Residential install
Christmas Planter Installation
I design your winter entrance around your house, bring the materials, and build it on site. Planters either side of the door, a wreath sized to the door itself, and garland where the architecture asks for it. One afternoon, and then you do not think about it again until spring.
A winter planter is the longest display of the year. It goes up in November and it is still standing in March, roughly twice as long as the fall version. Homes in Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington and the wider GTA.
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In December your entrance is seen in the dark far more often than in daylight. That is what it is designed for.
The date that matters
I start saying no around November 18th
That is not a sales tactic, it is the calendar. Installs happen in the window when the ground has not frozen, because stems still push into the soil and everything cut from that point holds its shape through to March. Build after the freeze and you are wiring greens to a block of ice.
The last two weeks of November go first, and they go early. By the middle of November the calendar is usually full and I am turning work away, which I would much rather warn you about in September than explain to you in December.
The good dates are still open in October, because nobody books a winter planter in October. It does not feel like winter yet. That is exactly why October is when to ask.
What an install covers
The containers
Your own pots if they are frost safe and draining, or new ones sourced for you. Height first, then filled until no container shows, then the cascade over the rim, then the accents.
The door
A wreath built to the width of your door rather than bought to a standard size, and hung where it reads from the sidewalk rather than from the step.
Garland and railings
Where the house has an arch, a portico, a stair rail or window boxes worth dressing. Not every entrance needs it, and I will say so if yours does not.
One palette across all of it
The door and the containers are read together, from the street, in one glance. Repeating one element across all three is what makes an entrance look designed rather than assembled.
Built for the dark
Pale elements and strong verticals, because fine detail disappears at four in the afternoon. Arrangements are built so lights can be run through them cleanly at the end.
Then nothing
Nothing in the arrangement is alive, so there is no watering and no upkeep. Refresh an accent if the wind takes it. Otherwise leave it alone until the thaw.
Built in November, photographed in December
How it works
01
Send photographs of your entrance, and rough measurements of the containers if you have them.
02
You get a design direction and a quote. Every entrance is different, so pricing depends on the containers, the number of pieces and what the house needs.
03
We hold a date in the build window, before the freeze.
04
I arrive, build it, and clear up. You come home to a finished entrance.
If an install is not what you are after
Plenty of people would rather build their own, and I would rather help you do it well than sell you something you do not want. There are two other ways in.
A winter planter kit
Choose a DIY winter planter kit for the non-fresh stems, accents and instructions listed for that style. You supply your own planter container and all fresh flowers or greenery. Each kit has a different set of pieces; its product page shows exactly what comes in the box.
The 4-season plan
One design for your house, planted out across all four seasons, with recipes and setup instructions. No visit involved, so there is no seasonal cutoff on it.
The free timeline
Every date in the winter calendar, from choosing the container in September to pulling the greens in March, with an email the week each one arrives.
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