Consultation at the Garden Center– a no charge service that can help with plant selection, garden design, and ideas how to integrate into your existing living environment with patios, walkways, stairs and pathways. Photos and drawings showing your existing situation always make it easier to understand the setting. One particularly helpful document is the house location survey, or plat, a scaled drawing showing the house and the property and their dimensions. It’s best not to enlarge this document, as it throws off the scale.