Jan 17, 2019 | Blog post, Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture
Last month we posted a blog about, what appears to be increased use of gravel within landscapes of new homes on Vancouver Island, at least in the mid-island area. If you haven’t read this you might want to take a moment, you can find it here… We had a massive response... 
Jul 3, 2018 | Blog post, Landscape Design, Soil food web
This blog post focuses on another garden myth, this time it’s, “If I plant fewer plants within a given area this result in less work for me in terms of maintenance, less plants equal less work.” I see a huge variety of plantings in both commercial and... 
Mar 17, 2018 | Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture
Eight Questions To Ask Your Next Landscaping Company To Protect Yourself From An Unpleasant Experience (And Make Sure You Don’t Need To Leave a Bad Google Review Of Your Own) + The Only Answers You Should Accept 1. Are you confident that our project is a... 
Feb 23, 2018 | Edible landscapes, Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture
WE GOT A BAD REVIEW ON GOOGLE (and it’s good news for you)… On Jan. 23rd 2018, I got a notification from a colleague that we’d gotten a 1.0-star rating (out of five) on Google Reviews. ,. Well, it actually wasn’t Jaan Designs who received this... 
Nov 5, 2013 | Landscape Design
We are all guilty of rushing out to our local nursery and making those impulse purchases. We then return home with our little treasures and then have the task of finding room for these new plants. Panic sets in, there is no room for additions, suddenly other plants... 
Nov 4, 2013 | Landscape Design
More and more these days landscapes must be low maintenance, have a high aesthetic value and in recent times, be sustainable. The pace of life seems to be ramping up in this modern age, technology that was supposed to improve our lives appears to have made us work...