Tanya Olsen
Owner of Royal City Nursery
Winter is on its way out, and dreams of soil-stained knees, fresh-smelling flowers, and buzzing pollinators are starting to fill our heads. If your garden’s in need of a bit of an updated image this year, we at Royal City Nursery Landscape Solutions can help turn your space into a vibrant, dynamic, and earth-friendly landscape for you, your family, and local wildlife to enjoy! So, let’s get those creative juices flowing and look at the many benefits an updated landscape can provide, as well as the importance of booking an early landscaping consultation!
Our Process
Every one of Royal City Nursery’s Landscape Solutions’ landscaping consultations begins with a spatial assessment and dialogue with you about the benefits each member of your family (dogs included!) will gain from the updated space, so we know what important features you’d like incorporated into your landscape. Would you like to include water features? What kinds of pathways would you like installed? Who in your family likes to do what outside? We firmly believe that your landscaping should be an extension of the interior of your home, and we’re dedicated to making it as easy as possible to move between the two with ease no matter the time of year.
Designing the Landscape for You
We at Royal City Nursery’s Landscape Solutions firmly believe that landscapes are not one-size-fits-all. Landscaping is meant to reflect what makes you you, right down to the shape of the land’s contouring and the selection of plants. We work with you at every step of the process to ensure that the landscape we produce serves everyone in your family, from having a place to run and play for the kids to offering a spot for you to enjoy some shade and a nice cool drink on a hot sunny day.
Believe it or not, there are even some economic benefits to landscaping, and we are happy to work with you to keep costs low so we can ensure that’s the case! As soon as your landscaping is finished, your home will instantly increase in resale value. Beyond that, proper landscaping can also decrease your energy bill! We take care to create berms and windbreaks on the windward side of your home if desired, ensuring that cold winter winds won’t find their way into your home, keeping that pesky energy bill low during the colder months.
Selecting Perfect Plants for Ontario
Once you have an idea of how you want your landscaping to look, what purposes you’d like it to serve, and how you’d like the space arranged, now comes the fun part: selecting the perfect plants for your landscape!
When most of us think of landscaping, we think of classic landscaping plants such as boxwood, blue spruce, and weigela. These plants are classics for a reason: they’re beautiful, sturdy, reliable, and proven to stand the test of time without too much maintenance. However, as we covered earlier, your landscape is a reflection of yourself, and each of us has unique tastes and preferences, especially when it comes to plants! Royal City Nursery’s Landscape Solutions is dedicated to ensuring that your personality shines through in your landscape, so whenever possible, we like to recommend specialty plants mixed in with a few landscape classics.
One way to make your landscape shine while maintaining its beauty and useability is to incorporate edible plants throughout your space, not just in your raised beds. Fruit trees, such as apples, provide beautiful structures in the winter, glorious blossoms in the spring, lush foliage in summer, and delectable fruit in the fall. What’s not to love? Even the humble kale plant can be a knockout in the landscape, boasting unusual leaves in various colours, from red-tinged to purple and green. With a bit of protection, your kale plant will even last over winter, making it an excellent addition to your landscaping!
Another recommendation we love to make is landscaping with pollinator-friendly plants. By doing so, your home provides benefits for pollinating insects and birds, which matter a whole lot to the health of our planet. Coneflower, rudbeckia, and bee balm are all perennials that will brighten up your garden and call in the critters!
As you can see, the benefits of landscaping are evident and plentiful, and we make the process easy for you. So, get those swirling summer dreams out of your head and down on paper! Book an early Landscaping Consultation with Royal City Nursery’s Landscape Solutions crew today, and we’ll help you make your Ontario landscaping dreams a reality!