As autumn deepens, more and more leaves are turning colour, and falling to the ground, every day. For most Calgarians, the turn of the season is pretty, and the last display of our amazing plant life before winter takes hold. Mirage Landscaping is a full service commercial and residential landscaping design, construction, and maintenance firm. Fall clean up…
With over three generations of experience serving Calgary as a full service landscaping design, construction, and maintenance firm for our commercial and residential clients, even we haven’t seen anything like the recent “summer snowstorm” that hit as early September. It’s one thing to know that in Alberta we have “historically” had snow in every month save for…
Before the hard frosts and snow returns to Calgary, if you have a built in underground sprinkler system, it’s time to do one last operational check before draining for winter. Mirage Landscaping is a full-service landscaping design, construction, and maintenance firm for both commercial and residential clients. Sprinkler maintenance is just one step in getting…
At Mirage Landscaping in Calgary, landscape maintenance never stops. Sure, you may spend your autumn and winter dreaming up new projects that we can assist in designing and constructing for you come spring or summer, but the overall care and maintenance of your grounds is our priority year-round! Whether you are a commercial or private…
As sad as it is for us at Mirage Landscaping of Calgary to say so, summer is winding down. Though the autumnal equinox is not until September 23, Calgary is more than a kilometere above sea level, and historically sees a first frost by mid-month due to the altitude. Whether that first frost is a “killing…
At Mirage Landscaping in Calgary, we love trees. We enjoy tending to the young trees we install, and we savour the sight of the mature trees we planted around Calgary that are older than most of the current crew who maintains them. With over three generations experience as Calgary’s full-service landscaping design, construction and maintenance firm, serving…
Annuals are flowers as with flames that burn twice as bright. Although they don’t last long, they are cheerful, colourful and provide a splash of the tropical in the northern climes of Canada. Imagine living your entire lifespan in one growing season. That is the fast forward existence of the annual flower, dead with the…
Mirage Landscaping of Calgary is the area’s premier full service residential and commercial landscaping construction, design and maintenance firm. Although the Bow and Elbow Rivers occasionally spill over their banks, in reality Calgary is a rather dry city. However, when rain comes down, it tends to come down hard. Mitigating the amount of melt and rain water runoff…
At Mirage Landscaping in Calgary, we pride ourselves on the precision and speed that our crews can achieve with their line trimmers. Weed whipping can be a difficult task to attain professional looking results, but our landscape design experts have considerable practice and pay meticulous attention to detail. Here are a few weed whipping tips…
Mirage Landscaping has been Calgary’s premier residential and commercial full service landscaping design and maintenance firm for three generations. We know that good landscape construction requires meticulous practises, especially when it comes to creating patios. Installing a new patio area made from pavers is a painstaking job, requiring a lot of labour and attention to detail. If that…