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    Permeable Paving Options for Residential Driveways
    After years of wear and tear, you may need to repave your driveway. In your online research travels, you may have come across the eco-friendly benefits of permeable pavement options. You should consider landscaping options that are better for the …
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    Benefits of Permeable Paver Driveways
    When thinking about what type of driveway to install in your home, it is important to consider a few different things. First of all, what will it look like? What sort of aesthetic are you going for in your home? Remember, the driveway is one of the …
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    Grassland Restoration
    The loss of grasslands is a serious problem. It increases soil erosion and disturbs wildlife. The animals and insects that normally inhabit grassland areas will either find their way into residential communities or will disappear. That includes …
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    How to Know When to Hire a Landscape Designer
    Lots of people like to work in their own gardens, it comes back to our roots as humanity where putting things in the ground was our very way of life. These days, most of us don’t have to focus on landscaping design and planting gardens just to …
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  • Waterfall at dusk landscape backyard

    Waterfall Design and Construction Tips
    Adding to your home or office building landscape is always exciting and challenging. When you consider adding a waterfall or cascade to your area, it can be fun to plan and watch as it takes form.
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    Sustainable Landscape Design Trends
    You are planning to renovate your landscape. You want to be on trend but you also want it to be traditional so that it won’t need revamping every few years. The best way to go is with a sustainable landscape design. Sustainable means that it is …
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  • A well-manicured backyard with a brick path, lush green lawn, mulched flowerbeds, a variety of plants, and a red-leafed tree. A wooden deck and metal gate are visible.

    Garden Maintenance in the Spring – Karin Banerd
    At Quiet Nature Ltd, our spring clean-up generally involves removing the dead plant material of existing perennials and grasses, and prepping the perennials, shrubs and trees for the growing season. Following is a list of what we do, though not in …
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  • A serene autumn setting featuring a stone wall, yellow foliage, and a part of a house with decorative glass panels and wooden elements.

    Why are trees so important?
    THE BENEFITS OF TREES… (from http://landscapeontario.com/benefits-of-trees) Below are some quick facts on the benefits of trees and the equity value of landscaping. Trees improve health
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  • The image shows a foreground of vibrant purple flowers and green grass with a blurred background of a modern building and pavement under a cloudy sky.

    Corporate landscape naturalization
    This spring in Ontario, with little rain and drought-like conditions, continues to show us the flaws with large scale turf landscapes. Driving around Waterloo Region”s industrial and office parks one is already seeing lawns going dormant, and …
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  • A black and white dog is swimming in a clear garden pond adorned with rocks and surrounded by greenery, demonstrating a serene and natural setting.

    2010 Award of Excellence
    Quiet Nature (formerly Naturally Maintained) is the proud recipient of a 2010 Landscape Ontario Award of Excellence in the category of Residential Construction – $75,000 to $100,000.
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