About Planning Your Garden
City Planter is currently booked for large gardening jobs until mid-June 2024. We are happy to give pricing for windowboxes and small container plantings. E-mail gardening@cityplanter.com with pictures of your containers and dimensions for pricing.
We love helping people plant their gardens. Contact us, and we can help you select the right plants for your indoor and outdoor spaces. Whether you do the planting or allow us to do the dirty work, we are happy to help.
We offer a lot of guidance for our customers both in our store and via e-mail. E-mails can be very effective for planning and sharing photographs of your space and your ideas. E-mail consultations are free of charge but can take a bit longer than coming into the store in person.
Due to the busy weekend schedule, we are unable to provide in-store guidance for major gardening projects on the weekends, please plan accordingly.
When considering your dream garden, please consider the following:
Budget-even if it is just a ballpark figure.
Dimensions-have measurements of your space.
Location-Do you get sun in the morning or afternoon? Is the sun direct or indirect? Is there a water hook-up? Is there wind or is the area sheltered?
Water-Do you need irrigation or are you able to water your plantings regularly?
Scheduling-Are you going away soon? It is not recommended that you leave your plants unattended directly after installation.
Charges:
E-mail Consultation-No Charge
Site Visit and Consultation- $100
Offsite Installation and Planting-$100 per person, per hour. Minimum 1 hour
Planters and Containers require a 50% Non-Refundable Deposit to place an order.
Written proposals- There is a fee of $75 for us to generate a written proposal of projects which includes images and options for plants and containers. The fee is due upon receipt of the proposal. If the proposal is mutually accepted then we will deduct the $75 proposal fee from the final balance of the job. There is no refund of the proposal fee if you decide not to use our services.
There will be a $30 revision fee for major changes to a proposal.
There is no charge for an estimate. Estimates are general prices that are based on current plant and container pricing and availability. Labor is estimated to the best of our ability. These prices are subject to change upon completion of the job.
Credit Card Payments-City Planter charges a 2% Convenience Fee for credit card payments that exceed $500
City Planter's crew is trained in proper planting, watering, pruning and installation techniques to ensure the plants that we install are given the best environment possible. Friendly, responsible and professional throughout the installation process, we do our best to protect the interior and exterior of your space from any material debris.
After planting, we will provide you with care instructions to help you maintain your plantings. Plant needs can change as they acclimate to your surroundings, it is important that you contact us at the first sign of plant distress and we will do our best to help you to diagnose and treat your plant.
What we do NOT do:
Hardscaping
Install Window Boxes (we can recommend contractors who can do this for you)
Landscaping and Lawn Work
Living Walls
Tree pruning and planting
Weekly or monthly maintenance
Roofdecks in buildings with no elevators.
Indoor Plantscaping-We no longer offer this service.
City Planter specializes in container gardening. We generally do not plant in the ground-that often requires breaking up soil or removing large root balls that may require special equipment.