$385
The Path Sketch
One garden path, drawn to scale.
- Plan at ¼″ = 1′
- Edging & surface options
- Material list with quantities
Landscape design · Long Is City, NY
Gravel underfoot, grapes warm from the wall.
Scaled plans for the vine, the arbor and the path between. Drawn here. Planted by you.
Mon–Thu 9:30am–7pm · Fri to 3pmThe design packages
Priced by the plan, not the hour.
Each package is a set of scaled sheets, a planting layout and a material list with counts. One invoice, per package, sent by email.
$1,140
The Arbor Set
A grape arbor or pergola, post to rafter.
- Plan and elevation
- Footing layout, cut list
- Vine pairing for each post
$2,680
The Home Vineyard
Rows for up to thirty vines.
- Row, trellis & wire heights
- Variety list for zone 7b
- Season-by-season calendar
$3,740
The Whole Yard
Vines, arbor and paths on one sheet.
- Everything above, joined
- Sun and shade study
- Phased planting plan
Billed by invoice, per package. Bigger or odder yard? Tell us and we’ll quote it plainly.
A year in the life of a plan
Drawn in the cold. Planted in April. Tasted in year three.
A vine keeps its own calendar. We draw to it, so the work lands when the soil is ready for it.
- Nov – Dec
The walk
Tape, compass, a trowel for the soil. We note where the sun stands at three.
- January
The sketch
Rows, posts and paths in pencil first, so you can argue with it.
- February
The plan set
Scaled sheets, a planting layout, a material list with counts. Then the invoice.
- April
Planting day
Bare-root vines go in. You hold the plan; the trench is yours to dig.
- Year three
First fruit
The canes reach the wire. Pick a handful. Stand there a while.
Winter is the drawing season. Walk-throughs booked now are on paper before planting.
What we draw
A row, a roof, a road.
Three things a backyard can grow into. Each begins as a line on a scaled sheet.
Rows
A vineyard the length of your fence.
Eight vines or thirty. We set the rows to the sun, the wire to your reach, the spacing to the grape.
- Row and trellis layout
- Variety list, chosen for a Queens winter
- Pruning-year calendar
From$2,680
Plan my rowsArbors & pergolas
A roof made of leaves.
Cedar posts. A ridge of rafters. A vine at every leg. By August the shade is a room.
- Plan and elevation sheets
- Footing layout and cut list
- Which vine climbs which post
From$1,140
Draw my arborGarden paths
Somewhere to walk to.
Flagstone, pea gravel, brick on edge. A path that bends for the pear tree and runs straight for the gate.
- Alignment and width, to scale
- Edging, base and surface build-up
- Material list by the square foot
From$385
Lay my pathFrom the planting list
Five vines we reach for first.
Concord
The jelly-and-juice grape. Steady through a city winter.
Niagara
Sweet, a little musky. Best eaten standing at the vine.
Marquette
Cold-bred, deep in colour. A patient grape for the small press.
Traminette
Spice and lychee on the nose. Likes a sunny wall.
Catawba
Wants a long, warm autumn. We give it the south fence.
From the studio notebook
A path should say where to walk. A vine should say when to wait.— Vine Roads, Long Is City
Over the fence
Questions the neighbours ask.
Short answers, honestly given. Anything left over, ring us.
Will a grapevine live through a Queens winter?
The right ones will. We pick cold-bred varieties such as Marquette, Frontenac and Concord, and put them where a wall holds the warmth. Zone 7b is kinder than most people expect.
Do you build it, too?
No. We draw it. You get sheets a landscaper, a carpenter or a patient weekend can follow, and a material list with counts so the lumberyard quote nearly writes itself.
How long until the sheets arrive?
Usually two to three weeks after the walk-through; a whole-yard plan takes a little longer. Winter is quiet. Spring is crowded. Book early.
My yard is small, and mostly concrete.
Good. Vines love a wall. Six along a fence make a vineyard, and one arbor makes a room. We draw what fits.
Does a pergola need a permit?
Larger structures in New York City sometimes do. We flag where one may apply on the sheet; you or your builder confirm it with the Department of Buildings.
Winter is for drawing
Bring us the yard. Leave with the plan.
Tell us the length of the fence and what you hope will hang from it. We write back within a working day.
(414) 687-8313 hello@vineroads.com
4630 Center Blvd
Long Is City, NY 11109
Long Is City, NY 11109
- Hours
- Mon–Thu 9:30am–7pm
- Fri to 3pm