Landscaping Restoration - Toronto

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Wiarton Retaining WallsAs a homeowner, undertaking a landscaping project similar to the one I’m about to discuss, it can be a bit of a conundrum. Two obvious questions immediately come to mind. The first question is, do we scrap everything and start over. The second one is, can we work with what we have and repair/restore. Is a redesign in order in order to fix something that is not working so well? Decisions, decisions. Obviously going with one of these options will have financial and time implications. Some of the determining factors could be, let’s start with the big one. Money, how much of an investment makes sense for this project. Starting over will certainly cost more money. How about time, are there any pressing deadlines that need to be met. What about the materials? Are the existing materials even worth saving. Are they chipped, broken, discoloured and/or heavily deteriorated through weathering. If they’re not salvageable than the decision is simple, scrap everything and start over! That was not the case with this project. The materials were in great shape, beautiful aged Wiarton stone, with many over size pieces. It would have been a crime to have disposed of everything, this was some nice stone. This front landscaping project was crying for restoration.

 

Large Format Umbriano Paver Patio

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If you havUnilock Umbriano - Summer Wheat Patioe read one of my previous articles about the decline in popularity of the circle you might be asking yourself the question, the circle, it seems so timeless how can that not be popular. It’s not so much that the circle isn’t being used in hardscape design, as a matter of fact, the circle shows up a lot in projects with round fire pits and curved seat walls. What has fallen out of favor is the size of interlocking concrete paving stones, more specifically, the smaller sized paving stones that are used in making a circle are not currently desirable. The small wedges in a circle bundle and especially the ‘twinkie’ sized stone are not a fan favorite anymore. I’m sorry, but the twinkie, you’re fired.

 

Interlocking Paving Stone Driveway Saved With Ultrabase

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Umbriano Paving Stones RockingI always enjoy going out and meeting with homeowners and discussing their projects with them. It’s always fun talking about their hopes and dreams for a certain area,  whether it be a new front entrance, driveway or backyard patio. The goals for these projects are usually very personal and it’s a process to come up with ideas or a design to solve specific problems, than to work through the material selections. This project was a little less visionary but just as important to this homeowner, getting their driveway fixed and not having to go through the same process two or three years from now.

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