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Plan an outdoor layout around the way you use your property. Discuss your ideas, priorities and site with Urban Living Landscaping.
Landscape Design
Landscape design is planning how a whole outdoor space will work before anything is built: where the patio, paths, walls, lawn and planting go, how people move between them and how water drains. A design lets you see the parts together, build in stages and avoid redoing work later. Urban Living Landscaping offers landscape design in Ottawa and surrounding areas, including 3D design.
Consider where you want to sit, gather, garden or move through the yard. Note the features you would like to keep and the areas you would like to change.
Step By Step
Plan Your Space
Entrances, walkways, steps and planting that frame the house and make the way to the door clear.
Space for dining, play, lawn and planting, with privacy and a route from the house.
Front, side and back planned together, including side access and drainage between them.
Site And Access
Sun, soil, slopes, drainage and access influence the layout and the work involved.
Planning And Phasing
Decide what should be built first and how later stages will connect.
Share your ideas, priorities and property details with Urban Living Landscaping. Request a quote for your Ottawa property.
For general planning questions, such as what to send and which photos help, see our planning guide.
Think about how you want to use the space, the features you want to keep and the parts of the property you want to change. Photos, rough dimensions and examples of layouts you like can help explain your ideas.
Front and back yards can be considered together or as separate areas. Entrances, side access, privacy and the connections between spaces are useful starting points when deciding how the overall layout should work.
Plants differ in their needs for light, moisture and soil. Match selections to the conditions in each bed and allow space for mature growth rather than judging spacing only by nursery size.
The amount of lawn depends on how you want to use the yard. Compare space for play or open views with space for planting, seating and movement, and consider the upkeep each area needs.
Changes in level and the way water moves across a property can affect where paths, planting and hard surfaces belong. A concept drawing alone does not confirm existing grades or drainage conditions.
Consider these elements alongside the main layout rather than in isolation. Outdoor lighting relates to routes and areas used after dark, while fencing, decks, retaining walls and water features affect boundaries, levels and available space.
Existing plants can be considered as part of the layout. Their condition, mature size, roots and position affect how nearby paths, beds and hard surfaces can be arranged. Decisions about particular trees may also need advice from an arborist.
A 3D design is a computer model of the proposed yard that you can view from different angles before anything is built. It helps you judge sizes, levels and how the parts relate.
Yes. A design lets you build one area at a time while keeping the later stages in mind, so earlier work does not need to be undone.
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Include the area, its rough size, what you would like to change and how the yard is reached. Photos help: email them to [email protected]. See our planning guide.
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