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Landscape Design — New Westminster, BC
New Westminster's century-old streetscapes in Queen's Park and Glenbrooke North set a high bar for landscape design — these gardens must complement homes built in 1905, not compete with them. But New West is not just heritage. Queensborough's island lots need contemporary designs that handle wet soil. Brow of the Hill properties need hillside planting that prevents erosion while looking cultivated. Sapperton's east-facing slopes get morning sun and afternoon shade, creating a microclimate suited to specific plant communities. As the local crew headquartered on 2nd Street, we have designed and installed landscapes across every New Westminster neighbourhood and understand the distinct conditions each one presents.
Heritage properties in Queen's Park and Glenbrooke North require period-appropriate garden design that complements pre-1920s architecture — modern minimalist plantings look incongruous.
Steep hillside lots on Brow of the Hill need designs that combine erosion control with aesthetic planting on grades that can exceed 30 degrees.
Queensborough's island hydrology creates wet-soil conditions year-round, limiting plant selection and requiring rain garden or bog garden techniques.
Variable sun exposure across New Westminster — south-facing Queen's Park lots versus east-facing Sapperton slopes — demands neighbourhood-specific plant palettes.
For Queen's Park heritage gardens, we research the architectural period of the home and design plantings that would have been contemporary — English cottage gardens, formal hedged borders, and heirloom varieties that pre-date the 1930s. Brow of the Hill hillsides get a combination of deep-rooted native plants for stability and ornamental layers that cascade down the slope. Queensborough designs embrace the moisture with rain gardens, bog plantings, and species that thrive with wet feet. Being local means we can visit repeatedly during the design phase to observe sun patterns, drainage flows, and how the space changes through the day — information that a single-visit designer misses.
Landscape design and installation in New Westminster typically ranges from $5,500 to $32,000. Design-only packages run $1,000 to $3,000. Heritage garden restorations in Queen's Park start at $8,000. Full hillside landscape designs with erosion control and planting on Brow of the Hill run $12,000 to $30,000. Queensborough rain garden installations start at $5,500.
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Landscape Design across every neighbourhood in New Westminster.
Yes — heritage garden design is one of our strengths in New Westminster. We research the architectural era of your Queen's Park or Glenbrooke North home and design gardens using plant species, layout styles, and material choices that would have been contemporary when the house was built. This means English cottage-style borders, formal hedging, heirloom roses, and natural stone edging rather than modern minimalist hardscaping.
Steep lots on Brow of the Hill and the upper slopes get a layered design approach: structural elements (retaining walls, timber steps) create level planting terraces, deep-rooted native species stabilize the slope between terraces, and ornamental plants add colour and texture on each level. The design must work both visually (from the house looking down) and functionally (holding the hillside through winter rain).
Our design packages include: initial site survey with soil, sun, and drainage assessment; scaled design plan showing all hardscape and planting areas; detailed plant schedule with species, quantities, and placement; material specifications for any hardscaping; and a presentation meeting to walk through the design with you. Full design-build packages include everything above plus installation with a workmanship warranty.
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