Garden design & planting
A plan you can hold, then a garden you can walk through
Perennial borders, front gardens and back gardens, drawn to scale by hand after a walk around your yard, then planted by our own crew.
What a planting plan includes
Everything a crew, or you, needs on planting day
- A scale drawingBeds, paths and existing trees measured on site and drawn at 1:50.
- A plant list by season of bloomEvery plant, its quantity and pot size, sorted by when it flowers.
- Sun and soil notesWhich corners bake, which stay wet, and what the clay needs before planting.
- A first-year care sheetHow much to water while roots settle, and what to leave standing over winter.
Design fees
Fixed fees, agreed before we draw
| Plan | What it covers | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Consult walk | About 90 minutes on site, notes on sun, soil and snow, and a written summary of ideas. | $175 |
| Single bed plan | One border or island bed up to about 15 m², with plant list and bloom chart. | $450 |
| Front or back garden | One whole yard up to about 60 m², beds and paths, plant list and bloom chart. | $950 |
| Front and back | Both yards on one drawing set, so the planting carries through the property. | $1,600 |
Planting is priced from your plan
Once the plan is drawn, we count it: plants, soil and compost, edging, mulch and crew days. You get one written price for the install before any work is booked, and it only changes if you change the plan.
Prefer to plant it yourself? The plan is yours either way, and we're happy to talk you through it.
- A typical new border
- $3,500 to $6,000About 15 m², soil prep, 80 to 120 perennials, mulch.
- A whole front garden
- $8,000 to $15,000About 50 m², sod removal, new beds, path edging, plants.
- Deposit
- 25% to book a planting dateThe rest when the garden is in and walked through with you.
What we hand to other trades
We don't build patios or retaining walls, take down or prune large trees, or install irrigation systems. If your plan needs any of that, we'll mark it on the drawing and pass you to Calgary trades we've worked beside, so the planting and the hard work fit together.
Start with a walk around the yard
Ninety minutes, a notebook and a lot of questions about where the snow sits. You'll leave with ideas even if you never book the plan.
