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A New Kind of Valentine’s Day Gift

When it comes to Valentine’s Day, it often feels like there’s a conventional script that most of us follow. And if cards, chocolates, flowers, and maybe a new piece of jewelry are exactly how you want to mark this wintery lover’s festival, that’s great! But with the pandemic already ensuring that the usual dining-out experience […]

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Start the New Year Right with a New Landscaping Project

Last year was…weird. But with the first delivery of vaccines out, normalcy seems just around the corner. At the moment, it’s looking like most Albertans who want a vaccine will be able to have one by September. That means we’ll all have one more spring and summer spent largely in our own backyards, but that’s […]

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Go Big this Christmas

Many Canadians have had kind of a rough year, but as a silver lining, a lot of us have rediscovered the quiet enjoyment of spending time in our own backyards. This is probably why so many Calgarians are deciding to end 2020 on a high note — by starting the design process for a new […]

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Sign up Mum & Dad for Snow Removal this Winter

As we go into our first winter with COVID-19, many Calgarians are thinking hard about how they can protect their older parents while still providing them with the support they need as they age in place. Take shovelling the walk, for example. Many young and middle-aged Calgarians lend a hand to clear snow and ice […]

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Cold Hard Winter Expected in Alberta — Here’s How to Protect Your Yard!

The Farmers’ Almanac, which has been predicting Canadian weather since 1818, gave Albertans the heads up to expect a long, cold, snowy winter this year. Unfortunately, Environment Canada hasn’t clearly disagreed with the prediction, commenting, “There’s some indications we could be trending towards La Niña.” La Niña is an ocean phenomena that generally causes colder, […]

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Maintaining Your Yards Curb Appeal into Winter

One common mistake that Calgary homeowners make as they design their landscaping is to not consider how their yard will look over the winter. Here in Calgary, winter is generally about half the year (from the middle or end of October until the middle or end of April), so that’s a long time to have […]

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Have You Scheduled a Fall Clean Up?

It’s been one weird summer, but the world keeps spinning, and suddenly, fall is just around the corner. In recent years, the first snow has been arriving in September, so it’s no surprise we’ve heard from many Calgary homeowners and business owners already wondering when they should schedule their fall clean up. While there’s no […]

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Coming Together in a COVID-19 World

As restrictions on Albertans continue to be lifted, many Calgarians are going to be wondering whether it’s okay to see friends and family members again. Is it safe to eat dinner at a friend’s house? Can we come together to celebrate birthdays and weddings? Well, it depends. Every activity is going to have its own […]

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Can You Still Have Your Yard Landscaped Despite COVID-19?

While life in Alberta seems to be slowly becoming more normal, there are a few restrictions (like social distancing) that aren’t going to be going anywhere until we have a vaccine. Calgarians are smart people, so as businesses begin to reopen, we’re still going to spend much of our time at home instead of frequenting […]

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Social-Distancing Approved Landscaping Services

As the April snowstorms melt away, the May flowers will be popping through the ground and the grass will begin to green and grow once more. Many Calgarians are beginning to feel the onset of cabin fever, so we just want to remind everyone that the great outdoors isn’t off-limits. In fact, summer 2020 may […]

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