Jo-Anne's Blog

By Jo-Anne Hilliar, Landscape Design Consultants International (LDCI) Jo-Anne Hilliar of LDCI has been involved in landscape maintenance audits for several years, in South Africa and now mainly in Mauritius. The article below explains her work. A landscape maintenance audit is a

Some of the situations to consider as follows as we continue to provide a service in our profession: 1. Deteriorating Governmental and Economic issues we need to consider as follows: 1.1 Where are we with the economies of the world and the consideration for our pricing methodology in

7 Commercial Landscape Design Principles for Impactful Sites Landscape design for commercial sites needs to be practical from an aesthetic perspective, pleasing to the eye and the wow factor needs to be well recognised before the commercial aspects of the site become evident.  These are

How do we demonstrate work expectations in landscaping?  We have learnt from Blog 27 (Developing good communication – listening and contribution skills) to ensure that our expertise must work in the land situation.  Do we know how to execute good working and relationship skills

Good Communication How important it is to have good communication with regards to our landscapes and gardens.  Unfortunately, plants, spatial elements design of the garden, trees, shrubs, groundcovers, features focal points do not talk to us.  Plant material is alive, and, in all

It has been an ongoing urgency for many years for efficient skills developmental training particularly at the gardening interface and higher up the line team leaders / supervisors for skills upliftment in the

I am passionate about South African landscapes.  For most of the years of my career in the design landscaping / maintenance arena, I have always been a great follower for the creation and transformation into indigenous / endemic landscapes.  Indigenous landscapes We are the leaders in

These are the benefits of landscape design training and skills development - internationally. Also listed here are the consultative activities involved in the work of Landscape Design Consultants

Interrupting our general blogs on the landscaping industry we thought that at this COVID times with business decreasing that we would comment on the activities from a business perspective that we need to be aware of. Some of the most important activities and go to strategies as follows:

Covid 19 has thrown a completely new dimension to the landscape design industry.  Some points to bear in mind are as follows: Gardens do not stop growing – landscapes need to be looked after from a maintenance perspective. Often new design features and aspects are required in terms of