Have you considered making it yourself?

Michelle Derviss of Derviss Designs is a Bay area landscape designer that is also a Houzz Pro. And she used to be a regular member of the LD forum here before things got weird :-)) I know she has done a number of paved pebble mosaics (I think I remember a stunning one in her own garden!!) and would certainly be someone to contact.

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@Mark I trust myself to install pavers but would not want to be an artist designing a pattern using cut stone.

@gardengal48 I spoke to Michelle briefly and she was fantastic. Thank you for that referral. Unfortunately, she is going to be traveling, but I may end up coming back to her in a few months and trying to talk her into it. She's going to move to a rural area so that complicates things further. What makes me particularly like her as the vendor for this is that she has fabrication molds for large pavers, so she would be able to do a custom paver as well as the design placed into that. Shipping would be the tricky part.

I'm glad it's working out.......maybe :-) I never met her personally but her online persona was a hoot and I know enough of her design sense to know she is very experienced and skilled. I miss her presence on the LD forum but she would not suffer easily the foolishness that exists there currently.

@gardengal48 what are the main problems with LD? The one post I put there professionals jumped on me telling me to go find a professional. I thought what is the point of a discussion forum where all discussion is oriented to making sure you can never have a discussion or get a solution outside of a paid professional (95% of whom appear to know less about plants and soil structure than most of the experienced non-professional users on this forum)?

@gardengal48 Is there any online landscape design forum you like, that is still in the spirit of the original forum here?

In the Bay Area, I was looking for a student of pure design (landscape or just general purpose design) who could work on helping me to design small paver areas and to think about garden design. In three years of looking, I literally found one student, and she ended up being a flake who never did any real work and just went silent. In all that time I have yet to even find one other person (who I can afford) who even has a design background. There are certainly high-end designers, but those are expensive resources for a small garden. Most of those people are working on Woodside 10 acre estates, and sadly I don't have one of those or the corresponding budget.

westes, I am not sure why you have had so much trouble finding a garden coach or mentor. Around here you trip over them!! But they are not all created equal so you do need to hone up your interviewing skills and make sure they can and are offering the services you want. Another resource you might want to tap is the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD). This is as close to a national certification program the industry can get. And there is a very active NoCal chapter. Even an associate member should be able to help you out with consultation or coaching services. Around here you can expect to pay between $50-100 per hour for this.

But I am a little unclear as to exactly what kind of services you are looking for or the type of help you think you need.

@gardengal48 garden coach is a different skillset than a designer.

From a garden coach, I am looking for advice on soil enhancements, plant characteristics, and maybe a fertilizer strategy.

From a designer, I am looking for artistic skill. I want someone who can help to design a custom pattern for a small paver install. I want someone who can visualize putting a quirky piece of art into some corner of the garden to enhance its overall ambiance.

And sometimes those skill sets combine ;-) I do garden coaching as well as design and I am very sure I am not the only one who does.

btw, most qualified designers will have all that coaching knowledge at hand - they need to know that stuff to be able to design successfully for various conditions and with various plants.