Armour stone terraces grown in with planting — Armour stone terraces, grown in, at Into the Trees.

Landscaping in Waterdown

We work in Waterdown. We design your yard and we build it, with one team from the first meeting to handover.

Working in Waterdown

What is the soil like in Waterdown?

Mostly clay, with rock or silt and sand in some areas. In parts of town, dig down past about two feet and you hit river-stone boulders from an old riverbed. We design drainage and bases for what’s actually in the ground.

Is Waterdown hilly?

It is mostly flat up to the escarpment. Into the Trees, built on a slope, is the exception, not the rule.

Read our guide to building on a slope

Our work in Waterdown

Into the Trees

One step out from the sliding doors: a curved PVC deck pushed out over a steep Waterdown slope, with armour stone terraces and paths to a lower patio.

Lower patio with two chairs and a fire bowl, armour stone tiers and the deck rising behind — The lower patio, looking up the slope.

Lounge furniture on the curved deck — One step out from the sliding doors.

Timber steps down to dark stone slabs and stepping stones set in river rock — Steps and stepping stones.

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Photography: Jeff McNeill, McNeill Photography

Services on this project

Design-build
Pavilions and structures
Planting and lighting
Patios and walkways