No one builds a house without a design - why would building your outdoor living spaces be any different?
Rootbound is a custom landscape design firm. We help our clients create beautiful spaces. Our personal connection to the earth fuels our passion to design with the goal to help others connect to their home, family, friends and natural surroundings.
Investing in a design produces more successful spaces. With value focused on detailed planning, obtaining bids, choosing craftsman and proceeding with implementation, we find the process unfolding with less unwanted surprises in the end.
We design and plan sophisticated outdoor spaces, then oversee and manage each phase of the installation and maintenance.
Phase 1: Inform
Our first step involves gathering all the details that inform us about your space. This includes a simple questionnaire, in person interview, site analysis, measurements and precedent studies. We use tools like ideabooks to help you communicate your vision within an interactive context.
Photo - Forest Beach, New Buffalo, MI
Phase 2: Develop
As we take the next step into finding solutions for your spaces, our approach is very collaborative and client-centric. In this step, we draw charrette studies to consider different options. We host regular meetings to facilitate opportunities to collect your feedback and we make revisions accordingly resulting in a detailed plan ready for design documentation and implementation.
Photo - 3-d of ‘Waters Edge’, Union, MI
Phase 3: Implementation
This step takes you to the reality of a finished, outdoor living space! We begin by developing construction detail drawings for each element in the space. From these details we determine the scope of work and move to bid acquisition, enlisting the needed contractors. Then we make recommendations and help our clients select the various craftsmen for the build. We serve as project managers throughout the installation and help with maintenance plans moving forward.
Photo - ‘Dune Manor’, Grand Beach, MI
