Landscape Design in Windsor

Landscape Design for Windsor properties

Windsor's century homes, tight city lots, rear alleys and big east and south end yards mean every kind of landscape, often on the same street. Windsor designs often work with narrow city lots, detached garages off rear alleys and mature trees that set the shape of the yard. In older neighbourhoods like Walkerville, we design around century-old homes so the new landscape looks like it belongs to the house.

What's included

A full plan for your yard: patios, plants, lighting and lawn laid out to scale, priced in phases you can build on your budget. Depending on your property, that can include:

• Site visit
• Measurements
• A scaled plan
• Material and plant choices
• Drainage and grading notes
• A phased budget
• Talk it through.
• Measure and assess.
• Review the plan.
• Price and phase.

Full details, how the job runs and common questions are on our main landscape design page.

Local details in Windsor

Windsor lost much of its ash canopy after the emerald ash borer arrived in 2002, so replanting with a mix of species is common. Flat clay ground drains slowly, which makes grading, drainage and soil prep central to any landscaping job in the city.

Questions to ask before you hire

Whoever you hire for landscape design in Windsor, get clear answers to these before you book:

• Will the plan be drawn to scale, with plants named?
• Can the plan be built in phases?
• Does the plan deal with grading and drainage?
• Is the design fee credited if you build it?
• How many revisions are included?

Access, permits and local rules

Before any job we look at how equipment and materials will get in. On older Windsor streets, that's often a narrow side yard, a gate or the rear alley, and some jobs need smaller machines or wheelbarrows. Every dig starts with free utility locates through Ontario One Call. Work on the boulevard, driveway widening, curb cuts and city trees usually needs the City of Windsor's approval, and riverfront properties can fall under Essex Region Conservation Authority rules, so we check first.

More from Groundwork Landscaping in Windsor

People planning landscape design in Windsor often look at related services too, including interlock patios, garden beds & mulching, landscape lighting. We also provide landscape design in LaSalle and landscape design in Tecumseh. See every service we offer on our Windsor service area page.