Landscaping · Barrhaven, ON
Landscaping in Barrhaven
Front and back yard landscaping in Barrhaven: garden beds rebuilt, edging, mulch, river rock, gravel areas and restoration after other work, from Old Barrhaven and Longfields to Stonebridge and Half Moon Bay. One of our Barrhaven jobs is a front bed rebuilt with fabric, mulch and a clean paver edge.
- Landscape fabric
- Mulch
- River rock
- Decorative gravel
- Clear stone
- Concrete slabs
- Topsoil
The local picture
Landscaping in Barrhaven
On Barrhaven clay, a bed works when the soil in it falls away from the house and surface water has somewhere to go. The bed is reshaped first, so the slope is set before fabric, soil and mulch go on.
Front yards here sit close to the driveway, the walk and the street. A bed that meets a paver border on one side and lawn on the other needs an edge on each, so the mulch stays in and the grass stays out.
Landscaping for Barrhaven front yards
Old Barrhaven, Longfields, Chapman Mills, Stonebridge and Half Moon Bay
Korvex Construction does landscaping across Barrhaven: front garden beds rebuilt and edged, mulch and river rock, gravel strips along the house, stepping paths and the cleanup of a yard after drainage or fence work. Text a few photos or call 613-880-7679 to book the free estimate at your house; the written scope and price follow.
The Barrhaven bed on our projects page shows the order of work. The bed was dug out and reshaped, landscape fabric went down and was cut to fit around the stone ring of the tree near the sidewalk, and mulch filled the bed up to the paver border.
Trees on Barrhaven clay
What the City’s own street tree policy says
Since 2005 the City has planted street trees on sensitive marine clay under a policy of its own: low water demand trees, set back from a foundation by their full mature height. The City records that many new subdivisions ended up with only four small ornamental varieties, Amur maple, serviceberry, crab apple and Japanese lilac, planted about 7.5 m from the house. Barrhaven’s clay runs deep along the Jock River, so a tree you want close to the house is worth talking through at the estimate.
More roofs on the same catchment
The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority’s catchment report for the Jock River in Barrhaven counts settlement as 42% of the land cover in 2014 and woodland as 11%. Between 2008 and 2014, settlement grew by 160 ha while woodland shrank by 27 ha.
Each new street adds roofs and driveways, and their water crosses the lots below. The beds we build hold their soil and slope toward the lot’s intended drainage point, the place the City asks owners to send water when space is tight.
At the site visit
What we check on a lot in Barrhaven
- 01
Slope of the bed against the foundation
- 02
Edges: paver border, walk, driveway and lawn
- 03
Trees in or next to the bed, and any stone ring around them
- 04
The lot’s intended drainage point and the downspouts
- 05
Distance from the Jock River, for lots near it
How we build it
How a garden bed is built to drain
A bed that keeps its shape and keeps water off the foundation is built from the bottom up. The Barrhaven front bed went in this order: soil reshaped, landscape fabric, fresh soil, mulch, finished to its edges.
- Grade first
The slope away from the house is set before fabric or mulch goes down. A bed that tilts toward the wall stays a drainage problem however good it looks.
- Keep the wall clear
Soil and mulch stop below the siding. Mulch piled against parging keeps the coating wet, and wet parging cracks.
- Edges that hold
Every bed meets a paver border, an edging or a cut lawn line, so the mulch stays in the bed and the grass stays out.
- Work around trees
Beds near mature trees are laid out around the roots, and the City’s tree rules are checked where a large tree is close.
- Locates before digging
Buried lines are marked before beds are dug out or a pad is set.
- Leave it tidy
Old soil, sod and debris leave the site with us, and the yard is cleaned up when the work is done.
- Mulch or river rockAn even layer that covers the soil, kept below the siding and the parging.Spread evenly
- Fresh soilBrought in over the fabric where the bed is planted.Raked to the slope
- Landscape fabricKeeps soil and stone apart and slows weeds; cut around trees and existing plants.Laid over the soil
- Reshaped soilWeeds and roots cleared, the surface shaped to fall away from the house.Falls away from the wall
“Vlad and his crew installed my patio in 2 days. Did excellent work and vlad answered any and all questions I asked. I highly recommend Korvex Development for any job you may require.”
Joe Ayoub · Patio installed
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Josh Cohen-Collier · Leaning fence repaired
FAQ
Landscaping in Barrhaven: common questions
Can I plant a tree close to my house in Barrhaven?
Talk it through at the estimate first. Barrhaven sits on deep clay, and on sensitive marine clay the City’s own street tree policy sets trees back from foundations by their full mature height, with shorter setbacks allowed only where soil tests show lower risk. We place beds with that in mind, and for a large tree near the house an arborist’s advice is worth having.
Our front bed is bare soil. What does a rebuild include?
Weeds and old soil come out, the bed is reshaped to fall away from the house, and landscape fabric is cut around the trees and plants that stay. Fresh soil goes where you plan to plant, mulch or river rock goes on top, and the bed gets an edge against the lawn and the walk. The written quote lists each part.
What did the Barrhaven front garden bed job include?
The bed was bare soil up to the interlock border, with a tree in a stone ring near the sidewalk. We dug out and reshaped the bed, laid landscape fabric cut to fit around the tree ring, added mulch around the tree and cleaned up the paver edge. The before and after photos are on our projects page.
Do you work in all parts of Barrhaven?
Yes. Korvex Construction builds interlock, drainage, fences and decks across Barrhaven, including Old Barrhaven, Longfields, Chapman Mills, Stonebridge and Half Moon Bay. One of our Barrhaven jobs is on this page: a front garden bed rebuilt with landscape fabric, mulch and a clean paver edge. Request a free estimate or call 613-880-7679.
Book a free landscaping estimate in Barrhaven
Tell us what you want built and send a few photos. We come out, look at what sits under the job, and give you the scope and the price in writing.