Like any industry, professional certification/accreditation is important. In the landscape industry there is a governing body for both design and construction (the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects, and Landscape Ontario). Education and certification is required to be members of these organizations, and they ensure that your landscape designer/contractor is legitimate. In order to ensure that a landscape designer/contractor is reputable, ask for references. This is one of the most effective ways to gain the trust you need to make an informed choice. On larger projects, it is very smart to ask for a clearance certificate from the WSIB (workers safety insurance board), as well as proof of liability insurance. At Frontiers, this information is readily available, and provided no questions asked. Please call Frontiers Landscape for a free consultation today!

Mulch prevents erosion, retains soil moisture and prevents weeds from establishing. Mulch is a maintenance life saver. If you cover a freshly planted garden with 2-3 inches of mulch, you will decrease your weed pulling time to almost zero. There are many kinds of mulch, the two most common being cedar and pine. Cedar is a much more effective maintenance tool due to its inherent moisture resistance and anti rotting characteristics. It also has a nice natural color and smell! The second type of mulch in our area is Pine. You can find pine that has been died in such colors as red, black and yellow, as well as the standard plain. Pine is cheaper and has the aesthetic advantages of multiple color choices, but does not last as long as its cedar counterpart. Ensuring your mulch is topped up once a year will save you weekends of weed pulling. Please call Frontiers Landscape for a free consultation on your property maintenance

Privacy is a luxury that is typically associated with rural properties or estates. Within an urban environment, privacy is taken away, and it falls upon an excellent landscape design to get it back. With the careful placement and selection of vegetation and structural elements, even the most “fishbowl”of situations can be remedied. Trees are excellent tools to block undesirable sight lines. Wood structures, such as decorative fences or screen panels, are effective where space does not allow for sizeable vegetation. Privacy is not only visual, but audible as well. The effective use of water features and rustling foliage can provide natural white noise that will drown out the infiltration of typical urban noises. Please call Frontiers Landscape for a free consultation to increase the privacy of your outdoor living space.

If your patio has begun to heave there maybe underlying issues at work, many of which might not be visible to the naked eye. An inconsistent grade or crumbling edge may create tripping hazards as well as maintenance issues down the road. This heaving and degraded edge is very common along the foundation of a home and in high traffic areas. The area close to the foundation of a home can take over a decade to fully settle; and often, landscaping is damaged in the process.  The second culprit to patio damage the seasonal freeze/thaw process.  A patio can be “re-layed” at the fraction of the cost of a new installation. Whether it be interlocking stone (pavers) or natural stone (flagstone), the granular base can be compacted, and re-levelled, to solve the problem, and give you many more years of enjoyment out of your outdoor space. Advances in polymeric jointing sand will also give you added protection against weeds and ants, lowering maintenance costs and effort. Please call Frontiers Landscape at 1-877-589-1068 for a free consultation on your patio.

Front yard landscaping is a simple way to add a significant amount of curb appeal to your home. It is critical when selling or showing a home. The removal of overgrown vegetation, pruning trees, cutting garden bed edges and planting flowering perennials and shrubs is a fast and effective source of curb appeal. Repairing dips in walkways, mortar joints in masonry and re-finishing surfaces can bring back the structural look of any stonework; avoiding comments of “disrepair” or “outdated” features.  Please call Frontiers Landscape  for a free consultation on how you can get the best “bang for your buck” on curb appeal