[jimbo2012]

In reading all the landscaper tales here I was thinking is going to landscaper that sells & installs the way to go rather than a landscape architect?

Would going to an architect be worth considering getting a real set of plans from a licensed professional be worth the extra cost or in the end may save money and look less like your neighbor?

But I have no idea what they charge.

I read this online - landscape designers are generally connected with a nursery, you sign an agreement for a free design to your budget and the landscape designer makes a quick sketch using the junk plants that they have in their nursery and using plants that are considered high profit plants. The final product is under whelming at best. In the end, your project was a revenue source for a landscaping company.

Now I'm not saying that opinion is correct or agree, but it does raise a valid point.