This is a unique location for landscaping. Stuck between Subtropical and temperate. The only registered landscape architects I know of near here are in Gainesville (temperate) or Orlando (subtropical). Either way you aren't getting a designer with good familiarity to this particular region.
Sadly, most of the 'designers' in TV area have only a decent sales talk and a knack for placing plants. Most are repeating a couple designs they copied from the few talented landscapers who have/had the needed mixture of artistic, horticulture and construction experience and talent to actually produce a design for you that will not just look good on day one, but look even better in a few years without monthly pruning.
Soil acidity is 2nd most important only to water for the health of a plant, so if your designer or architect isn't talking to you about how this affects your design and TESTING YOUR SOIL to know themselves what your pH situation is, I would keep looking.
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