Acreage frontage and a townhouse garden are quoted differently
No pile left behind at the end of a visit
BC Landscape and Nursery Association standards
Haney, Albion, Silver Valley and Whonnock
Rural residential and acreage through Whonnock, Ruskin and Websters Corners. Long frontages and open lawn, which is priced by area rather than bed by bed.
Silver Valley and Thornhill sit on the hillside above town. Machine access, water running off and where a wall has to go are all live questions before any planting.
A lot of Maple Ridge keeps its mature conifers. That means dry shade, needle litter, roots near the surface and moss taking the lawn back every winter.
Browse pressure is real here, heaviest on the slopes and nearer the parkland. It changes what is worth planting, and what is worth protecting while it establishes.
| Area of Maple Ridge | What we usually find | Where we start |
|---|---|---|
| Haney, Port Haney and Hammond | Older town lots closer to the river. Flatter, smaller and mostly established gardens that have been in a long time. | Renovation and regular upkeep |
| Albion and Cottonwood | Newer subdivisions on the bench. Tighter lots, young planting and a lot of builder grade lawn. | Establishing beds, fixing thin lawn |
| Silver Valley and Thornhill | The hillside above town. Slope, runoff and machine access all matter, and this is where the deer pressure is heaviest. | Terracing, walls, deer aware planting |
| Whonnock, Ruskin and Websters Corners | Rural east. Acreages, long frontages and a lot of open ground between the house and the road. | Priced by area, scheduled visits |
| Yennadon and the Alouette flats | Low ground out toward the river and the park. Wetter, with big mature trees and deep shade on many lots. | Drainage first, then shade planting |
It depends on the size of the property, how much of it you want touched, and how hard it is to get a machine to. A flat Hammond back garden and a sloping Silver Valley lot with a narrow driveway are very different jobs at the same square footage. We walk it, measure it and quote in writing, and the number does not move.
Yes. Whonnock, Ruskin and Websters Corners are a normal part of the week. Open ground is priced by area rather than bed by bed, and we will tell you honestly which parts are worth maintaining and which are better left rougher.
Yes, and it is worth planning properly rather than planting and hoping. On a slope the questions are where the water goes, whether a wall or terracing earns its keep, and how we get materials in. All three change the price, so they get settled before we quote.
That is dry shade rather than plain shade, because the tree takes the water first. Thinning the canopy to let light through does more than anything else, and after that it is shade planting into the gaps between roots. Never raise the soil level over a conifer root plate to make a bed, because it kills the tree slowly.
Nothing is deer proof, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something. Lavender, rosemary, ornamental grasses, ferns, salal, Oregon grape and daffodils usually get left alone. Hosta, tulips and most roses get eaten. Young cedar gets browsed hard, which matters if you are planting a hedge for screening.
Almost always light rather than soil. Moss wins where grass is too shaded to compete, which is common on a treed Maple Ridge lot. Raking it out without changing the light means it comes straight back, so we look at the canopy first and the lawn second.
Both. A single cleanup or a build, or a scheduled visit through the season. Plenty of Maple Ridge properties want a big reset first and then a light schedule to hold it.
Yes, on contract. Larger uniform grounds are what a scheduled programme suits best, and we work around access hours.
