About Us
Grasschopper Landscaping – Specialists in Landscape Construction and Grounds Maintenance
Founded in 2001, Grasschopper Landscaping Ltd. has grown to become one of Edmonton’s leading commercial grounds maintenance and landscape construction companies. We have achieved a Certificate of Recognition (COR) and pride ourselves on safety and efficiency. Our areas of specialty include:
- Hard landscaping including retaining walls, paving stone and pillars
- Commercial and industrial landscape site work
- Subdivision developments, campgrounds, sports fields
- Golf course construction and renovations
- Erosion control and LEED project landscaping
- Grounds maintenance and snow removal
- Concrete
- Green Roof Construction
- Silva Cell Construction
- Summer Grounds Maintenance
- Snow Removal
Qualifications and Certifications
Members of our experienced and highly trained team hold the following qualifications and certifications (among others):
- Red Seal Journeyman Landscape Gardener
- Certified Horticultural Technician
- Alberta Construction Safety Association Peer Safety Auditor
- Olds College Landscape Management Degree
- Olds College Turf Management Degree
- Red Cross First Aid
- Green Roof Professional
- Canadian Construction Association Gold Seal Project Manager
- International Society of Arborists
- City of Edmonton Water and Sewer Contractor
Landscape Alberta Best Stonework Award Winner
Our award-winning staff and top notch fleet of equipment can help you with any landscape project, as either a prime contractor or sub-trade. From a small intimate setting to large ambitious projects, we remain committed to maintaining the highest standards in the quality of our work and service. Contact us today for a quote or add us to your bidding list.
Landscape Security Deposit Services
We provide services as a Prime Contractor to the City of Edmonton, Sherwood Park, Strathcona County, City of Leduc, City of St. Albert, and more. As such, we are intimately familiar with the standards of all these municipalities, and what the requirements are to have the landscape scope approved on a newer development, and in turn have the valuable landscape security deposit returned to the property owner.
Grasschopper Landscaping is a full-service landscape provider, able to complete any and all kinds of outdoor landscape construction and maintenance since 2001. We provide services as a Prime Contractor to the City of Edmonton, Sherwood Park, Strathcona County, City of Leduc, City of St. Albert, and more. As such, we are intimately familiar with the standards of all these municipalities, and what the requirements are to have the landscape scope approved on a newer development, and in turn have the valuable landscape security deposit returned to the property owner.
Municipalities will often require the owner of a new development project to pay the municipality a landscape deposit to ensure the landscape scope is 100% completed as a means of ensuring owners and developers are contributing to the community curb appeal. This deposit is designed to be quite significant to provide a financial incentive for the completion of that work.
Property owners can sometimes find themselves in a position where the landscaping warranty work was either was not completed by the contractor, or it was completed and the landscaping maintenance has become neglected once the warranty period is over. The municipality will fail an inspection where the landscaping is not 100% healthy, thriving, and installed according to the submitted landscape plan submitted with the original development permit.
Often the cost of correcting the landscape deficiencies will be much less than the outstanding deposit, so it is usually in the property owner’s financial best interest to complete the work. However problems can arise when hiring a contractor who is not familiar with the municipality’s standards, and the property owner can end up spending significant amounts of money in correcting some of the deficiencies but still not getting the landscape deposit back.
Fear not! Grasschopper Landscaping has completed hundreds of projects where municipal inspectors are responsible for reviewing and approving the landscaping installation, and in the end, we have passed every single one of them. Our team has the knowledge and expertise to review any landscape report, correct the deficiencies, communicate and coordinate with the municipality for review, and ultimately lead to the recovery of your landscape deposit. The process for the owner is easy and painless, and in virtually all circumstances the amount of the security deposit recovered will be more than the amount spent on correcting the landscape deficiencies.
How do we get this process started?
Simple, provide us with your landscape plan, municipality landscape report and we will review and provide you with a quote to complete the work. Once approved, we will take care of everything else until the landscape deposit is released to you.
Is there a deadline to have the municipality re-inspect the property?
The municipality can hold onto the landscape security deposit for years, so there is often not an urgent deadline they set, however, at some point, the municipality may use the funds and hire someone to complete the work. Typically if the funds exceed the costs they are not returned to the property owner.
When is the latest in a year a property can be reinspected?
This will somewhat depend on the weather conditions at the time, however, the inspections typically are completed between June 15 – August 31 in a given year. The dates are largely driven by leaves being present on the trees and plants so the inspector can be sure they are in a healthy condition.
How much notice is required to provide the municipality for an inspection once deficiencies are completed?
This will vary again depending on the time of year, typically the end of the season is the busiest where an inspection will need to be requested up to a month before the actual inspection deadline.
Landscape Security Deposit Services
Edmonton & Area
780-929-8831
Award-winning services since 2001
