Softscaping Services in Kelowna, BC
Central City Landscapes provides softscaping for new and existing properties throughout Kelowna and the Okanagan. From garden beds and planting to trees, shrubs and sod, we bring the living elements of your landscape together around the way your property is designed and built.
The Right Planting Changes How the Whole Property Feels
Hardscaping gives a landscape structure. Softscaping brings it to life. Lawns, garden beds, trees and planting add colour, texture, shade and seasonal interest while softening the built elements around them. We consider both together so the finished property feels complete.
When softscaping is part of a complete landscape construction project, planting and lawns can be planned alongside the features being built around them.
What Is Included in Softscaping
Softscaping refers to the living and planted elements of a landscape. Depending on your property and project, that can include garden beds, trees, shrubs, plants and new lawn areas alongside the soil preparation and irrigation needed to support them.
Garden Beds
New garden beds can add structure, colour and visual interest while creating natural transitions between lawns, hardscaping and other areas of the property.
Trees
Trees can add height, shade, privacy and structure to the landscape while helping establish how different areas of the property feel.
Shrubs & Planting
Shrubs and other plants add layers of colour, texture and seasonal interest throughout garden beds and landscaped areas.
Soil & Bed Preparation
Before planting or sod is installed, the underlying areas need to be prepared around the requirements of the finished landscape.
Good Softscaping Starts With Putting the Right Things in the Right Places
Plant selection is only part of a successful landscape. Where plants are positioned, how much space they have, their relationship with surrounding features and the conditions of each area all influence how the finished property comes together.
Sun & Exposure
Different areas of the same property can experience very different growing conditions. Sun exposure should be considered when determining what belongs where.
Space & Scale
Trees, shrubs and garden beds should be selected and positioned around the available space and how they will relate to the property as they grow.
Colour & Texture
Different forms, foliage and seasonal changes can be combined to create visual interest without making the landscape feel disconnected.
Water Requirements
Plants with different watering needs should be considered alongside the property's irrigation system and overall approach to water use.
Softscaping Designed for the Okanagan
Okanagan landscapes experience hot, dry summers, making sun exposure and water requirements important considerations when planning lawns and planting areas. Choosing plants around the conditions of the property can create a landscape that is better suited to where it is being built.
For properties where reducing water use is a larger priority, xeriscaping and drought-tolerant landscaping can incorporate lower-water planting with stone and other landscape elements.
Softscaping and Hardscaping Work Better Together
The strongest landscapes balance built surfaces with living elements. Garden beds can soften the edges of patios and walkways. Planting can create privacy around outdoor living spaces. Lawns can provide open space between more structured areas of the property.
When Central City handles both hardscaping and softscaping, those elements can be considered together rather than treating planting as the final decoration added after construction.
Planting Should Be Part of the Landscape From the Beginning
Where lawns, garden beds and trees will go can influence the layout of the entire property. Planning those areas during landscape design allows planting to be considered alongside patios, walkways, retaining walls, irrigation and other features before construction begins.
For complete property transformations, Central City can carry that plan into landscape construction and final softscape installation with one team.
Softscaping for New and Existing Properties
Looking for a New Lawn?
Whether you're completing a new landscape or replacing an existing lawn, proper preparation matters before the first piece of sod goes down. Central City provides professional sod installation as part of complete landscapes and standalone lawn projects.
Softscaping Across the Okanagan
Based in Kelowna, Central City Landscapes provides planting, garden beds, sod and complete softscape installation for properties throughout the Okanagan.
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Bring More Life Into Your Landscape
Tell us what you're looking to change or create. We'll help bring together the lawns, planting and garden areas that make the finished landscape feel like it belongs.