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LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Landscape Design in Kelowna, BC

Central City Landscapes designs outdoor spaces around your property, how you want to use it and what needs to be built. From layout and hardscaping to planting, irrigation and drainage, we bring the different parts of your landscape together before construction begins.

Landscape design and planning overview
DESIGNED AS A WHOLE

A Better Landscape Starts With Seeing the Whole Property

A patio changes how you use the yard. A retaining wall can create space where there wasn’t any before. Planting, irrigation, drainage and grade all influence what works where. Good landscape design considers those decisions together so the finished property feels intentional rather than pieced together.

WHAT WE PLAN

What Goes Into a Complete Landscape Design

Landscape design brings the functional, structural and visual elements of a property into one plan. Depending on your project, that can include layout, grading and drainage considerations, hardscaping, retaining walls, irrigation, planting and outdoor living features.

Property Layout

Property Layout

Planning how different areas of the property connect, including usable spaces, pathways, lawns, gardens and transitions between them.

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Hardscaping

Hardscaping

Planning patios, walkways, steps and other hard surfaces around how you want to move through and use your outdoor space.

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Retaining Walls & Grade Changes

Retaining Walls & Grade Changes

Incorporating elevation changes into the design to manage slopes, create usable areas and connect different levels of the property.

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Drainage & Irrigation

Drainage & Irrigation

Considering how water moves through the property and how lawns and planting areas will be efficiently irrigated.

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Planting & Softscaping

Planting & Softscaping

Planning lawns, garden beds, trees and shrubs to complement the built elements and bring the finished landscape together.

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Outdoor Features

Outdoor Features

Integrating fire pits, water features and other focal points into the overall layout rather than adding them as an afterthought.

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Designing for lifestyle
DESIGNED WITH PURPOSE

Your Property Should Look Good and Work Better

A successful landscape isn't only about how the finished property looks. It should make better use of the space you have, respond to the conditions of the property and support the way you want to use it.

Designed Around the Property

Every property has different dimensions, elevations, existing features and constraints. The design should respond to what's actually there.

Designed Around How You Live

Where you entertain, how much lawn you want, where you need privacy and how you move through the property all influence the right layout.

Designed to Be Built

Because Central City also handles landscape construction, design decisions can be considered alongside the practical requirements of actually building the project.

FROM DESIGN TO BUILD

Landscape Design and Construction Under One Team

A landscape design becomes much easier to execute when the people planning the property understand how it will actually be built. Central City can carry your project from the initial planning into site preparation, construction and final landscape installation.

Step 01

Design

Determine the layout, priorities and major elements of the property.

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Step 02

Prepare

Complete the excavation, grading, drainage and groundwork required for construction.

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Step 03

Build

Construct the hardscaping, retaining walls, irrigation and other major landscape elements.

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Step 04

Finish

Complete the property with sod, planting and finishing details.

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DESIGNED FOR HERE

Landscape Design for Okanagan Properties

Landscape design in the Okanagan must account for more than appearance. Hot summers, slopes, drainage, and water use all dictate what works for a property. Factoring these in early creates an outdoor space perfectly suited to your environment.

Water Use

Irrigation, planting and lawn areas can be planned together to make more intentional use of water throughout the property.

For homeowners looking to reduce water demand further, drought-tolerant landscaping can also be considered during the design stage.

Slopes & Elevation

Grading, retaining walls and transitions can turn challenging elevation changes into functional parts of the design.

Sun & Exposure

The way different parts of the property are exposed to sun can influence planting, lawn areas and how outdoor spaces are positioned.

PROUDLY OKANAGAN

Landscape Design Across the Okanagan

Based in Kelowna, Central City Landscapes provides landscape design for properties throughout the Okanagan.

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COMMON QUESTIONS

Landscape Design Questions

Landscape design plans how the different parts of an outdoor property will work together. Depending on the project, this can include layout, hardscaping, retaining walls, grading and drainage considerations, irrigation, lawns, planting and outdoor features.
Planning the landscape before construction helps coordinate decisions that affect one another. Grading can be considered alongside drainage, hardscaping can be positioned around how the property will be used and irrigation can be planned around lawns and planting.
Yes. Central City Landscapes provides both landscape design and landscape construction, allowing the project to move from planning into site preparation, construction and final installation with one team.
Yes. Landscape design can be used for existing properties as well as new construction. The design can work with elements you want to keep while rethinking areas that need to function, look or perform differently.
Yes. Landscape design can account for slopes and elevation changes through grading, retaining walls, steps, drainage and the placement of usable outdoor areas.
Central City Landscapes provides landscape design in Kelowna and throughout the Okanagan including West Kelowna, Lake Country, Peachland, Summerland and Penticton.

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