Landscaping

Exterior work rarely stops at the wall. When siding, windows or an addition change the outside of a house, the ground around it usually has to be put back — or finally done properly. We plan hardscape, planting and outdoor living space as part of the project rather than as an afterthought once the crews have gone.

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Scope

What the work involves

Hardscape

Paths, patios, paving, steps and retaining walls, set out so drainage runs away from the house rather than towards it.

Outdoor living

Built-in seating, outdoor kitchens, fire features and shade structures, detailed to match the materials used on the house.

Planting and lawn

Beds, lawn and planting laid out around how you actually use the yard, and chosen for the water you want to spend on it.

Grading and drainage

Getting water away from foundations and hardscape. It is the least visible part of a yard and the one that causes the most damage when it is wrong.

Examples

The kind of work we take on

These photographs show the type of landscaping work described above.

Stone-clad exterior with a fire feature and horizontal timber screen

Landscaped garden with a paved path, planting beds and lawn

Stone-faced outdoor kitchen and seating built against a rear elevation

How it works

From first call to final walkthrough

01
Talk it through
Tell us what you want to change. We ask the questions that decide the price before anyone comes out.
02
Define the scope
We measure, check what is behind the walls where we can, and put the work in writing — what is included and what is not.
03
Build it
A scheduled crew, a sequence you can follow, and a clean site at the end of each working day.
04
Final walkthrough
We walk the finished work with you and close out anything on the list before we call it done.

Questions

Before you call

Do you take landscaping on its own?

We plan and build landscaping as part of a project on the house. Where the work calls for a specialty landscaping contractor, that trade is carried by a licensed subcontractor — we tell you who is doing what before you sign.

Can you match the hardscape to the house?

That is the point of doing both together. Materials, colour and trim are chosen against the siding and windows rather than picked from a separate catalogue.

What about irrigation and lighting?

Both are handled through the appropriately licensed trades. We coordinate them into the schedule so nothing is trenched twice.

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