A detached garage and a water-wise garden, built as one project

A Millcreek homeowner wanted a detached garage and a garden that would not need much water. Because we hold a general contractor licence as well as running our own landscape crews, both went on one contract and one schedule.

The back garden was documented before anything moved, then drawn twice: a 3D concept setting out the planting layout, the paths and where the garage would sit, and a second rendering working through the patio and the planting beds against that garage footprint.

Construction started with the garage foundation and slab, then structural framing and exterior sheathing. Running the build ourselves meant the landscape grading and the garage approach were set against each other from the start rather than negotiated afterwards.

Landscape installation followed the same sequence: gravel paths and mulch beds first, then drought-tolerant planting while the beds were still open. The finished garden is a low-water one, with curving gravel paths, layered planting beds, a decorative fountain and a bench, and low-voltage lighting picking out the paths after dark.

The completed garage sits on a new concrete driveway and reads as part of the garden rather than an object dropped behind it.