Backyard Landscaping:
Turn Your Vision Into Reality
My design style is NOT cookie cutter. I want to get to know YOU, your landscape, your needs and your dreams for your front and backyard. This is how I create a design that is completely unique to YOU and your outdoor space!
Why Invest in a landscape designer for your Backyard spaces?
Your backyard is more than just outdoor space - consider that space an extension of your home. Creating a beautiful and functional space where kids play, family dinners happen, and memories with friends are made can LITERALLY change the way you live outdoors. A professionally designed landscape:
Maximizes usable space, even in small or sloped yards
Solves drainage and grading issues that impact your home
Increases the value of your property both for you and for resale
Creates year-round beauty and functionality
What’s Included in MY Backyard LandscapE DESIGN Services
Creating backyard design plans that are unique to you is my most important focus. Each 2D colour design is brought to life using DynaScape CAD based software and includes:
🟢 Plans for areas dedicated to dining, lounging, play, spa, or garden
🟢 Plants providing all season interest, low-maintenance, native
🟢 Patios or decks for lounging, eating or entertaining
🟢 Lighting and irrigation for ambiance and lowering maintenance
🟢 Ensuring a required balance of softscape and hardscape
🟢 Optional onsite support during installation
🟢 Bonus: Maintenance Plan for continued care after install
Backyards Designed for the Way You Live
Master in the Field Landscape Design has re-imagined backyards across Etobicoke, Toronto, Mississauga, and Oakville—from minimal modern gardens to lush, layered planting beds with both man-made and natural stone patios. See our Portfolio for backyard transformations.
Whether you have a cozy urban lot in Toronto or a spacious property in Oakville, the process remains the same and is tailored to your unique vision for your outdoor spaces. At the same time, we ensure your design is complementary to the architecture of your home.
Want to host dinner parties? I’ll plan patio or deck areas for dining beautifully lit for ambiance and surrounded by garden beds full of colour and texture..
Prefer a quiet retreat? We’ll focus on privacy planting, maybe a spa for relaxation or a cozy corner with a water feature, fire pit of piece of art.
Need a child or dog-friendly design? This means you need available softscape for play or a space for a trampoline or play set - keeping safety and local bylaws in mind.
the value of Backyard Landscape design plans
CONSULTATIONS - $150
This is our opportunity to meet each other, have an in-depth discussion about your wants and needs for your outdoor spaces and for me to get a first glimpse of your landscapes.
VIRTUAL CONSULTATIONS - TBD
Do you live outside Toronto? I am happy to discuss a virtual consultation for garden plans or designs. Just get in touch!
LANDSCAPE DESIGNS - $1,500+
The design fee is quoted on and agreed to in advance. A 50% deposit is required upfront and the balance due upon final design approval. 2D landscape designs are completed in colour using DynaScape CAD landscape design software.
Large or small, every backyard space can be beautiful. Master in the Field Landscape Design specializes in landscape designs for all spaces, with a keen eye for efficiently using every square inch (or centimeter) in tighter city lots around Toronto, Etobicoke, and Mississauga.
Led by Stephanie LeBlanc, a Ryerson Landscape Design graduate, CLD candidate, and proud member of Landscape Ontario, you can be assured of a high-level of design, knowledge and service throughout your landscaping project.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES - TBD
When planning your budget consider the following additional costs…
-The cost of plants -Contractor fees -Adding irrigation and/or lighting -Would you like me on-site for your installation? -Will you require property maintenance? -Need assistance sourcing furniture, accessories, appliances? *All of this will vary depending on the complexity and scale of your project.
Every landscape design includes a science based study of plants and your landscape. Understanding things like your soil, amount of access to sun and water, are a few of the factors considered, in choosing a mix of plants that will grow successfully in your landscape. Whether you're interested in a pollinator-friendly space, a succession of seasonal blooms, or a low-maintenance garden bed of trees and shrubs, you can be guaranteed design ideas that match your style and maintenance preferences. The plants chosen for your landscape design form the foundation for things like privacy and beauty. My goal is for you to enjoy your garden in a different way every time you spend time outdoors.
Backyard Garden Ideas That Grow With Your Vision
MY LANDSCAPE design process
As a professional Landscape Designer, I create detailed front yard landscape design plans unique to you and your outdoor spaces. Whether you prefer modern design, a rustic country aesthetic, or you’re dreaming of an English garden, I can help. Every design element will fit your lifestyle, your preferences and the unique conditions of Etobicoke and the Greater Toronto Area.
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In-person Consultation
This is our chance to meet, for me to see your landscapes and to discuss the scope of your project. From here I provide you with a design quote detailing all aspects.
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Site Analysis
When you agree to my quote, a 50% deposit is paid. I then get to work analyzing your landscape and taking measurements. If you have an updated property survey, this stage moves more quickly.
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Design Process
After approximately 4-8 weeks, I present to you the defined numbers of design options, you provide me with feedback, I complete revisions and deliver a final design to you. At this point, the balance of the design fee is due.
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Consulting with Contractors
Should you want someone else to do the work, I will procure two Contractor quotes for you to consider which will include things like preparing the stie, amending soil, installing hardscape, planting, etc. At the same time, I can also procure a quote for your plants and arrange delivery.
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Installation and Maintenance
For an additional fee, I can be on site for your installation to project manage and can place plants according to the design. A maintenance plan will be provided for each plant to ensure their best success.
Frequently Asked Questions
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For a backyard space, my design services start at $2,000. The process begins with an in-person consultations at $150. Following our consultation, I provide a detailed quote based on the size and scope of your project. A 50% deposit is required upfront to confirm our partnership with the balance owing when a final design plan is completed.
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In very specific situations, I can assemble a team to execute landscaping installations. Otherwise, I work with one of my highly qualified and trusted Contractors who are able to take my design plans and ensure they are installed to the highest quality and in a timely fashion. Even in this situation, I am still available when it comes time to ordering plants and placing them according to the design plan.
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Yes. Designs are created to accommodate changes in elevation. This is usually spotted through slopes of varying steepness. In the installation phase, groundwork addresses grading. Changes of elevation are addressed using retaining walls and clever planting design. With changes of elevation, it’s important to be mindful of drainage and how water is moving on your landscape.
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Yes! You’ll receive a personalized Maintenance Plan covering all installed plantings and materials. I can also connect you with a Contractor knowledgeable about plants for garden maintenance.
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A timeline is always dependent on the size and scope of your project as well as my own workload. I never want to rush for the sake of getting a project done quickly. Having said that, most front yard projects take between 3–8 weeks. Sometimes this is longer if permits are required.