A measured and knowledgeable approach to fall garden maintenance sets the stage for your spring success.
As a top-rated team for landscaping in Vancouver, fall has always been one of our favourite and busiest seasons. Vancouver’s landscape explodes into a kaleidoscope of colour. Days may still be warm, even hot. But this is the time to clean up our summer gardens to make room for autumn’s bounty!
Early September is an ideal time to introduce sophisticated seasonal colour through cool-weather planting. Flowers tough enough to handle crisp coastal air and add robust colour deep into the season include: Chrysanthemums (Mums), Asters, Japanese Anemones, Sedum (Stonecrop), and Pansies/Violas.
This is also the time to weed, re-mulch, rake, and trim. Working with knowledgeable Vancouver landscapers can help set the stage for success when spring rolls around again.
As a team rooted in sustainable practices, EcoBridge takes a different approach to landscaping in Vancouver. We plan and optimize around your objectives, always striving to deliver higher quality. We know the green spaces surrounding our homes and communities have a direct impact on how we live and our quality of life — and that’s why we always consider how to promote the long-term health of local landscapes.
When we approach fall clean-ups, the key objective for many homeowners is to achieve a neat, tidy appearance. However, it’s important to resist the impulse to cut everything to the ground. Some perennial species thrive on last year’s deadwood, which requires a measured approach if you don’t want to hamper next year’s growth. It’s essential to let plants, especially the native species, continue their natural cycles. Moreover, clean branches and seed heads bring interest and structure to winter gardens, whether walking outside or taking in the view from a cozy window.
A Comprehensive Approach to the Early Fall Clean-up
Generally, when homeowners contact Ecobridge for landscaping in Vancouver this time of year, it’s for a few core services:
- Leaf and Debris Removal: Raking or blowing leaves, twigs, and fallen branches off the lawn and out of landscape beds so the grass does not suffocate or develop mould.
- Garden Bed Maintenance: Pulling dead annuals, cutting back spent perennials, removing weeds, and clearing out old vegetable plants.
- Pruning and Trimming: Trimming overgrown shrubs, cutting back tall ornamental grasses, and removing dead, damaged, or diseased tree branches.
- Mulch Replenishment: Adding a fresh layer of mulch around trees, shrubs, and perennial beds to insulate roots against freezing winter temperatures.
- Lawn Care: Giving the grass a final low mow of the season and applying a winterizing fertilizer.
- Soil Health: Amending soils to restore depleted nutrients and improve its physical, chemical, and biological properties, such as water retention, aeration, structure, and pH balance.
- Fall Planting: Add seasonal colour and spring bulbs, take advantage of natural rainfall and mulch to prep healthy gardens, with year-round appeal.
Tasks that require special care and focus include removing dead or weak branches from trees and shrubs to prevent them from breaking off and causing damage during storms. Many of our clients also request soil amendments, which give crops and flowers a healthy head-start in spring. Although this isn’t the time to cut back all perennials, it’s generally a good idea to prune plants that have suffered through the summer heat.
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Enhance and prepare your garden for winter with the guidance and insight from the team at EcoBridge. Tell us what you need done. From garden clean-ups and hedge trimming to mulching, we’ll help you say goodbye to summer and prepare for what’s ahead.
Get started at 778.222.1701 or use our contact form.
