About Tazscapes — Calgary’s Award-Winning Landscaping Company

We can usually give a rough ball park figure based on our experience once we take a look at the yard and meet with our clients to discuss their needs and wants. However, to give an exact quote, our company only does so after doing a landscape design for your yard.

The reason is because there are lots of unknowns just looking at the yard – even for experienced landscaping companies. For example, calculating grades to ensure proper drainage patterns or doing a sun/wind test of the yard to ensure proper plant material selections. These are all important factors that will allow us to calculate the materials we will need, the time it will take for construction and the equipment/tools we will require to execute the project in a timely manner.

No. Being a landscape design and construction firm, we always start with designing the space first given our consultation meeting with the client on site. This is important so we do our due diligence in understanding your lifestyle and what you want your backyard to be used for.

For example, do you have kids? Do you have pets? Do you entertain? Small groups like family and friends or big parties? Perhaps you just want something simple and clean that looks good but will likely go unused for the most part?

Understanding your lifestyle and more importantly, your space allows us to see the opportunities and constraints in the project and thus propose a design that maximizes your dollar.

Furthermore, we go over product options, budget options and several back and forth so we can design the best possible space for you. Just emailing you an estimate with landscaping jargon and prices won’t make much sense to you.

We fully understand that there are other landscaping companies that provide free estimates but as per our company policy, we only come out when you agree that there will be a design process prior to providing an accurate quote.

Everyone wants their project done yesterday. And I always tell my clients to trust me when I tell you, I want this project done faster than you! But we follow a structured process which is on a first come first serve basis and don’t rush off job sites to get to the next.

Every client is important to us and any reputable company has a scheduling system they follow. After all, you wouldn’t want us to rush your project so we can get to another one, right? Just like you want our detailed attention, we also have to respect our other clients.

There’s no such thing as “no maintenance” yard. You will always have to do some minimal ‘clean up’ stuff as you go but there are definitely ways to keep maintenance as low as possible.

For starters, choosing plant materials that thrive in its natural environment, selecting products like paving stones or decorative rock over concrete and bark mulch can all cut down on a lot of maintenance. Other examples include adding an irrigation system on a timer so you don’t have to water any grass / plants throughout the summer.

An important thing to keep in mind is that the less maintenance you want in your yard, the more the upfront cost will be. Using the examples above, paving stones are usually more expensive than concrete, decorative rock more than bark mulch, etc – not by much – but as you start to add things, it does have an effect on the bottom price

Of course! We are usually very happy to send our clients to past projects and especially if it’s similar to their project so they can get a better sense of the vision.

We have always built great relationships with our previous clients and almost all of them are very happy to show off their yard and discuss their experience working with us!

While we can essentially do anything with exterior design and construction, we often pride ourselves as a more landscape design focused construction company. Major hardscaping elements like decks, patios and retaining walls are our bread and butter but custom carpentry and stone work (natural or manufactured) is something we often utilize in all of our projects to enhance your respective spaces.

It’s hard to say but it really depends on the project. Of course, we are a business so we need to make money on anything we decide to take on but given how expensive materials, gas and equipment/tools have become in Alberta in the last few years, we generally don’t do a project less than $20k as we have found that by the time we factor in our overhead, labour and material costs, we are left with a loss most of the time.

Having said that, every project is different. Once we design the project and consult the details with you, we would be happy to discuss it with you.

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