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Multi-level outdoor living terrace with seating and fire feature in Lorne Park, Mississauga.
Landscape Design

Design Discovery & Budget Roadmap

A paid first engagement: site walk, feasibility assessment and a written budget roadmap that tells you what the property can support and what it will realistically cost, before you commit to a full design.

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The Work Beneath the Surface

Design Discovery & Budget Roadmap in Toronto and the GTA

Most projects go wrong at the beginning, when ambition and budget have never been put in the same document. Discovery is a paid, self-contained engagement that fixes that. We walk the property, test what it can physically support, identify the constraints that will govern cost, and issue a written roadmap: what is achievable, what it is likely to cost in bands, what has to happen first, and what can wait. If the numbers do not work, you have learned that for a modest fee rather than after a full design.

Scope of Work

What's Included

  • Site walk with the principal rather than a salesperson
  • Feasibility assessment of grade, drainage, access and servicing
  • Constraint review: setbacks, easements, conservation overlays
  • Written budget roadmap in realistic bands rather than a single number
  • Phasing recommendation with a sensible first move
  • Discovery fee credited against a full design engagement

Process

Our Process

A structured engagement from first assessment to final handover and warranty activation.

01

Step 01

Booking

A paid engagement scheduled at a time that lets us see the property in use.

02

Step 02

Site Walk

We assess grade, drainage, access, servicing and the constraints that will govern cost.

03

Step 03

Feasibility Review

What the property can support, and what it cannot, stated plainly.

04

Step 04

Budget Roadmap

A written document with cost bands, sequencing and a recommended first phase.

Schedule a private site consultation.

Technical Specifications

Specifications at a Glance

Paid, Self-Contained Engagement

Principal-Led Site Walk

Feasibility Assessment

Written Budget Roadmap

Fee Credited to Full Design

Why Lush Landscapes

The Standard Behind
the Finished Work

10-Year Warranty

Documented workmanship expectations and clear care guidance support the finished environment after handover.

Paver Assembly Standards

Interlock assemblies are planned around recognized paver installation principles, manufacturer guidance, and Ontario site conditions.

Owner Supervised

Direct project management with clean site conduct throughout the build.

Architect Collaboration

We work directly with the architects and designers already on your project.

Where We Build

Available Across the GTA

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Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Because it produces a document you keep and can act on, including with another firm. Free estimates are priced into the build; a paid discovery is independent of it, which is precisely what makes the advice worth having.
Yes. If you continue into a full design engagement, the discovery fee is credited against it.
A written roadmap: what the property can support, the constraints that will drive cost, budget bands for the work discussed, a recommended phasing order and a sensible first move.
No, and you should be wary of anyone who does before the property has been drawn. You receive realistic bands, which is an honest answer at this stage and a far more useful one for planning.

Begin with a site walk.