2009 Calgary Landscaping Season Highlights, LeeDavid Landscapes Inc.

We are revamping the website and haven’t posted any of out 2009 projects. Here is a sneak peek at what you will see on the web soon…

And here are some more…

       

No Failure here…

This is the exact reason why we go the extra mile to put in the geotextile under our patios and walkways. The lot was still empty next door when we finished the project. Later this summer they started the construction next door. They dug the foundation, making sure that they dug RIGHT next to our fence and our clients finished yard even though they have 4 feet to the new basement. Well as you can expect, the hole gets larger as they weren’t very timely in backfilling the hole. Some rains came and the hole got even larger. The fence stood there, with a post in the air and the earth fell away from our clients yard.

Well… the hole STOPPED falling where we have engineered our pathway. This is probably the reason it didn’t get MUCH larger. The geotextile fabric at the bottom of our constructed base knits the entire path together into a unit that is VERY hard to remove or undermine. We will have to replace this portion of the pathway as the ground below has sunk a bit, but as you can see the bricks and the constructed base have performed amazingly in staying together as a unit! What a unique perspective at our over engineered patio!

Notice the fabric at the bottom of the gravel, right where the cavitation stopped? The base is almost vertical from the fabric to the paver edge. incredible!

EVEN in one spot where the base did undermine a bit, the path structure is still solid! At this point, I am told they had the bucket of the excavator, pretty much UNDER the fence.

Hand designs…

Back to the basics… it seems to do the trick tho… It’s privacy for a hot tub in the deck…

Quite a progression…

   

And some other photos of our latest Cranston Project…

Please… email me again…

I had a huge computer blow up and lost a ton of stuff. If you have emailed me in the last week. Please re-send your note…

Thanks…

Catching up…

Hoo boy, have I been remiss in posting to this journal… Sorry! especially to Jane in Salmon Arm, who is our most faithful reader. She checks the journal diligently every single day! I will work harder on this, just knowing we have at least 1 loyal reader!

So, what is up? Well we moved on from Elgin Village, completed a project in Cranston and are looking after the last bits of 4 smaller projects in Evanston, Airdrie, Evanston, and Richmond (NO! we do NOT work that far north!). We are now moving into Elbow Park for some pre-work on a future project, starting a full yard renovation in Cranston and looking at 2 more projects on LeeDavid Street in Elgin again. We are also in talks for projects in Aspen Woods, Springbank Hill, Cranstonx6, Douglasdale, and so on. We are pretty busy right now,and If you are waiting for design or quote, please do not despair, we are getting back to everyone in order, and be ready because when your number is called we are ready to GO! The weather has been fabulous and we are banging out projects like crazy.

So, Speaking of projects. Here is a fun progression of photos on the last project in Elgin Village.

And, remember the grass on the first project in Elgin? Well here it is then and now! what a difference a month makes!

Additionally, we completed a ‘Hardscapes only’ project in Cranston. The Homeowner is a very good handyman, but just needed some help as they just had their 3rd beautiful child and time is scarce. He did build the nice deck, boardwalk and fence prior to us building the Retaining wall, drainage, patio and planting the big trees for them. I am looking forward to seeing the finished project when it is complete.

Nice detail work on the patio, team!

I did see some pretty interesting stuff as well. Like, I thought the city instituted the Final house and lot grading certificate, so homeowners could proceed with their landscaping, confident in the fact that the lot has indeed been graded properly. Sadly, we see this quite a bit these days… (Ed note: not a LeeDavid Project)

I will leave you tonight with this last photo of a really nice mature yard here in Calgary. I thought it would be nice to show the future potential of what a properly landscaped yard will look like in 15 years when the secret ingredient is employed in the annual care of the yard. The secret ingredient is… love!

2010 Nissan Cube…

Everyone, meet ‘Rubi’, ‘Rubi’ meet everyone.

We had too many trailers and not enough trucks. Dad got my truck, the crew got his truck and I got a cube. All I do is run around doing customer consults, banking, site visits etc. I never carry anything, so, we now have a cube. It will be branded with LeeDavid Logos by the end of next week. Should be a head turner.