| Products and Services
The Urban Farmer offers a range of products and services aimed
at helping home owners, community groups and others to create natural,
sustainable, low-maintenance, and edible landscapes.
Pricing – Please note that pricing for the
products and services described below is on a quotation
basis. We would be happy to speak with you and to provide
you with a quote for the products or services that you require.
You can contact the Urban Farmer for a price quote by phone: (780)
221-4800, Fax: (780) 425-7333, or email.
Landscape Services
Developing a pleasing, functional, and ecologically sound landscape
requires careful thought and planning. A landscape design facilitates
a process to help you develop a vision for your project and provides
a “blue print” for getting the project done.
Whether you are looking to change or transform an existing yard
or community space, or to develop a completely new landscape, we
can work with you to create a landscape design to meet your needs.
Our landscape design service includes the following steps:
- You complete our landscape planning questionnaire (if desired);
- We meet with you at your home to discuss your interests,
needs and vision for the project;
- We conduct an on-site observation, assessment, and measurement
of your property;
- We create a preliminary hand drafted design and review this
in-person with you;
- Any required changes are made to the design and you receive
a “to scale” copy of the final design.
Our design specialties include:
- The incorporation of edible plants (fruits, berries, herbs perennial
and annual vegetables) into an aesthetically rich landscape.
- The use of native plants, and other beneficial plants and features
for attracting insects, birds, butterflies and other wildlife
to the landscape (“naturescapes”).
- Xeriscapes (very low water using landscapes) and other resource
saving techniques.
- Permaculture Design emphasizing the creation of productive
landscapes that are also ecologically sustainable and aesthetically
pleasing.
- Low-maintenance landscapes.
Please contact us for
a quote.
“The urban farmer brings to his work
an unbeatable combination--in depth knowledge of native plants,
a good eye for design, and a genuine sensitivity to environmental
considerations. I am just delighted with the wonderful transformation
of our front yard!”
P. Hartnagel, Edmonton |
Whether we design your landscape or you do, we offer on-site landscape
construction services. These services include:
- Complete general contracting landscape services
- Garden bed development including raised beds and retaining walls
- Tree, shrub, perennial, and annual planting
- Boulders, stone, and other natural elements
- Water features including “gurgle fountains” and
naturalized ponds
- Rainwater harvesting systems, and drip irrigation systems
- Walkways, patios and informal pathways
- Alternative ground covers (including drought tolerant alternative
lawns) and organic mulches
- Arbors, trellises, pergolas and other “special touches”
Please note that in keeping with our vision (see
mission and vision), we undertake landscape construction projects
that include an emphasis on the conservation of resources, the creation
of wildlife habitat, the production of food, and other environmentally
sustainable practices. If your vision includes one or more of these
values, we would be happy to work with you. If not, we would suggest
that you contact one of the many other landscape contractors in
your area. Thank you.
Please contact us for
a quote.
”Ron and his team are terrific. I would
hire them again in a heartbeat. Ron's landscaping was carefully
planned and thoughtful. I loved the way he consulted me and
reshaped the plans as the yard design unfolded. I had time
to react to the realization of our joint plans and Ron was
fantastic at creating aesthetically appealing arrangements
of plants, rocks, and other elements. My neighbours all came
by to appreciate and admire the new look of my yard, commenting
on how carefully and well Ron and his team worked. One neighbor
was so impressed that he copied some of the design elements
in his own yard down the street. Ron clearly respects all
living things--his customers, his employees, his plants, even
unknown neighbors and their pets who happen to pass by. If
you are looking for someone with excellent communication skills,
respectful of timelines and contracted deadlines, in addition
to environmentally friendly suggestions and artistic flair--contact
Ron.”
- Dr. Wendy Pullin, Edmonton
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Our landscape maintenance services are undertaken utilizing organic
methods. No synthetic chemical herbicides, pesticides or fertilizers
are used. Our focus is on ensuring soil health and vitality which
in turn produces healthy plants.
- Tree and shrub planting
- Perennial and annual planting
- Garden bed maintenance
- Soil improvements and amendments
- Small tree pruning(to 15 ft.) and shrub pruning
- Vegetable garden planting and maintenance
Maintenance work can be contracted by the season or on an ongoing
basis. Please contact
us for a quote.
“I appreciate your reliability and
honesty and the way you listened to what I was trying to achieve
and worked with that. When I asked for ideas they were practical
and cost-effective. I appreciate your flexibility in the scope
of your work - weeding, planting, designing, building, etc.
and that your work reflects good practices of organic gardening.
