• DESIGN FEE $ 2,000 minimum - dependent on the size and complexity of your project. During the on-site consult a price is given. For larger, more specialized projects, scouting for unique materials is included in the process. A hard copy of the design is tailored to your request: it can be simple hand-drawn reference layout or computer generated pages denoting: hardscape, trees, perennials, irrigation, lighting, containers… When you have a plot plan (your property and building laid out on paper), it facilitates the planning and keeps the design fee lower. A written proposal for the future installation is included in the design fee, after the design has been agreed upon.  If changes are requested, after a design has been finished and agreed upon, a charge for changing the design or proposal augmentation will result.  Small jobs may not require a design fee because I am able to produce these little dreams in my head readily, but they may incur some smaller planning fees, for the time to evaluate logistics and draw up the proposal, and you will be apprised of that price before commencement.

• INSTALLATION OF A LARGE PROJECT  is baisically one established price -delineated by a solid written proposal, itemizing: materials, deliveries, labor and tax. This secures your exclusive “KOBY time”. These Large projects require added responsibility and comprehensive involvement thus incurring a greater cost: hiring - supervising and instructing laborers, acquisition of materials and transporting (minor deliveries), project management, etc... So we will have to discuss a buget area to aim for.

It is possible to break up overall designs into several different stages, if you are not able to do it all at once; though completeing and installation in one sweep will save you money compared to several different set ups.

• MATERIALS COST IS PER ITEM - NOT DELIVERY, LABOR OR INSTALLATION. We generate income on materials, so we do not give away our sources; this is part of how we make our livelihood.

• DELIVERIES - The prices will vary with the amount of materials and distance as set by the company which is shipping them. These are for larger items or quantity or from areas outside our easy reach. (When we are collecting smaller batches of materials from local distributors we are charging only labor by the hour that is included as part of our day’s labor fee.)

• PROPOSALS & INVOICES - One set price per entire job, all inclusive any of the relevant categories named above. We are experienced, very detailed and firm with our proposal pricing and won’t surprise our clients with extra charges during the job. Extremely rare exceptions unforeseen: water; rock/cement formations underground that alter time and materials; or impediment of work from forces of nature or others outside Koby’s Garden Alchemy’s employ. If a proposal seems too expensive, sometimes the cost can be adjusted down by using smaller plants to start with or dividing the proposal up into separate installations. We take on very few new clients each year and prefer to concentrate on one installation at a time and finish it as soon as reasonable.

• LABOR FEE $ based on complexity of job, Koby’s time only. On each proposal, a specific and solid price given per project.