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Happy Earth Day from Five Star Landscaping!

Most Canadians would say Christmas, Thanksgiving, or Easter is their favourite holiday. Many also love Canada Day, Valentines Day, or Halloween. But at Five Star Landscaping, our favourite holiday is probably Earth Day. This year Earth Day falls on April 22nd, and Canadians largely celebrate this holiday by spending time in nature or intentionally not […]

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Why Businesses Are Retaining Full Service Outdoor Maintenance Teams

As we go into March, Albertans know that more blizzards and bad weather are on the way. That’s just part of life in Canada. Fortunately, the snow will melt away and spring will arrive once more soon enough. But for many commercial or public spaces in Calgary, this just means going from asking: ‘Where do […]

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Landscaping Design Trends Going into 2020

One of the most fun things to do at the beginning of any new year is predict which landscaping design trends are going to dominate. Over the last few years, we’ve seen Calgarians investing in outdoor kitchens and living spaces in order to get the most value out of their backyard. We don’t expect these […]

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Getting Started on Your New Yard this New Year

Happy New Year! It’s 2020. We hope you have all had a great break over the holidays. I know all of our team members at Five Star Landscaping enjoyed spending time with their families and eating just a bit too much, but that’s how it should be around Christmas time! With the holiday season coming […]

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Happy Holiday from Five Star Landscaping!

The sun is nearly gone; the Christmas lights are on; a silver snow that’s shining in the sky. There’s ginger in the air, and food enough to share. Such a shame that falling snow just makes you sigh. As the flakes begin to fly, the children love the swirling sky, but when there’s only you […]

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Just Say No to Snow

Winters in Canada can be a bit grueling. Not only is the harsh wind bone chilling, but the snowfall can be relentless. In fact, Harvard’s Health Publishing has even written about how shovelling snow can trigger a heart attack. While that may not be a fear for most of us, when push comes to shovel, […]

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Keeping Your Yard Beautiful into Autumn

Over winter, many Calgary yards lose much of their curb appeal. Often, landscaping design and details will focus solely on creating a beautiful oasis throughout spring and summer, leaving autumn forgotten and winter barren and dreary. But lifeless, dormant yards aren’t an inevitable reality of fall in Calgary. Working with the right Calgary landscaping team, […]

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Is Your Yard Ready for Winter?

The kids are back in classes, and there’s a quiet crispness to the morning air that’s hard to ignore. Autumn is here — or it’s just around the corner, and that means it’s time to start considering what you need to get done in your yard before the snow arrives. Like spring, fall can be […]

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Is It Too Late to Have Your Yard Landscaped This Year?

At Five Star Landscaping, we often recommend starting your landscaping project as early as possible. In fact, it can be ideal to begin the planning and designing stages of landscaping before the snow has even melted. That way, as soon as the ground has thawed, our team of professional landscapers can immediately begin crafting your […]

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Dethatching or Aeration?

With summer well underway, your lawn may already be beginning to droop. In Alberta, it’s not unusual for the hot, dry weather to turn your lawn brown and dormant after just a few short weeks of green. While this summer has offered lots of rain so far, it’s not unlikely that we’ll see drought conditions […]

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