Services
Eco-yards™ specializes in low-maintenance, low water use landscapes that can
be maintained organically. I love designing and installing beautifully flowered
environments for year-round colour. Native plants are incorporated to support
local pollinators and the natural ecosystem.
My team works in the Calgary, Alberta area, particularly the NW and West edge
of the City.
Sustainable practices that have the least impact on the environment and actually
restore the environment are used. We are continually learning and improving
this area of our work.
Eco-yards™ services include:
- Designing and installing your eco-yard
- Eco-yards™ spray programs to restore and enhance the organic life of your
yard.
- Consultation - supporting you in your Eco-yards™ projects!
- Eco-yards™ lawns - gradually or immediately replacing your lawn with low-maintenance
grass
“I have noticed a dramatic change in my yard in the few years that you
have been helping with landscaping, providing Eco-yards™ Spray, composting,
and seeding with this lovely new grass, adding new perennial beds
and improving the old ones. Along with the direct changes which are fabulous,
I was surprised this year to notice how my huge forty year old mountain ash
and poplar trees have improved. They were diseased which mostly showed
up in severely disfigured leaves. I had taken the leaves to garden
centres over the years to ask for a solution but couldn't bear to use
the prescribed remedies. This year the leaves were mostly normal and lush thanks
to all that you have done! Also, it seems the new perennial beds caused
new welcome breezes. As I enjoy working and being in my yard, the
changes you have provided have increased my pleasures exponentially. I also
feel a sense of grounded connection when inside my home.”
— Joan Caplan
Advantages of Having Less Lawn
- Easier to maintain (5-15 minutes a week of watering and weeding during
the summer).
- Can be cheaper (less water, less maintenance cost).
- In future, water use and chemical use will likely be curtailed and lawn
will be difficult to maintain.
- Better for the environment and your health to use less water, less chemical
fertilizers and pesticides.
- You can have the beauty, colour variety, and wonderful energy of flowering
plants around you.
- AND if you really want lawn, I can replace your lawn with grasses that
are very hardy, stay green with little or no watering and grow slowly, so
they need less mowing. A hardy lawn also prevents weeds.
Click here for more on Eco-yards™ lawn.
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services.
Call Laureen Rama today at (403) 969-1176 to start your Eco-yards™ project!