I have already recommended you to friends, and would not hesitate
to do so again.”
- Joanne Kenny, Edmonton
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Consulting services for both individuals and groups are available
in the following areas:
- Yard Planning
- Horticultural “trouble shooting”
- Organic gardening techniques
- Permaculture design
- Edible landscaping
- Intensive growing in small spaces
- Community-based gardening or landscape projects
- Workshops, courses, public speaking and writing
"Personally I am delighted to have made contact
with The Urban Farmer. That first consultation I learned more
about gardening than I have in years. My garden seems almost
magically to have taken on shape and character and I can see
its future potential rather than despairing of ever getting
it to look beautiful. Can't wait for the next encounter with
you in the Spring!"
- Barbara, Edmonton |
Landscape Products
Through our relationships with local growers and horticultural
suppliers in the Edmonton area, we can provide you with a wide range
of the following types of trees and shrubs:
- Fruit trees (apples, applecrabs, crabapples, pears, plumbs,
sweet and sour cherries, northern kiwi, apricot)
- Berries (saskatoon, high-bush cranberry, black currants, red
currants, golden currant, gooseberry, josta berry, sea buckthorn,
blue berries, raspberries, buffalo berries)
- Native and ornamental shrubs, trees, and vines (spruce, pine,
fir, cedar, birch, maple, ash, elm, olive, poplar, linden, larch,
willow, wolf willow, oak, caragana, lilac, spirea, potentilla,
rose, honeysuckle, dogwood, elder, juniper, virginia creeper,
honey suckle, clematis, and many others)
- Caliper trees (wire-basketed) 50 – 60 mm
Please contact us for
a quote.
The benefits of compost to the urban landscape and garden cannot
be overstated. Good compost provides the macro nutrients (nitrogen,
phosphorous, potassium, calcium, magnesium and sulfur) and the many
other micro nutrients that are essential for plant growth and health.
Compost “feeds” the community of micro-organisms that
are essential for maintaining a vibrant and resilient soil. Compost
also helps to improve soil texture and to retain moisture, even
in times of drought.
We provide a high quality, locally created and fully cured compost.
Quantities are in units of cubic yards (minimum of one cubic yard).
One cubic yard is equal to a small- sized pick-up truck load.
Delivery to your home is available. Please
contact us for a quote.
Healthy soils are alive with millions of beneficial bacteria, fungi,
protozoa and other micro-organisms. Dr. Elaine Ingam of Soil
Foodweb Inc. has shown conclusively that soils with healthy
microbe populations produce healthier and more robust plants as
the microbes store and make available essential nutrients to plants.
A proper microbe balance also helps to protect plants from disease,
improves soil structure and reduces the need for fertilizing and
watering.
Most home soils are depleted in their soil microbe life due to
the use of chemical herbicides and fertilizers, lack of sufficient
organic matter and repeated soil disturbances. Through a special
process pioneered by Dr. Elaine Ingam, we prepare a “brewed
compost tea” that is teaming with the beneficial microbes
that your soil needs. This microbe-rich brew is then applied to
your garden beds ensuring that a healthy population of microbes
is re-introduced to your soil. With the proper levels of organic
matter, these microbe populations will continue to flourish for
years to come.
Please contact us for
a quote.
Catching and storing rainwater from house and garage roofs is one
of the simplest and most effective steps a homeowner can take to
create a more environmentally sustainable yard while saving money.
Rainwater is also much better than city water for gardens, trees,
and lawns as it is not fluoridated, it has a neutral PH, and it
is much warmer when used resulting in less shock to plants.
Our rainwater harvesters are designed to hook up easily to your
downspout and come complete with an inlet filter, ball valve garden
hose hook-up, watering can faucet, and overflow diverter. If desired,
drip hoses can be connected to your rainwater harvester creating
a highly effective and low maintenance strategy for watering your
garden beds.
   Size
options include:
- 125 gallon/568 litre rain catcher (30” diameter x 60”
height)
- 240 gallon/1000 litre rain catcher (37” diameter x 72”
height)
- 275 gallon/1250 litre rain catcher (35” diameter x 86”
height)
Colour options include: tan, grey, green, sandstone, and grey granite.
Delivery and setup are available. Please
contact us for a quote.
Contact
Us
(780) 221-4800 |
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