Natalia Bluck Landscape Consulting

Great! She helped me out a lot. She took me to the nursery and picked up when I have some recommendations about plantings, hardscape layout, and drop good plans that I could use with the actual landscape contractors. She is just one person operation subsist her and was fine. She is great, good, and professional. She was willing to help me look at things in a different way. You get to use at looking at an area and looking at things in a new way.

She was efficient. She gave us some interesting ideas and was professional. I don't think she had the most extensive experience, but it was okay.

I now have a complete plan that I can use to get bids and help to keep me on track. I am doing the hardscape first as she recommended and then move to the plantscape. Overall a great experience and money spent on planning is never a bad idea.

Natalia provided a wonderful design plan that addressed all of my dreams for a new backyard. I've lived in my home for over 10 years, and had a very clear idea of the advantages and disadvantages of my backyard, but had no clue as to how to get from the vague idea stage to the finished product. I gave Natalia my list of wants and she transformed them into a cohesive and imaginative design plan. Natalia's design incorporated all of my existing mature trees and several of my shrubs and blended them with new plantings. The result is a yard that is very balanced, harmonious, relaxing, and natural looking. Her plant selections are amazingly spot-on. She re-purposed my old arbor, moving it from a location where it blocked the flow of light and air to a spot that needed increased sun protection. She added new fencing to separate the utility area of the yard from the entertainment areas. Not only does the fence and gate look great, it's also given me an area to put a kitchen garden that is safe from my dog--no more doggy raids on my tomatoes and strawberries! She created a beautiful new side yard for me--something that is hard to manage in the narrow space of a typical tract house. It has such a flow to it that you don't realize the space is really just a long skinny rectangle. This area has become my favorite new hideout--it's so cozy and pretty. Natalia used patterns and colors from my indoor rooms to repeat outside, which gives a wonderful sense of cohesiveness to the entire home. Also, as the neighboring houses are very close, and Natalia designed truly unique and creative privacy screens. The screens were incredibly economical and greatly improve the views of the yard from inside the house. One neighbor's house is a big eyesore and the screen has made that eyesore disappear. Natalia designed new patios and walkways that are beautiful. I wanted to get rid of an old waterfall and pond and have some seating on that side of the yard. Natalia's design not only replaced the pond with a simple brick patio, but surrounded it with beautiful plantings and a lovely fountain. I requested a water feature that would not collect too much leaf litter or use too much water, and Natalia found the perfect fountain. It has become the focal point of the yard. Natalia recommented the best type of outdoor furniture for the entertainment areas. She shopped for and installed artwork for me. She helped me find pottery and other accent pieces. She always worked within my budget and provided many cost saving ideas. And she has always worked with my specific style preferences. Natalia is easy to work with. She is professional, imaginative, knowledgeable, and very dedicated to producing a design that will work for her customers. This is the second time I've used Natalia's services--in 2008 she designed my front yard for me. I always get tons of compliments on the front yard, and the backyard is now getting plenty of compliments too.

What I liked about Natalie is her designs are simple yet elegant and aesthetically appealing. She is very creative and full of fresh ideas. Some of the tips she offered were very practical for do-it-yourself type of projects. She gave several helpful suggestions on almost all aspects of landscaping right from plant choice, irrigation, designing a shade and creating a sitting arrangement and yard maintainance. We are experimenting with some of the suggestions she has given and are working towards implementation. She is very pleasant to work with and will definately recommend her for landscape design and consultation.

After the consultation, I felt comfortable with my landscaping plan, improved by her suggestions. My next step is to implement the plan.

Natalia met me for an initial 1 hr free consultation (which definitely went on for longer than an hour). I learned about the services she provides and described my landscaping needs and challenges. My primary hardscape components were already complete but the remainder of my yard is basically a blank canvas. We walked the property and brainstormed ideas. Natalia had many creative ideas and she was very good about explaining the rationale behind her recommendations. At one point she even grabbed a shovel and sketched some outlines for a path and grassy area in the dirt. Later that week we met at a nursery for 2+ hours. During that time we looked at various plants as Natalia educated me on what would work well in my design and why - based on soil, sun, style, water and my own requirements. As we made decisions, Natalia sketched them into a design and added a key with the plant names, quantity, and size. At the end of our meeting I had a workable design that could easily be implemented. Natalia is very energetic, knowledgeable, and professional. She was very conscious that I was paying by the hour and she worked very efficiently. A few days afterwards, without my asking, she made a computerized version of the design and sent it to me free of charge. She was also able to provide a recommendation for a landscape contractor and was very open to helping if I had additional questions.

Natalia designed the re-landscaping of our backyard located on a golf course. Shortly after conferring with her on hwat we would like and what her suggestions werer, a professional, easy to read plan was in our hands. Along with her design, she suggested a landscaper to take charge in the back yard. Some shrubs were removed, more shrubs, trees, plants were brought in---AFTER the drip system was re-designed. She supervised all stages---all was done within 3 days! Our backyard is not large and we did already have the basics in. The cost included her design and everything else. Her services, knowledge and professionalism---well, they were priceless. She really knows her business and is very easy to work with.

She is so creative, a very creative mind. She knows how plants grow, so over time she knows how it will look. She can see the whole picture. She is very skilled and artistic. I plan on using her in the future.