
Design & Landscaping Services
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Detailed Design
Custom plant lists and detailed hand-drawn design drawings outlining the placement of each plant.
Detailed designs can be followed by our Garden Preparation and Planting services or installed on your own.
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Simplified Design
Custom plant lists and placement plans without the added cost of formal drawings.
These designs are best followed by our Garden Preparation and Planting services.
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Gradual Conversion
Garden conversions at a pace that suits your budget and schedule.
After finalizing your Simplified or Detailed Design, Garden Preparation and Planting are completed gradually over the season.
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Landscape Transformation
Radical transformations as quickly as we can.
After finalizing your Simplified or Detailed Design, Garden Preparation and Planting are completed all at once for a quicker landscape transformation.
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Garden Preparation
Preparing your garden for new plantings.
Comprehensive garden preparation including identification, removal, and responsible disposal of invasive species, garden bed shaping or creation, lawn suppression or removal, and mulching.
Any desired plants will remain and be designed around.
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Planting
Professional planting of perennials, shrubs, trees, sedges, grasses, rushes, and ferns.
We select quality plants from local, native plant specialist nurseries, including our own micro-nursery. Includes guidance on caring for the plants during their first seasons.
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Establishment Maintenance
Ensuring your new plants thrive.
Establishment maintenance during the first few seasons may include watering, weeding, and making changes to the balance of plant species.
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Annual Maintenance
Wildlife-friendly spring garden care.
In ecology-based garden care, frequent maintenance is not necessary for an established garden. Instead, we offer an annual service in late spring.
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Consultations
Need advice for your garden?
In-person consultations are available for local gardeners and include a summary report.
Online consultations are available for clients outside of Ottawa along with our Detailed and Simplified Design services.
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Pricing
Detailed Designs start at $420.
Simplified Designs start at $245.
All landscaping services are $70 per hour.
Consultations are $70 per hour.
All services are subject to HST.
“Ecological landscape design applies our knowledge of nature to create high-performing landscapes in which our design goals and natural processes go hand in hand.”
— Travis Beck, Principles of Ecological Landscape Design