Landscape Design & Installation

Servicing Owen Sound and Grey Bruce County

What is landscape design?

Landscape design is the art of arranging outdoor spaces to create a harmonious relationship between natural elements and constructed features. It involves designing gardens, lawns, walkways, and other elements to achieve both visual appeal and practical function. The goal is to create a cohesive and functional outdoor environment that integrates natural beauty with human use.

Landscape design services that we offer in Owen Sound and Grey Bruce County:

Garden Design & Installation

Butterfly gardens
Bee meadows
Native species garden
Tree pruning
Low maintenance gardens
English gardens
Winterizing plants

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Sod Installation

New lawn
Sod replacement
Lawn aeration
Alleviate soil compaction
Grass seeding
Residential and Commercial
Irrigation

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Retaining Walls

Armour stone walls
Gabion stone walls
Interlocking walls
Drystack walls
Precast retaining walls
Preventing soil erosion
Riverbanks and flood defence

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Garden Design and Installation

Servicing Owen Sound and Grey Bruce County

Customize Your Garden Bed

With more than 30 years experience, we understand your gardening needs — from planting and pruning to detailed design concepts and seasonal maintenance. If you are ready for a beautiful new transformation let the professionals at Kirkharle Landscape Construction show you how.

Garden design involves the thoughtful arrangement of plants and other elements to create a cohesive and functional outdoor space. We can provide low maintenance solution methods that are beautiful and self sustaining. We have a preference for working with nature not against it. If you have a vision we can bring it to life using only the finest quality plant materials that will compliment or enhance your existing environment and habitat. We create outdoor environments that compliment you and your home and perfectly suits your needs.

Kirkharle Landscape Garden Designs:

Sod Installation

Servicing Owen Sound and Grey Bruce County

Why New Sod is Right for You

Although there are several different options for getting a new lawn for your property, few can compete with the ease and efficiency of a new sod installation. Of course, you can enjoy your lawn right away without waiting for seeds to sprout. What’s more, sod requires less irrigation and is low maintenance while also preventing soil erosion.

The Benefits of a Core Aeration Service

There are many benefits to investing in lawn aeration. Let’s explore just a few.

Improves strength and overall health of the turf
Prevents thinning and patchy grass
Alleviates soil compaction
Benefits seeding operations
Minimizes the buildup of thatch
Reduces water run-off and puddles
Prepares the grass for winter

Retaining Walls

Servicing Owen Sound and Grey Bruce County

Benefits of Retaining Walls

Retaining walls offer a wide range of benefits and can add significant value to your home. Some of these benefits include increasing the square footage of your property and preventing erosion and stormwater runoff. Retaining walls can take unusable undulating sloped ground and transform it into an increased amount of usable space for lawns or additional landscape options. This adds immense value to a home because it creates flexible, usable square footage.

Retaining walls are an excellent solution to shoreline and sloped properties. When storms hit sloped shoreline properties, water runs downhill. This stormwater runoff can create major problems for homeowners. The benefits of installing a retaining wall is that it protects a home’s foundation by preventing erosion, foundation damage and residential flooding.

Armour Stone Walls

A dry-stack armour stone retaining wall is built from natural stones laid on top of each other, with the entire structure on top of a gravel base. These stone applications can be installed along shorelines, riverbanks, and slopes to prevent soil erosion and provide stability against water forces.

Gabion Stone Walls

A gabion basket retaining wall is a gravity retaining structure formed from galvanised or PVC-coated steel mesh baskets filled with stone.

Gabion walls are commonly used for:
Retaining slopes and embankments
Riverbanks and flood defence
Commercial and industrial developments

Precast Retaining Walls

This segmental retaining wall system is used to create usable land areas and prevent erosion in gardens, driveways, and are effective in managing water runoff and preventing erosion in areas that can be prone to these type of issues.

Testimonials

It was a delight to work with Jeff and his team on our retaining wall/drainage project and I wouldn't hesitate to call him again for future work. Jeff offered sound, practical advice throughout, and he and his team executed each step with exceptional workmanship and professionalism.

Mrs. Ayotte

Jeff and his team did a wonderful job planting 12 evergreen trees on the border of our new property. We are building a home in Owen Sound, and were completely overwhelmed by having to landscape our 4 acre lot. Jeff was able to envision a landscaping plan that would compliment our home and was able to get started on planting very soon after our initial meeting. The trees are very healthy and were planted with care, and all for a fair price. I look forward to having Jeff return in the spring to continue beautifying our new home.

Mrs. McCartney

A project to rebuild the lawn in our front garden , involved removing the old lawn, realigning the slope, installing underground drainage and laying new sod while maintaining the flower beds and other plantings. The work was accomplished in some of the hottest weather (30ºC) of the summer in mid-July. Despite the conditions, the crew, Sheldon and Destiny, worked diligently to complete the project with efficiency and attention to detail. Throughout, we were informed of the details regarding work to be done on each day. The quality of the sod Jeff sourced was superior, lush and very fresh cut. This meant, that although it was installed in extreme heat, it has flourished with no apparent stress and we have in place a lovely healthy lawn. Jeff and his wife Eloise are pleasant, accommodating and, dedicated professionals whose goal is to ensure the customer is completely pleased with the final product. We are very pleased with the final product.

Mr. & Mrs. Middleton

We had a car go through our big garden last year causing all kinds of damage. We called Jeff at Kirkharle Landscape. Jeff was quick to respond and came to look at the damage and gave us a fair quote. The main focus in the garden was a beautiful pine tree that had substantial damage. Jeff and his amazing assistant, Justin, started the work right away. Jeff had great ideas on how to design the garden better. He saved my Pine tree! Jeff and Justin added 4 more different pine trees and added extra bushes and flowers. Haven’t seen the end result yet as things are just starting to pop up. I am sure it will be beautiful. Jeff always consulted Me with what he was doing and followed up to make sure we were happy with his work. Would gladly have Him again.

Mrs. Willicombe

We engaged Kirkharle Landscape & Garden Design to renovate our long-established and overgrown perennial bed, and to enlarge a border along the foundation of our house. Jeffrey and his team (Justin, Colin & Sheldon) worked steadily, on a cold windy day, to tackle the job and complete the tasks as requested. They gained our confidence, proving that they knew what was required and completed the demanding work within a much shorter time frame than we expected. We are grateful for their attentive, respectful work at a critical time in the growing season, and highly recommend them to others.

Mrs. Armstrong

Highly recommend Kirkharle Landscaping! Jeff and his team helped transform the void back line of our property by planting a living fence of 38 beautiful 5-6 foot cedars. This Is a huge feat that one must not underestimate. We found the Kirkharle team to be very accommodating and respectful to the customer’s vision- even with some very last minute changes we made. Communication was stellar from our initial quote inquiry ( thank you Eloise ) to follow up post project completion. Jeff offered excellent suggestions and insight, clarifying and acknowledging what we pictured would be the end visual result. The 3 young gentlemen on the team who came to plant these heavy trees worked so hard that day and were always professional. They worked through the pouring rain taking great care of the rest of the grounds. A huge shout out to them!!! Thank you to everyone for giving a head start to our long term Vision for our backyard. It will look majestic and offer privacy as the hedge matures. All we need now is the warm weather to sink in some colorful annuals against this lush evergreen backdrop. We will definitely have them back! Thank you to all 🙂 Please stay safe and in good health.

Jane & Les D.