Mirage Landscaping has been taking care of personal and commercial properties in Calgary for three generations. Due to the extreme variations in weather we have, it can be very difficult to keep perennials, shrubs and trees as healthy and happy as possible. Fortunately, there are several varieties of pretty bloomers that can survive and tthrive…
While our overnight lows are still dipping into freezing temperatures, the sunlight hours are beginning to get longer with each passing day. It’s time to start thinking about your spring yard or commercial property clean-up as we make our way through a mild March in Calgary. Even if nothing about this winter goes down in…
Remember the big snow back in September? It may be hard to recall, what with all of the light flurries that have mostly fallen since then, but the snowfall in Calgary can become brutal in short order. If you don’t have your snow removal contract in place ahead of the epic amounts of snow that can fall…
Mirage has over three decades of experience in the landscaping business, and we are always working to meet and exceed our clients’ expectations. Our portfolio of projects shows how hard we try to achieve remarkable results every time. What it doesn’t say, however, is just how hard we strive to keep our costs down and…
Snow removal in Calgary is a tough, messy business, but at Mirage Landscaping we have three generations of experience keeping our clients’ properties clean. We take great care to make the most of the resources available to us, and keeping your property at its best is our priority Hold the Salt Good old sodium chloride,…
At Mirage Landscaping of Calgary our main winter activities at work revolve around ice management with bouts of snow removal. But just as there are bleak winter days where it seems the spring is still a year away, there are also lots of good days that allow us to get ready for warmer weather. There are…
The beginning of winter proper may seem an odd time discuss Calgary area flooding issues as such events happen in the spring and summer, but winter is the time for planning. If you are a Calgarian whose residential or commercial property abuts the Bow or Elbow Rivers, you will have seen some of the hundreds of millions…
Whether you are a commercial or residential property owner in Calgary, when the snow flies, you have legal responsibility for clearing the stuff from your publicly accessible walks in a timely fashion. At Mirage Landscaping we have over three generations’ worth of experience helping our clients meet their snow removal obligations under Calgary’s Street Bylaw 20M88, Sec. 67. For…
‘Tis an ill wind that blows no good. The above English proverb dates back to before 1550. Clearly, whoever coined the saying had never encountered the Chinook wind, which is a relatively mixed bag as regards good or ill. Mirage Landscaping of Calgary is a full-service landscape design, construction, maintenance, and snow removal firm. We have had over three generations…
When performing snow removal services for our commercial and private clients around the Calgary area, we are always out really early in the day. It can be hard to leave the confines of our warm trucks on a cold morning, but we lovers of nature we know that idling is harmful to the environment. Gas is…