Merkley Wilson Landscaping

04/06/2026

Check out our blog for some of our favorite blooms you can sow directly outdoors!

If you are on the gardening side of social media like I am, you know how often you see promises of "easy gardening", only to find out it's actually not so easy. Unfortunately, if gardening was always easy then my job wouldn't exist. Still, there are things you can do to brighten your garden that don...

12/04/2026

Can it really be spring? Is it finally here?

It feels like winter would never end, but I’m glad to say it’s almost time for the landscaping season to be back again!!

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We can’t wait to get our hands dirty and rake away the winter mess to make way for spring blooms.

02/06/2025

Love the high contrast colours of these beautiful flowers! Making planters gives us the unique opportunity to cram as much life and color into the smallest space possible! It’s important to use a variety of colour, texture, size and height in not just the blooms, but the foliage too!

25/05/2025

We love to see spring blooms coming in! Spring can be one of our busiest times. There’s always a lot of cleanup, freshening up, and of course tons of planting! Do some weeding and toss on some mulch and you have a beautiful and tidy garden!

18/05/2025

It doesn’t get much better than planting hundreds of spring flowers in a giant stone planter!! What a great way to kick off the planting season!

01/05/2025

Spring planters anyone? It’s the perfect time to get a jump on spring and using planters is a fantastic way to get blooming flowers now before anything else has grown!

12/03/2025

Spring is coming!
Has anyone else been feeling the warmer weather and eagerly watching those mountains of snow melt away? It’s time to start planning for the season! Ask us how we can help.

16/10/2024

Landscaping is not only laborious, but it can sometimes be challenging where wildlife is concerned. As landscapers we have a duty to our clients and their wishes, but we also want to work within our own values. The reality is that landscaping isn’t always a friend to wildlife, especially small creatures, but we really try our best to not disturb them. We never use chemicals and we do not do pest treatment (except natural insect repellants). The other day we were sad to find that we had disturbed a family of voles. Their mother had passed nearby the nest and we pray it wasn’t our doing, but upon lifting and moving some bales of straw we found the voles had made a nest underneath. It wasn’t until the wind blew the extra straw away that we saw the dead mother and 5 wriggling babies. They were smaller than my thumb if you can imagine. We hastily scooped them up, put them in fresh straw and a planter pot and put them in the car to keep warm, nestled inside my sweater. Once the job was done we rushed them to a wildlife rescue that thankfully took them in. I hope that they’re ok, I know they have the best chance with the rescue even though we would have tried desperately to take care of them. I fell in love instantly, but I know they’re in good hands. Thank you so much for taking these sweeties in.

14/09/2024

One of our favourite things to do is to make a statement with our planter designs! I think you can get a feel for the theme here, and how much we love the season. We had a great time filling this massive space with chrysanthemums, ornamental kale, grasses, and even gourds. Variety is key when filling a space, and that includes textures, heights, colours and shapes.
Thank you for the opportunity!

25/08/2024

PLANTERS!!!
We made loads of planters for a client and the best part was, it was on an island! We brought hundreds of plants and materials to the island on a barge and got to assembling. This was such a fun project to get to make so many planters at once with a lot of beautiful flowers at the height of their bloom. The client was having a big party and needed to add some colour and flare. We decided on planters so they could be moved and placed in any sort of the island that best suited the flow of the festivities. We also got planters that had reservoirs and didn’t need daily watering, much better for island life when there isn’t always someone around.
While we were limited by what was available (as@it was nearing the end of July), we had great success in getting loads of blooms. We did a lot of butterfly friendly and wildflower like planters, as well as some more show stopping and cascading types with a variety of foliage.