Landscape Planting

Are you looking for a landscape planting service? We can implement your landscaping project, renew your tired garden, and manage your job. Here at GK Creations, we are the team that can do it all - from landscape design and planning to getting down and planting your garden ourselves.

We offer free, no-obligation quotes and consultations for our garden maintenance and landscaping services. Get in touch with us today!

Landscape planting plan

Having a good plan for how you intend to plant your landscape can enhance your home. You can almost instantly make your home reflect your taste. Make your home more comfortable, energy-efficient, and attractive by making considered choices about what plants you use and where they go.

But where to begin? Whether you’re clueless about plants or don’t have the time or energy to invest in your garden, our team at GK Creations is here to help!

Consulting with you every step of the way, our landscaping specialists can create and implement a plan to fill your garden with plants you love.

The better thought out your landscaping plan is, the better you will be able to enjoy your garden and outdoor living in the long run. What you decide now will determine how much time and effort your outdoor space requires to stay looking its best.

With our help, you will get to decide what kinds of plants you want. Our team will attend to all your requirements and choose the best landscaping plan to fit your lifestyle.

Crucial landscaping and planting considerations

Here at GK Creations, we take your whole site into account when carrying out our landscaping services. When deciding what plants work best for your unique project, we will need to think about:

• Your house placement

• The size of your site

• The type of soil on your site

• Climate, sun, and shade

• Access to water and drainage

• How your land is formed

These factors will make it easier for some plants than others to thrive on your property. 

We will also need to account for how much sun and shade you want in your yard at what times of the year. That will be affected by what angle the sun hits your property in summer and winter, along with whether you have existing plants or planned plants that provide shade and privacy. We will have to balance all of these factors while ensuring that we do not block your neighbours’ sun.

When considering how best to arrange your plants, we will need to account for your goals for your backyard, such as:

• Recreation

• Entertaining/hosting

• Catering to children and pets

• Growing a vegetable garden

• A secluded spot to read and relax

• Having an attractive view from your house

Layering your landscape

Using a variety of different plants, we can layer your landscape to cultivate a dynamic, lush, visually appealing garden. Layering your garden means having the right balance of the following:

• Tall trees to provide shade, privacy, and ornamentation

• Evergreen trees, shrubs, and/or plants to keep your garden looking beautiful all year round

• Shrubs - we recommend choosing some that flower in spring

• Other plants, flowers, and grasses

• Vines, moss, and groundcovers to fill in the gaps

• Bulbs, herbs, and vegetable seeds/saplings

Our team knows how to engage some key design principles, such as flow, repetition, depth, and scale and create a landscape that you can be proud of. 

Flow is all about how different areas of your garden tie together. Some ways this can be achieved include garden edging and creating garden paths.

Repetition provides consistency and cohesion to your landscape. We can achieve this by repeating similar plants, colours or features. 

Scaling the proportions of the different plants you want in your garden will make your backyard more interesting and engaging. Your plants will also need to be in proportion to the rest of your landscape.

Depth describes the way we carry out our landscape planting. Rather than just lining up your plants in a stiff, orderly fashion, staggering them in terms of how large they will grow will be better for your plants and the look of your garden.