Event Planning: We draft a facilitation plan that outlines group structure, topics, visuals, and coaching supports. We refine it with you until it fits your goals and group culture.
Visioning Event (about 90 minutes):
- We open with purpose, gentle ground rules, and inspiring examples of ecological design.
- Participants split into small groups to brainstorm ideas and needs for different areas of the landscape.
- Groups reconvene to share key themes, concerns, and creative possibilities.
Design Development: After the event, we move into landscape design work using the input gathered. Depending on your chosen scope, this may include:
- Concept layouts showing major areas, paths, and features.
- Preliminary design drawings with bed shapes, circulation patterns, and hardscape placement.
- Detailed master plan drawings (PDF) with plant groupings, measurements, and materials.
Collaborative Review: We meet with your team to refine the designs, confirm priorities, and outline a realistic implementation path.
Establishment Planning: We outline a realistic, step-by-step implementation plan, season by season, so you know what to do and when.
Focused Progress: If desired, coaching sessions can zoom in on priority areas to start moving from designs into concrete steps.

What You Receive

Visioning Summary: A follow-up summary of key decisions and ideas.
Publications: Research-based handouts and articles that explain concepts and practices in clear, beginner-friendly language.
Clear Priorities: A short list of focus areas and steps, so you know what to do next and what can wait.
Plant Lists: Researched low-maintenance plants and seed mixes that fit your goals, area conditions, and maintenance level.
Management Tips: Guidance on planting, watering, weeding, mulching, and seasonal care crafted so that fits your available time.
Resources and Materials Tips: Recommendations for tools, soil, mulch, and local or online sources that fit your budget.
Scaled Base Map: A to-scale drawing of the property that shows structures, boundaries, and major existing features.
Assessment Summary: A plain-language overview of sun, shade, slopes, soil, water flow, and key opportunities or challenges.
Concept Layouts: Big-picture "bubble" drawings that show where main areas and features reside and how travel paths bring them together.
Detailed Layout: Precise drawings that define bed shapes, pathways, and key features.
Hardscape Plan: A plan that shows exact locations and sizes of paths, patios, walls, edging, and other built elements.
Planting Plan: A map showing exact counts and locations of plants, plant groups, and ground covers along with spacing and characteristics.
3D Renderings: Perspective views that help visualize what the design will look like from ground level.
Establishment Plan: A season-by-season or year-by-year schedule that breaks work into manageable phases.

Plan Less. Grow More Together.

If your organization is ready to reimagine an outdoor space, we would love to help.

Share Your Goals: Schedule a free 15-minute phone or Zoom call so we can learn about your site, who uses it, timing, and budget. If funds are limited, let us know and we can explore sponsorship or grant-supported options.
Receive a Custom Design Plan: We send a clear proposal outlining the visioning process, design scope, number of sessions, pricing, and any add-on support you need.
We Handle the Process: We guide visioning sessions, site walks, and design reviews so your team feels heard and decisions stay on track.
Co-Create and Refine: We develop concept and master plans with your input, then refine details until the design feels right for your community.
Move Forward with Confidence: You receive plans, plant lists, and phased implementation guidance so you can take the next steps at a realistic pace.