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Straight answers about yards around here.

Not much of it, and none of it padding. What actually matters when you are building an outdoor space in the North Okanagan.

Design render of an outdoor dining terrace, kitchen and pool looking out over an Okanagan valley

Walk it, number it, draw it, book it. The four steps that happen before anyone digs, and why winter is the time to get them done.

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Two tiers of lit block retaining wall above a lawn and paver path at dusk

Almost always it is the base or the drainage, and both are buried by the time the job is done. Five questions to ask whoever quotes your wall.

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Lit water feature spilling onto river rock at night

Design, permits and scheduling all happen before anyone digs. Why the fall conversation is the one that gets you in the water for the summer.

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Aerial night view of a lit landscape design

Why the drawing matters more than the plant list, and the four site conditions that decide whether a yard works here: drainage, sun, slope and how you really use it.

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Infinity edge pool at dusk

We are an authorized ImmerSpa distributor and a certified installer. What that actually means for your pool or plunge, and where a fibreglass unit beats a poured one.

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Putting green with boulders and planting beds

Five things worth doing to a yard in spring, and the one most people put off until it turns into a much bigger bill.

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