Many people don’t realize that part of our expertise at Mirage Landscaping is pathway and patio construction. We enjoy the challenge of working to make the most out of a space plus the creativity of stone and brickwork. Retaining walls are one of our specialties, and along with that comes the knowledge needed to create…
The fall colours are spectacular in Alberta right now as we make our way through what has been a lovely September. We are currently helping our residential and commercial landscape maintenance clients shut down their yards and properties properly for the winter so they can have a head start on spring and summer outside. One…
It’s been a beautiful September in Calgary so far, with seasonal temperatures, sunny days, and plenty of colour and pop still accenting our gardens. That said, Calgary has received a couple of frost warnings recently, so in order to keep your gardens damage-free it’s time to start watching nighttime temperatures closely. If a frost warning…
At Mirage Landscaping, we know that keeping your lawns and gardens looking green, lush, and healthy is a big job, so that’s why we’re here for you. We want you to know that you still have time to sign up for our lawn care services, which will help free you up for the more important…
We know that winter is still a ways away (we hope), but we are such big proponents of mulch at Mirage Landscaping we like to remind people often of its many positives and allow a good amount of time for people to organize their purchase before winter. Over our three generations of experience, we’ve witnessed…
There are an estimated 1 quadrillion ants and 12,000 ant species of ants on Earth right now, and sometimes it feels like most of them are in Calgary. This summer has been particularly bad for ants – they’re digging up yards, making time spent outside uncomfortable (can we just have a picnic, please?), and even…
Flower photo created by wirestock Weed control is a constant process that requires consistent effort. As we make our way around our residential and commercial properties for our regular landscape maintenance duties, we are always pulling the weeds we see at the same time. Depending on how bad a weed problem is, it can often…
It’s been a beautiful, but very hot, summer in Calgary so far. We’ve been fortunate to be able to spend many uninterrupted hours at our commercial and residential landscaping maintenance and construction clients’ properties, but severe weather has been a factor in our work. There has been damage that we’ve noticed, usually sunscald, hail damage…
It’s been a couple weeks of crazy weather in Calgary, with just about every kind of summer forecast possible having happened. As we’ve been visiting our landscaping customers’ properties,we’ve been noticing some damage from sun, hail, and excessive rainfall. Trees, shrubs, and plants are struggling after the intense heat wave followed by several days of…
We are coming to the end of an unprecedented heat wave in Calgary, however the city remains extremely hot. We normally average five days of plus 30-degrees Celsius weather over the course of each summer, but we had five straight days of plus-30 before the month of June even ended. This historic prolonged stretch of…