Marking Utilities Before Landscaping Your Yard For more information on marking utilities or to submit a locate request, visit: www.albertaonecall.com If you are planning a landscape renovation or anything that involves disturbing the ground, it is extremely important for you or your landscape professional and any contractor that is going to dig in your yard…
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Thinking of landscaping your yard but don’t know where to begin? Check out these helpful tips when planning your dream landscape: 1. Create A Wish List A great place to start your landscape planning is to determine how you would like to use your outdoor space. Take into consideration the things you like to do
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Getting A Professional Fall Clean Up – The Benefits: Fall is officially here, and with that comes pumpkin spice lattes, cooler weather, and of course, some dreaded yard maintenance. That’s where we come in! Fall is an important time when it comes to maintaining your yard, as it prepares it for the next growing season
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Why your Lawn Loves a Spring Clean Up Spring is finally here and it’s the perfect time to start thinking about booking a professional clean up of your yard. A Spring Clean Up is a crucial step in reviving and preparing your yard for the upcoming growing season and provides a great start to promoting
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Family Time, Enjoying what’s special. Calgary summers are short, so Danielle McDonald was pleasantly surprised that their landscaping was completed within a week by a hard working Assiniboine crew. The McDonald’s weren’t sure exactly what they wanted with their yard when they called Assiniboine for their consultation but by the end they were comfortable and
In the fall of 2015 Jan & Todd’s new Bearspaw home was nearing completion and it was time to think about having the landscaping done. They had used Assiniboine Lights and Landscapes to do their annual Christmas lights for a few years with great success, so they decided to give them a call. ” order_by=”sortorder”
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Needing to get your yard prepared for Winter? Here are 6 Winter Yard Prep tips: 1. Clean Up Debris Cleaning up smothering debris from your lawn and beds will not only leave your yard looking tidy, but it will also safeguard it’s health and prevent the growth of fungi, viruses and insect larvae. For more
Tips To Make Your Backyard An Extension Of Your Home If you’re like many, when the weather is nice, you like to spend as much time as you can, enjoying the outdoors. A great way to do that while at home is to extend your home’s living area to your backyard, creating a stylish outdoor
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Xeriscaping, pronounced [zeer-i-skey-ping] Defined as: Landscaping that reduces or eliminates the need for supplemental water from irrigation. The main purpose of a xeriscape design is water conservation (on average, a xeriscaped landscape will use up to two thirds less water than a regular lawn type landscape), but it offers a couple of other advantages as
Wondering what trees and shrubs to plant, but don’t know where to start? First step is to know your plant hardiness zone. This will determine whether or not a tree or shrub will survive in your area. Plants labeled zone 2 or 3, and sometimes 4 are hardy enough to survive Calgary’s weather. Next, it’s
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