Adding Audio & Visual Interest with a Pondless Stream

by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping | Jun 27, 2020

Adding Audio & Visual Interest with a Pondless Stream

Pondless waterfall, natural stone and garden Installation Project Year: 2016
Budget Range: $10,000-$15,000
Location: Stratford, Ontario

Our customer wanted to add a small garden near their garden shed to reduce lawn maintenance and increase visual interest along their back fence line.

We incorporated a low-maintenance water feature – a pondless stream comprised of natural stone – to add soothing sound and enhance visual interest.

The long, curved garden includes small trees (Sumac and False Cypress), low shrubs, ornamental grasses, and perennials (Coral Bells), and is partially bordered by natural armour stone to compliment the water feature.

This project included the following elements:

Pondless stream
Armour stone
Perennial Garden
Native Plants
Low Shrubs
Perennials
Small Trees
Natural Stone

Pondless stream
Armour stone
Perennial Garden

Native Plants
Low Shrubs
Perennials

Small Trees
Natural Stone

Pondless waterfall and garden Installation

Retaining Walls & Flower Beds

by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping | May 29, 2020

Retaining Walls & Flower Beds

Raised flower bed with brick retaining wall

Project Year: 2018
Budget Range: < $10,000
Location: Stratford, Ontario

Our client wanted to improve curb appeal at the front of their home and create a few focal points in the backyard. It was also critical that the new landscaping features be easy to maintain, as the homeowner has mobility issues.

We added raised flower beds with Navascape wallstone retaining walls that complimented the home’s exterior. We installed an additional flower bed around the backyard shed and created a focal point with a tree and additional small flower bed.

Raised flower bed with Navascape wallstone retaining wall

Plain backyard needs landscaping and colour

Backyard flower bed with a mix of perennial and annual plants

Backyard shed needs flower bed and colour

Raised flower bed with Navascape wallstone

Historic Bell Tower Moved to Museum

by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping | Sep 30, 2019

Museum New Home of Historic Bell Tower

Recently, we were honoured to participate in the re-establishment of a beautiful and historical bell tower at the Stratford-Perth Museum. This bell originally adorned the Stratford Post Office (currently the site of Memorial Park, adjacent to Pazzo) from 1884 until 1960, when the entire building was deemed “surplus”.

Since then, the 996-pound bell has been in the museum’s possession, moving with them during each and every relocation. This year John Kastner, the museum’s General Manager harnessed the support of several local businesses, to restore the bell and build it a beautiful new home, just outside of the museum’s main entrance, on the east side of the building.

Thanks to John and all of the businesses involved, the bell now can be viewed by the public in its new surroundings which blend seamlessly into the Museum’s existing landscape and exterior decor.

Intricate Labyrinth, Stone Walkway, and Water Feature

by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping | Aug 23, 2019

Intricate Labyrinth, Stone Walkway & Patio

Stone labyrinth, patio, and walkway by A Touch of Dutch Stratford

Project Year: 2016
Budget Range: $70,000+
Location: Stratford, Ontario

This large, unique project was completed in the fall of 2016 and included a detailed stone labyrinth, interlocking brick walkway and patio, a calming pondless stream, and a wide array of native perennials.

This project included the following elements:

Labyrinth
Stone Walkway
Pondless stream
Armour Stone
Terraced flower bed
Raised patio
Native plants
Trafalgar Pavers (Permacon)
Rosemount Pavers (Permacon)

Labyrinth
Stone Walkway
Pondless stream

Armour Stone
Terraced flower bed
Raised patio

Native plants
Trafalgar Pavers (Permacon)
Rosemount Pavers (Permacon)

Perennial gardens with interlocking brick walkway by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping

Armour stone creates terraced flower beds

Natural stone pathway and shade-tolerant native plants in perennial garden

Pondless stream with natural stone and stone garden pathway by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping

Natural stone pondless stream by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping

Interlocking brick walkway by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping

Terraced flower beds by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping

Interlocking brick path leading through perennial beds to garden shed

Terraced armour stone flower beds by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping

Pondless stream by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping

Terraced flower bed and raised stone patio by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping

Pondless stream and raised stone patio by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping

Pondless stream using natural river rock by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping

Sitting area beside Stone Labyrinth by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping

Stone Labyrinth by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping

Adding Curb Appeal to a New Home

by A Touch of Dutch Landscaping | Jul 25, 2019

Adding a Curb Appeal to a New Home

Hardscaping and softscaping walkway permacon pavers chisel steps perennials Project Year: 2016
Budget Range: $10,000 – $15,000
Location: Tavistock, Ontario

Our clients had recently moved into a beautiful, new home and wanted to create a decorative flower bed around the flag post they had installed in the front yard. Their new home was on a busy street and so of course they wanted to add landscaping that would enhance their home’s curb appeal.

In the flower bed surrounding the flagpole, we planted groups of ornamental grasses, Black-Eyed Susan (“Rudbeckia”), Purple Cone Flower (“Echinacea”), and some mounding evergreen shrubs.

We were also asked to create a beautiful but practical landing for front step that would compliment their home. So, we added chisel steps from Ed’s Concrete to the front porch and used Terramo Pavers from Permacon to create a beautiful walkway.