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Step-By-Step Guide

Cravens Nursery is dedicated to helping you accomplish your home-improvement goals by installing patios, walkways, driveways, stoops, steps, walls, and more.

Whether you're already in the process of having a job done with Cravens Nursery or still considering, this guide will walk you through the process of meeting all of your goals.

We will be glad to provide a free consultation and cost estimate for you if you are considering a professional design and installation.

Our highly-trained designers will visit your site to discuss your project needs and goals. During this consultation, they will describe what Cravens Nursery can do to help you meet these goals, and by giving you the approximate installation prices, can also help you establish a budget.

Then you may arrange an appointment to meet with your designer to review the design and view the materials at the nursery.

To make an appointment with one of our designers, please call (703) 573-5025 and let the receptionist know you'd like to make a hardscaping consultation appointment.

 

Speak with our secretary to set up an appointment to meet with one of our designers for a free on-site consulation.

  1. During the consultation, speak with the designer about your design goals. Depending on the type of job, you will usually receive a price and basic design on the spot.

  2. Choose your material. Your designer will walk you through your basic choices, and often will point you in a direction they feel best suits your project. But you're always welcome to come in to Cravens Nursery and look for yourself, have one of our sales people show you around, or make an appointment with your designer at the nursery to answer specific questions.
    These are your most basic, commonly-used types of material available for each type of project:
    • Patios
      • Natural Finish Concrete Pavers
      • Tumbled Finish Concrete Pavers
      • Traditional Clay Brick
      • Slateface Concrete Pavers
      • Flagstone
    • Walkways
      • Natural Finish Concrete Pavers
      • Tumbled Finish Concrete Pavers
      • Traditional Clay Brick
      • Slateface Concrete Pavers
      • Flagstone
    • Driveways
      • Natural Finish Concrete Pavers
      • Tumbled Finish Concrete Pavers
      • Slateface Concrete Pavers
    • Walls
      • Drystack Walls - Natural Wall Stone
      • Chapel Stone Wall System
      • Conrete Wall Systems


  3. Pay a 50% deposit (cash, check, Visa, MasterCard or Discover) and sign the contract to be scheduled for installation. Wait period from date of deposit to installation date varies by season and size of job, usually 1-4 weeks.
    You can do all this by either speaking with your designer, the landscape secretary or anyone from the landscape department.

  4. On the first day of installation, your designer and our highly-skilled workers will come to your house to start the project and allow you to approve any details that must be done on day of installation i.e. unusual curves in walkways, etc.

  5. Upon completion, your balance is due (cash, check, Visa, MasterCard or Discover).