Expectations were high and the room was full as Ryerson University was graced with a panel of experts for an evening session appropriately titled “Promoting the Health and Resilience of Urban Vegetation”. The city is a novel ecosystem Host Sam Benvie opened the panel discussion by talking about resilience of urban vegetation in the context of climate…

WHO DO YOU WANT WORKING ON YOUR PROPERTY Picture your garden, its a sunny spring morning and all you need to feel complete is a new patio, walkway or wall. You might hop on social media and ask your friends for a referral or perhaps head to the Landscape Ontario website to look for a…

This design was inspired by abstract art using blocks of colour and geometic shapes to create a unique design for the client. We will be planting in the spring. This design is follows a progression of our work where we use a variety of materials to complete a project. Rachel likes to call it bricolage…

Sometimes a client doesn’t need a drawing. When you want to replace, repair, redo an existing part of the landscape that is straightforward, we recommend a simpler process beginning with an initial consultation, quote, acceptance, contract, installation, warranty and maintenance.

Mikey to some great shots in late summer of our Cottingham project. This project was designed by Victoria Taylor using northern natural split drywall, a variety of grasses and halton flagstone for the flatwork.

Check out the promo for Canada Blooms: The Flower and Garden Festival which runs from March 16 – 25, 2012.

Here is a great example of really tricky difficult work. Two yards of soil removed with buckets, all that stone hand bombed down into the back and a narrow alleyway with irate neighbours not wanting our truck blocking the lane. Came out pretty nice though.

We found some old shut off valves on site and decided to fill them with coloured recycled glass and outdoor epoxy to complement the metal work.

This project was completed just before the first big freeze in early December. We built a large temporary structure to keep snow off and increase nighttime temperatures. This is a cinder block wall on a concrete footing. We clad the exterior with tiger stripe coursing sawn top and bottom. We hand chiseled the stone and…

Here is a nice shot of the back garden.