Services offered
Planting Design
Landscape Design for Municipal Submittal
Kathleen Zeren Landscape Design (KZLD) can save you time and money by getting your site and subdivision landscape plans approved in a timely manner. We know municipal landscape ordinances! Kathleen has worked in enforcing, writing, and complying with landscape ordinances for over twenty years. Her beautifully executed plans are sophisticated, professional, accurate, highly readable, and make good horticultural sense. All required plant keys and notes are provided. Other team members have similar ordinance experience. Plans can be prepared on AutoCAD or can be hand-drafted on AutoCAD base plans.
Landscape Design for Commercial Site Beautification
Let us increase your curb appeal by transforming your existing property with beautiful plantings, sweeping bed lines, and other exterior enhancements such as walks, picnic areas, and lighting. A good design can direct traffic and entice passersby to enter. Our designs are well-thought-out, sophisticated, and very practical.
Residential Landscape Design
An excellent landscape design begins with an in-depth client interview and detailed site analysis. The plan must work well on the existing site, keep budget in mind, and be usable, practical, and beautiful at all times of the year. Our designers have many years of experience doing just this for all property sizes and budgets. We love what we do and do beautiful work!
 Right-of-Way & Streetscape Landscape Design
Our experience designing public right-of-way and streetscape plantings
is extensive. Kathleen worked for The City of Virginia Beach for years
designing public spaces. She had a five-year contract with The City of
Suffolk designing public spaces in that city. Our team has designed
practical and beautiful plantings and right-of-way improvements for
commercial areas, highways, parks, pump stations, and entry signs.
Municipal & Institutional Landscape Design
There are special considerations in designing public properties, and
our team excels at this. Our projects are designed for the long-haul:
In-scale, practical, easy to maintain, with a view to the future with
long-lived plant species of interesting varieties. We have many examples to
show you: Police stations, fire stations, libraries, recreation
centers, and more. This is our legacy that we’re leaving to future
generations!
Other Design
Master Planning
In association with Land Studio, PC,
Kathleen Zeren Landscape Design provides master planning, design
guideline, and community planning services for large and small scale
open spaces and urban areas. From site analysis through conceptual and
schematic layouts to final site plan design and construction documents,
we offer a complete range of services. We are proud of our excellent
planning work.
Hardscape Design
Beautiful and practical, our designs for decking, patios, walks and
steps, and retaining walls (under 2ft. in height) will add
year-round interest and usability to your property. Our knowledge of
locally-available materials will help to transform your dreams into
reality – affordably!
Low Voltage Lighting Design
A well-lit property offers enhanced hours of usability, increased
safety and security, and sophisticated night-time views of your
beautifully landscaped property. Our professional lighting design can
also enhance your property value more affordably than you may think!
 Site Work
Wetland and Resource Protection Area Delineation
We are skilled in on-site wetland delineation and creating quality
riparian area landscapes that enable use and enjoyment of waterfront
properties while achieving desired or mandated natural resource
preservation and protection. Our team enjoys the support and services
of a twenty year veteran of local government wetland regulation in
Hampton Roads and regulation of Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas. He
is degreed in the field of Biology with a concentration in Ornamental
Horticulture. This combination of education and experience enables the
Team to quickly and accurately identify and characterise
environmentally sensitive features in the landscape and to effectively
assess applicable regulatory constraints and opportunities. We can then
design and implement innovative, functional, and approvable site
improvements.
Landscape Installation Inspection
Get more for your money by having us inspect your installed
landscape plantings to ensure compliance with approved plans,
specifications, and acceptable horticultural practices. We make sure
that the correct plant varieties are provided, at the correct sizes and
layouts, and with the proper planting procedures. A punch list letter
is provided and followup inspections help ensure that the plantings
provided will give you years of beauty. Inspections are affordable and
really pay off in the long term!
Existing Tree Identification and Evaluation
Our tree experts will identify and evaluate your existing trees and
shrubs and will make recommendations for tree preservation or removal.
We can increase your chance for success in preserving existing trees
with site layout and tree protection recommendations. Optimising tree
health with proper pruning and other maintenance work may also be
recommended. We love trees!
 Documents & Drafting
Project Bidding and Installation
Our team will take your project of any scope and get it from concept to
completion, competently, affordably, and in a timely manner. We
estimate costs of labor and materials for planting, hardscaping,
lighting, and irrigation systems. We negotiate bids, prepare contract
submittals, prepare contract documents, and secure contracts. We
coordinate on site with owners and other contractors. We schedule crews
and supervise and evaluate work of subcontractors. We get it in the
ground right – and on time!
Document Preparation: Installation Specifications, Cost Estimates, Design Guidelines & Standard
Ensure that all of your bidders are using the same quality criteria
and good horticultural practices by providing installation
specifications. Simplify inspections and make sure that your new
plantings do well by making it clear up front that you want the work
done correctly. Budget your project in advance with cost estimates. And
let us create design guidelines so that your project turns out as
beautifully as you anticipate! Taking the guesswork out at this stage
will help avoid unpleasant surprises! We can also provide maintenance
guidelines.
AutoCAD Drafting
We can provide drafting, designing, and planning tasks using
Auto-desk software. Our draftsman, Grey, has experience in Civil 3D
(2007-2009), Land Desktop Design (2002 & 2007), and AutoCAD
(2002-2009). He will work with your Engineers and Surveyors to
draft water, wastewater, storm water, road improvement, and
commercial and private development plans for any scale project. He can
perform landscaping, site grading, erosion control, and detention pond
system drafting projects. Grey is available to draft complete,
detailed, and accurate working development plans, construction
documents, utility plans, grading plans, charts, ALTA surveys,
topographic mapping, and subdivision platting. He loves what he does,
is good at it, and is very easy to work with.
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