Fees and Garden Packages
Prices Good Thru December 2010
Packages may be enhanced to fit larger garden areas.
Herb Garden Fun – $415
Magical beauty, amazing smells, and edible treasures galore! Enjoy a garden of ten edible herbs. Includes 60-min. consult (planting sketch and plant list) and ordering, delivery, placement, and planting of your herbs with soil amendments. Herb spiral is another way to have fun with herbs.
Drought Tolerant Native Plants – $575
Create beautiful wildlife habitat with some of our drought-tolerant Pacific NW Native Plants. Package includes: 60-min. consultation, design (on site), and fall planting of 150 sq. ft. space.
Parking Strip Makeover – $625
Ready to add raised edible beds to your sunny parking strip? We'd love to assist you! Includes a 30-min. consult; ONE well-built 4' x 4' x 18" raised vegetable bed of FSC-certified wood filled with healthy soil; five seed packets or plant starts; organic fertilizer; and The Maritime Northwest Garden Guide to help you garden with confidence. Adding more than one raised bed? Discount will apply.
Customized Garden Consultation and/or Coaching – $85/hour
Consultation/Coaching Steps:
- Meet to view your site and gather information to meet your landscaping goals.
- After visit, receive notes and resources to assist with your landscaping goals.
- Decide if we want to work together on your project.
Fee: Minimum 2-hr. consultation/coaching – $170 – includes mileage, travel time, and notes/resources/gardening education. Can add time for $85/hour. Payment due at the end of our consultation/coaching session.
Customized Design
Design Plan Steps:
- Meet to view your site and gather information about your goals and site.
- A planting plan is created as well as a plant list and estimate for MN labor & materials (if applicable).
- Meet again to review items in #2.
- Schedule time to begin the project.
Fee: Typical Seattle-size urban backyard OR front yard: $700 – $1,000; entire yard: $1,500 – $2,000, depends upon site and goals. Pay ½ when signing Agreement; ½ at Review Meeting.
Estimate-only Steps (most appropriate for maintenance work bid; no planting plan):
- Meet to view your site and gather information about your project goals and site.
- An estimate for the materials, installation and/or maintenance time needed to complete your project is prepared for you.
- Information is sent to you by e-mail or snail mail.
- If you decide that you want Mariposa Naturescapes to do the planting, we will need to create (additional fee) or use a detailed planting plan and plant list that you have from other landscape professionals.
- Job Agreement is signed and work begins at agreed upon time.
Fee: Time to prepare an estimate runs three to six hours: $240 – $480. Pay ½ when signing Agreement; ½ at Review Meeting.
Mileage and Materials: We charge for mileage & labor on materials that we pick up and deliver to you. We collect fees for materials when the Job Agreement is signed.
Installation and Maintenance Work:
Fees depend upon site and work to be completed:
$35/hour - weeding & plant grooming
$40/hour - pruning, plant removal/hauling, planting/transplanting, adding soil amendments/sheet mulching, building structures, and path creation
$50/hour - any steep slope work
Minimum job is one gardener for ½ day (4 hrs.) = $140 – $200, depending upon work to be completed.
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