Kanata · Landscaping
Landscape Construction in Kanata, ON
Professional landscaping for Kanata homeowners, quoted, scheduled and finished by the owners. 20 km west of downtown Ottawa from our base of operations, on our regular weekly route.
Most Kanata landscape projects start from a builder-grade lawn that has either failed outright or never properly took. Our job is usually to grade, amend the soil and re-sod alongside a full planting plan that holds up against the western-exposure sun common across the area.
West-end Kanata sites take full afternoon sun. Plant lists weight toward heat-tolerant species, sea holly, Russian sage, switch grass, and irrigation gets specced for the conditions.
Landscaping scope
The landscaping work we deliver in Kanata.
A snapshot of the offerings inside our landscaping service, every item below is available across Kanata, ON.
Garden Design & Planting
Layered, year-round plantings using native perennials, evergreens and ornamental grasses suited to your sun exposure and soil.
Front yard landscaping guide →Sod & Lawn Installation
Fresh-cut Kentucky bluegrass sod over properly amended topsoil, laid the same day it leaves the farm.
How to lay sod that lasts on clay →Grading & Drainage
Re-grading wet yards, installing French drains and channel drains to move water away from foundations.
Yard drainage and erosion control guide →Mulch & Edging
Natural cedar mulch, river-rock beds and steel or natural-stone edging to keep planting zones crisp.
How deep mulch should go, and how much to order →Landscape Lighting
Low-voltage LED path, uplight and step-light systems with transformer sizing for future expansion.
Tree & Shrub Installation
Large-calliper tree placement with proper root-flare exposure, staking and aftercare instructions.
Where and how to plant a tree in Ottawa →Process
How a landscaping project in Kanata runs.
- 01 On-site walk-through in KanataWe come to the property, measure, photograph and listen. Free, no commitment.
- 02 Written, fixed-price quoteLine-item scope delivered within five business days, with material specs and a target schedule.
- 03 Design refinementFor hardscape and landscape work, we produce a 3D render. For renovations, we finalize the scope document.
- 04 Build phaseOwners on site. Crew is the same crew every week. Daily clean-up.
- 05 Final walk-aroundWe walk the finished project with you, document for warranty and hand off care instructions.
Service area
Working across Kanata, ON.
Our crew runs Kanata on a regular weekly schedule. Quoting timelines and project start dates are typically faster in our active service areas.
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Reviews
What our clients say.
“ALM did a ton of work around my property, inside and out. Lindsey is very pleasant to work with and also efficient. Rob and his team worked hard and did an excellent job in heavy construction and also landscaping. I'll be choosing ALM from now on. It's hard to find honesty, fairness and skill together.”
“We recently used ALM for a reno in our backyard including some structural repair as a result of some pool issues. Lindsey, Rob and team were awesome, organized, and thorough. They corrected everything to the standards that should have been done in the first place, and more. The landscaping looks great too. Highly recommend.”
“ALM is the competition. Caring, knowledgeable, quality work at the best price to fix my patio and sidewalks with the extras, even grass seed for the finishing touches. WOW.”
FAQ
Landscaping questions, answered.
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Can you work around existing trees?
Do you offer landscape maintenance after install?
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Guides worth reading
Straight answers on how this work actually goes in Ottawa.
Yard Drainage and Erosion Control in Nepean: Wet Yards, Swales, Slopes and What Ottawa Allows
Most wet yards in Nepean are not a drainage design problem. They are a lot whose original grading has drifted. Here is how to read where the water goes, what the City lets you change, and which fixes work on clay.
Read the guide → LandscapingGarden Installation, Tree Planting and Mulching in Kanata, Barrhaven and Stittsville
Most new gardens that fail in Ottawa's west end fail for the same reasons: the wrong plant for the spot, trees planted too deep, and mulch piled the wrong way. Here is how beds and trees go in so they are still thriving in year five.
Read the guide → LandscapingSod Installation in Stittsville and Barrhaven: Why New Lawns Fail and How to Lay One That Lasts
New sod almost never fails because of the sod. It fails because of the few centimetres of ground under it, and in Stittsville and Barrhaven that ground is usually clay.
Read the guide →More guides
- Backyard Landscaping in Kanata and Barrhaven: Gardens, Trees and a Yard That Drains
- Front Yard Landscaping in Barrhaven, Kanata and Stittsville: Designing Inside the City's Rules
- Landscape Design in Stittsville and Kanata: What Design-Build Actually Involves
- Front Yard Landscaping in Ottawa: What Survives the Curb
- Landscaping in Kanata: Grading, Planting & Yard Design