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A look at recent landscaping work across Liverpool and Queens County, Nova Scotia — real yards, real results.

Recent Projects

Every project starts with a free, written quote and finishes with a walkthrough — done right, from start to finish.

Stepping Stone Path

Stepping Stone Paths

BeforeBefore: a patchy, weedy lawn in front of a shingled house, with a few old flat stones sunk into the grass leading to the front step
AfterAfter: a curving path of large flat stepping stones set in dark crushed stone, running across the lawn to the front step of a shingled house

A small stepping stone path.

Fall Bed Cleanup and Mulching

Mulching & Garden Beds · Liverpool, NS

BeforeBefore: a large cedar beside a house window with old, patchy mulch at its base and bags of bark mulch waiting on the lawn
AfterAfter: the same cedar and flower bed covered in fresh red-brown bark mulch, with a rounded edge along the lawn
BeforeBefore: an overgrown bed along a wooden privacy fence, with hostas, a gold and green shrub and browning plants spilling toward the lawn
AfterAfter: the fence bed with the shrub trimmed back, fresh bark mulch and a clean edge against the lawn
BeforeBefore: a tall ornamental grass and low groundcover beside a back deck, with bags of bark mulch on the lawn
AfterAfter: the ornamental grass with a ring of fresh bark mulch around its base along the fence

A fall cleanup at a home in Liverpool. The overgrown plants were cut back, mulch was laid neatly around everything, and the gardens were re-edged to finish.

Driveway Garden Bed Refresh

Mulching & Garden Beds · Liverpool, NS

BeforeBefore: overgrown garden bed along a paved driveway, with thin old mulch and weeds creeping in from the lawn, in Liverpool, NS
AfterAfter: the same driveway bed with fresh dark mulch, a neat stone border, ornamental grasses and pink flowering perennials
BeforeBefore: overgrown, weedy bed between the lawn and driveway with no defined edge
AfterAfter: bed beside the house freshly mulched and edged with rounded stones against the lawn

A driveway garden in Liverpool. The plants that were causing problems were taken out and the whole garden was weeded. The rocks that were already there were dug up and reset in a neat but natural-looking order, then the bed was topped off with mulch.

Oceanfront Garden Mulching

Mulching & Garden Beds · Beach Meadows, NS

Oceanfront garden bed with fresh mulch, ornamental grasses, hostas and lavender, edged around natural stone and overlooking the Atlantic
Freshly mulched garden bed with hydrangea, lavender and mixed shrubs among natural stone

These gardens in Beach Meadows were already beautiful. All they needed was a fresh layer of mulch, and that was all it took to make them pop.

New Perennial Garden with Crushed Rock Border

Garden Installation & Maintenance · Liverpool, NS

BeforeBefore: a strip of lawn around an evergreen shrub beside a paved driveway
AfterAfter: the lawn replaced by a garden bed of fresh topsoil and young perennials, with a white crushed rock border along the driveway

A new garden in Liverpool where there used to be lawn. The sod was ripped up and replaced with topsoil and some standout perennials. To top it off, a crushed rock border was added, which also acts as a drainage filter.

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