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Hi I'm Josh Hollander
from Hollander Landscaping Limited. We did a landscape here
last year a small courtyard in Toronto. When we came here originally
there was a us a small deck, not very functional,
not very functional landscape area to sit down here
there wasn't many plants. It was just kind of a drabby area
So we wanted to create kind of a sitting area down here
but also have an opened view from the deck
and create a bit of a perimeter planting for them to enjoy
we start by removing everything to remove the whole backyard we took apart
the deck
we kinda prepared the base for all the stonework here
so I was the first thing we did we use a product that was kinda but
tumbled stones were given a bit of a rustic feel then we
blasted with plans just soften up all the stonework
we try to get some height by putting in for large trees along the back
for some privacy their pyramidal trees the call European hornbeam
they're very low maintenance the second row of plans going for them we put in
hydrangea shrubs and they're very low maintenance illegal for feed the flower
pick up the back at the end of the year they come back the following season
when we came here along the back there was already some ivy growing
so we thought it would be a good idea to introduce some more screening
and we planted some more more I V just the kind of look back at the fence
well on both sides the kinda complement each side gets in height
we put in some custom ripped cedar screens and then we covered them with
clematis which is a flowering vine
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and then there's a few perennials that we've put in
all around very low maintenance afterward the stone work was done
we thought we'd kinda compliment each corner and try to keep it very smasher
call so we
get a boxwood hedge in at the square planter here
and inside here we have a he Jeep hydrangea tree
the flowers kinda hang down drape over powers late in the season so
it's a nice accent to the to the gardens right beside the deck we put some
Riverstone in there some hard servicing like the stonework so
makes it a little bit start so we decided to do was add some
big large ornamental grasses to the area which will grow probably about
five to six feet tall and I'll just release of in the word
the stone kinda be a transition between stone what
clear and in some proposes all the way around around all the plants the trees
in the back
burn all the pretty also all she has to do is hook up a host turned on for half
an hour an hour every other day
and it waters everything grass wasn't working here it was a very difficult
situation
the high traffic zone we do a lot of this artificial synthetic grass which
is very popular now for either hi shady areas
or highly trafficked areas once a season or
prices season just have to brush it to come to get the the grass to kinda stand
up on
us straight but other than that it's very low maintenance last season
we did almost all working all the planting this season we came back
to do the landscape lighting on the property that's a good thing to do it
after kinda plan to filled in a little bit because
then you can kinda see where exactly have to light up
sonnet Ross is here we install lights the downlight
the the clematis that are growing up the reply this
and then in these garden beds this poor little square garden beds we put in
little op lights for the smaller trees so they're they're smaller to keep in
scale
with the landscape and along the back me up I
pyramidal hornbeam and we lit up everyone individually just the kinda
give us
a really nice stock let seen we put in
3 path lights around the deck the see where you're walking
I find landscape going to be very important a night as a
complete different dynamic more about texture and feel at night it's creating
a setting
and a lot of people I mean working during the day when you come home in it
gets dark you wanna sit outside
creates just the ninth setting BRRip
this space I would describe it's a smaller space but it's very well thought
out
I think there's a good balance between plant life
and functional sitting area we want to create space so
by putting in a lower patio by opening up the upper deck we've created kind of
different areas to set
and two dying down here and I think with the plans are kinda gives you are
a real private feel back your soap that's what we're trying to create
people
do
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