Melissa Baron Landscape Design

Melissa is a wealth of plant knowledge! I especially appreciate her skill set in permaculture and edible/medicinal plants. She has lots of great experience and has been super helpful in deer deterrent ideas.

Melissa is that perfect mix of intuitive, creative and professional. Both her herbal products and her landscape design work exude these qualities, making working with her in any capacity a delight.

My husband and I bought a home prior to completion and were given the opportunity to completely design the yard from beginning phase– in essence a blank, dirt canvass. We hired Melissa Baron to design a landscape for our property that would complement and enhance the extensive renovation on our mid-century home, moving it towards a more modern feel. Melissa was very easy to work with from the beginning. She brought great ideas but also listened to our wants and needs for the project and was able to really define and create a vision for the space. Melissa was professional and responsive throughout. She acted as not only the designer but also as project manager. There were various elements, subcontractors and tradesmen on site that Melissa was able to coordinate and liaise with. From initial rock placement and yard grading and leveling, to defining unique and separate spaces around the property. She was also able to refer and bring in different trades throughout, including a woodworker who built a fantastic wood structure that Melissa had designed around our backyard fire pit, as well as a gardener with amazing rock experience who was able to design a gorgeous and very intricate rock formation within our driveway. These extra design pieces went above and beyond and really exceeded our expectations on what we had hoped for the outcome of the project. The planting process was very intricate and required much planning and careful consideration based on our desire to have something low maintenance, but also private. Melissa has an incredible knowledge of plants and the different environments that they should be placed in to allow for optimal growth. Our kids were also very excited and wanted to help with the process. Melissa came up with the idea of including some interesting varieties of edible plants. Our boys were very excited to be able to watch the plants and fruits grow in throughout the summer all while being able to sample the berries and other edible plants. Our yard transformation was absolutely incredible. From the back yard entertaining patio with custom concrete fire pit and hardscaping, to the rock placed patio on the side of the house where we can sit and enjoy the evening sun, to the intricately designed rock driveway along the side of the yard. Obviously landscape is one of the things that tends to fall short on the list in terms of budget as a project nears completion. Melissa was able to conceptualize an amazing space for our family all while keeping things in-line with our budget and dealing with various time constraints. The entire process was very exciting and we are very thrilled with the yard transformation. Jamie and Jesse Gough Oak Bay, British Columbia

Melissa designed a beautiful new garden for us. She took all of our needs into account and was very responsive and thoughtful in her advice. Our garden is less than one year old and because of her expertise and plant knowledge it already looks amazing. She is very professional and flexible to deal with and I can't recommend her highly enough!

Melissa is excellent and professional to work with. She is our first choice for design work on many home landscaping and renovation projects. From new driveway designs, to fencing and back patios, Melissa's 3D artwork helps to build confidence and clarity for our customers, and our workers.

We had a backyard area that was completely under utilized and we reached out to Melissa to get some ideas for the area. Melissa was so great to work with and she had solid ideas for the space. Her team was so great to work with and they turned our backyard into an absolute oasis. We could not be more happy with Melissa's company and feel very fortunate that we found her for this project. Would highly recommend and would definitely use them again!! Although you can't tell from the picture....this was just dirt and brush a few months ago!