The conceptual landscape design stage is the when the landscape designers or architect puts pen to paper to develop the initial landscaping ideas for the landscaping project. During the conceptual design stage, the landscape design staff such as the landscape designers or architects need to know about your landscaping ideas and help you identify your vision, goals, users, and types of spaces involved in your landscaping project such as planting areas, paving areas, pools, fountains, building footprints, etc through the use of drawings, photographic representations, diagrams, sketches, and 3D modeling images. The landscape architects could also create preliminary budget estimates, and provide documents required by governments or states for permitting.
