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Announcement – July 28, 2025

2025-07-28 by Verdant Landscape & Design

We’re Officially Licensed Pesticide Applicators!
We’re excited to share that our team is now fully licensed to apply pesticides, marking a significant step forward in our commitment to providing safe, effective, and environmentally responsible solutions. This certification ensures we meet all regulatory standards and are equipped with the knowledge and tools to manage pests with precision and care.
Whether it’s protecting landscapes, preserving plant health, or maintaining pest-free environments, our licensed status means you can trust us to deliver professional-grade service with confidence.
Thank you for your continued support as we grow and expand our capabilities!

What is a “Spring Clean Up”?

2025-04-08 by Verdant Landscape & Design

Spring Clean-Up: Preparing for a Blooming Season Spring is a time of renewal and growth, and our spring clean-up tasks are essential to ensure our gardens and landscapes thrive throughout the season. Here’s why we perform these tasks: Promotes Healthy Growth. Removing dead material from gardens removes the potential for any overwintering pests to infect … Read more

Spring Gardening Tips: Ignore your lawn!

2025-04-04 by Verdant Landscape & Design

Spring Garden Tips: What to Do and What to Avoid Ignore Your Lawn! It’s far too early to work on your lawn. 1. Why It’s Too Early to work on your lawn. Working on your lawn too early in the spring can indeed be counterproductive for several reasons: Risks of Damaging New Growth • Tender … Read more

Garden Revival – Summer 2023

2023-08-222023-08-22 by Verdant Landscape & Design

One of our favourite things to do is revitalize gardens. Here is a garden in Mississauga we worked on this summer. We built a front landing, steps and a glass railing a few years ago. They had us back for this one! Refurbishing a garden is fairly straightforward. The design is important but knowing how … Read more

Weed Barriers and Landscape Fabric

2022-09-19 by Verdant Landscape & Design

Weed Barrier and why it is BAD – and doesn’t work… AKA – Landscape Fabric, Geotextile. And what you should do instead…. As a landscaper, I always dread each time a client asks us to install weed barrier. Landscaping brings a lot of challenges and weeds in gardens are among the greatest. Too many … Read more

The Spring Garden – Planted in the Fall!

2023-11-022022-09-11 by Verdant Landscape & Design

Every spring the landscape wakens with the wonderful colours of spring flowering bulbs. We all know them; tulips, daffodils, crocus…. and so many more.

Summer Lawn Care

2022-07-202020-06-23 by Verdant Landscape & Design

So one my pet peeves is lawn care. There are a number of landscape designers who hate lawns and call them a waste of resources. I am agnostic as far as lawns go. I have seen louses with large lawns that looked good and houses with no lawns that look good. Healthy lawns have some … Read more

Audrey II

2022-07-202020-04-28 by Verdant Landscape & Design

An interesting morning. I love mornings. I love spring mornings when the plants are all dripping from the overnight rain. There is a low cloud, it is misty and drizzly.