Co-Creations is a unique program designed for the hands-on home gardener who prefers to actively participate in improving their garden (or working in conjunction with their gardener). Co-Creations offers the same professional designs that Magic Gardens full service contracting provides, but you save substantially on cost by doing the work yourself. Magic Gardens will give you ideas for updating your garden design and offer our in-depth knowledge and expertise in choosing just the right plants for your garden and your individual style.
Co-Creations’ design and placement services include:
- A Consultation and Site Visit
- A Nursery Visit for Plant Selection
- On-Site Plant Placement & Planting Instructions
- Optional Services may include Irrigation, Soil Refurbishing & Hardscape Services
How it Works
Site Visit – Aerin Moore, Magic Gardens’ owner and head designer or Christian Cobbs, Magic Gardens' horticulturist and landscape designer will meet with you in your garden. This is our chance to learn about your personal style as well as the practical and cultural needs of your site. We brainstorm on site, determining the current merits and problem areas of your space, offering design input and fresh ideas. The on-site consultation usually last 1 hour.
Nursery Visit – We then meet at Magic Gardens Nursery. Plant selection is a fun, cooperative process. Selection is based on your preferences (color, texture, plant form) and design needs. We carry over 3,000 different plants over the course of the year. We will fashion a plant list and along with you, hand-select only those plants that will flourish in your garden.The combined cost for the site and nursery visit is $150 within 17 miles of Magic Gardens in the East Bay Region and $200 within the greater Bay Area region.
On-Site Plant Placement – Aerin or Christian and his assistant will return to your garden for plant placement. Your selected plants will be placed by Aerin in the ideal spot for you or your gardener to plant. Plants are delivered by Aerin’s assistant who also helps with plant placement. The average plant placement and advisement is one to three hours depending on job size. Upon completion you will receive a complete plant list. Any additional advisement will be charged at the hourly rate, including phone time.
How We Bill
The cost for the average Co-Creations garden is $1,500 - $8,000. There is no minimum cost. Magic Gardens charges time, materials and overhead. Aerin’s hourly rate is $150/hr and the landscape assistant’s hourly rate is $50 - $55/hr, including driving time. Any individual sale plant prices at the Magic Gardens Nursery will be given to Co-Creations clients; however, any blanket seasonal nursery sales do not apply to Co-Creations and Landscape clients.
We can also advise you about the structural/technical expertise needed for new garden installations. These include structural elements such as walkways, small retaining walls, patios, water features and container placement. Magic Gardens has a fulltime irrigation technician who can design a new irrigation system or retrofit your existing system. If you have had problems with water coverage or drainage problems, we can help.
Please Note: We do not and cannot legally design structural work for a third party to install, but can design for you, the homeowner. Any conceptual drawings, landscape plans or sketches can only depict the proposed design layout conceptually; they do not spell out detailed construction specifications for others to install. There are no expensive planting plans needed for the Co-Creations program.
Co-Creations is an excellent way to build your dream garden without compromising on design quality.
