GARDEN CONSTRUCTION
Garden Beds, Stone Borders, Pathways and Plantings
The built side of gardens. Raised stone beds, natural stone borders, pathways that wind through plantings, and irrigation that keeps it all alive.
GARDEN CONSTRUCTION
The built side of gardens. Raised stone beds, natural stone borders, pathways that wind through plantings, and irrigation that keeps it all alive.
BUILT GARDENS
Landscape design draws the plan. Landscaping gets the grade and sod right. Garden construction is everything you physically build to define the planting areas — stone borders, raised beds, natural pathways, armour stone features, irrigation.
Done well, garden beds stay defined for decades. The borders don't sag, mulch stays in, grass doesn't creep. Done poorly, everything blurs into an unmaintainable mess in three years.
We build with natural stone where the property calls for it (armour stone, fieldstone, flagstone), manufactured block where you want clean lines, and always with a drainage and soil profile underneath that actually supports plantings through Ontario winters.
WHAT WE BUILD
Most garden projects combine two or three of these elements. We quote them together so the materials and styles line up.
Techo-Bloc or natural stone raised bed walls, 18 to 30 inches tall. Filled with quality topsoil. Good for vegetable gardens and accessible planting.
Fieldstone or flagstone laid as a low border between lawn and beds. Keeps the boundary sharp without manufactured edging.
Large natural boulders used as low walls, accents, or feature stones. Very durable, rural aesthetic.
Crushed stone, pea gravel, or stepping stone paths. Cheaper and softer than paver paths. Great for garden circulation.
Trees, shrubs and perennials installed in properly prepped beds with 2 to 3 inches of hardwood mulch on top.
Low-flow drip system in garden beds. Timer on a tap. Keeps new plantings alive in their first 2 years without daily babysitting.
HOW IT WORKS
We walk the property, talk plant preferences (sun/shade, low-maintenance, colour), and rough-sketch bed shapes on site.
Stone type, mulch colour, plant palette. Sample boards or on-site material reviews for stone choices.
Dig beds to depth. Import topsoil. Amend clay with compost if needed. Lay drainage if beds are in low spots.
Stone borders, pathway bases and raised beds installed. Plants set in. Irrigation laid. Mulch applied.
Watering schedule handed over, or irrigation timer programmed. We come back 30 days in to check establishment.
TRANSPARENT PRICING
Installed ranges for 2026, before HST:
Cost drivers:
All ranges are ballpark figures for London and Southwestern Ontario, 2026. HST (13%) added as a final line on every quote.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Landscaping is the base layer — grading, drainage, sod, topsoil. Garden construction is what you build on top of that base — stone borders, raised beds, pathways, plantings. Often they overlap in one project. Both are needed for a finished yard.
If we pick the right plants, yes. We work from Canadian hardiness zones (London is Zone 6a to 6b). Everything we install is rated for our winters. If you want something exotic that isn't hardy, we'll tell you honestly what will happen.
Not strictly, but it's almost always worth it for new plantings. The first 2 years are when most failed plants actually died. A simple drip system on a timer runs 15 minutes every other morning and keeps everything alive while you're on vacation. After year 2, most established plants are fine without it.
London area has deer, rabbits and groundhogs. We can recommend deer-resistant plant palettes. For vegetable gardens, raised beds plus fencing are the real solution. No plant is fully safe from a hungry deer in winter.
We handle the first 30-day establishment check. For ongoing maintenance (weekly weeding, seasonal cleanup, fall bulb prep) we refer out to garden maintenance crews we trust. We focus on build and design.
PAIRS WELL WITH
READY TO GET STARTED?
Share your goals for the yard and rough photos of the area. We'll come out and put numbers to it.