Our Landscaping Process After Your Custom Design

At Kelli’s Garden Design, we take your vision beyond the plan and into a smooth, well-coordinated installation. After your custom design is finalized, we guide you through trusted installers, clear communication, and expert oversight—so your landscape is built exactly as intended.

Step 1: Review & Final Approval

We walk through the completed design together—plant choices, hardscape details, grading notes, and layout. Any tweaks are refined here so you’re fully confident before work begins.

Step 2: Connecting With Installers

Kelli introduces you to reliable landscaping pros who regularly build from our plans—site prep, planting, irrigation tie-ins, and features like patios, walkways, and raised beds.

Step 3: Coordination & Oversight

As your design assistant, Kelli checks progress, answers contractor questions, and verifies plant placement, soils, and materials—keeping the build aligned with your vision.

Step 4: Installation & Planting

The crew handles grading, bed shaping, and feature construction, then installs plants per the plan—matching sunlight, water, and spacing needs for a healthy, balanced garden.

Step 5: Walkthrough & Maintenance Education

Kelli tours the finished space with you, reviews care for each plant, and provides seasonal maintenance guidelines—so your landscape thrives long after installation.

Customer Testimonials

Read what some of our highly satisfied clients have to say about Kelli's Garden Design. Slide each client testimonial, left or right, to proceed to the next review.

Kelli really knows her stuff.🧠 She thinks creatively and listened attentively to what I wanted to achieve in my garden, and advised from there. She introduced many new 🌷plants and smart pairing for a dynamic and pollinator friendly space. 🐝🐞 Thank you Kelli! I will definitely be recommending you! 👍👍🎉

Heather Rauh

I needed someone to listen to all my ideas about my backyard and put them on paper. Kelli really listened and was able to translate my ramblings into a plan. Her suggestions were on point and showed that she understood what I was going for. She was patient, friendly and very easy to work with. I highly recommend her service.

Sarah Searles

We met with Kelli several times, communicated via text, shared ideas, all leading to a wonderful garden design for the front of our home. We appreciate that she presented options along the way, which forced us to consider how people view our home. She made this process very easy, resulting in a design, materials and landscaping lists, as well as a list of contractors to contact for bids. And very reasonably priced. Thank you, Kelli!

Amy McCoy

Kelli was a mastermind with her landscape design that we hired her for. She exceeded our expectations and gave us exactly what we were asking for. We will definately hire her again when we re-design our rear landscaping as well. She uses state of the art technology to produce a detailed 3-D layout. Thank you Kelli we are thrilled to refer you to all of our friends and family in need of landscape expertise!

Teresa Owings

Kelli helped us come up with a design when all we knew was we didn't want to keep a grass lawn. We told her our priorities (native plants, pollinator/butterfly support, low maintenance) and she knocked it out of the park! We aren't even local to her area, but she found plants native to us that got compliments from the local landscapers we worked with on installation. We absolutely love the new layout of our space, and are looking forward to how the plants grow and thrive as time passes!

Brad Greer

Kelli was wonderful to work with. She took all my ideas and was able to create a garden plan that not only hit on all the elements I wanted, but she also took the time to explain what to expect from how the plants would mature, care and maintenance they would need. I wanted something that focused on native plants, attracting birds, bees, butterflies, and hummingbird to my yard. She suggested so many plants not just that would attract these wonderful creatures but would offer habitat for them to thrive in. I have already reached out to her recommended landscape company to get a quote for next steps in transforming my yard. Kelli was communicative with me and was just a pleasure to work with. I would highly recommend her if you need someone to help you put your ideas into a workable and wonderful garden design.

Cheryl Parkinson

Kelli has designed and maintained my food and decorative gardens for 3 years. Excellent results and process.

Brian Sierk

Kelli is kind and understanding. Her garden design is on point! I love her work!