Botanica Design

We had an excellent experience working with Karin and Otto and the entire team at Botanica Design. Their design work was exceptional and the execution was practically flawless. We would love to work with them again in the future.

We had a tight budget and small space to work with, but Botanica Design not only brought our project in on budget, they exceeded our expectations with a beautiful result. The crew was friendly, helpful and extremely professional. I highly recommend Botanica Design!

Creative designers with a strong sense of colour and space. Intelligent plant choices that support hardscape and ease of seasonal maintenance. Good massing style and implementation of the less-variety-is-better theme. We had great success with their natural stone hardscaping. Very efficient installation team - highly organized with appropriate equipment and crew. Delightful management - polite, tidy and friendly maintenance/planting team. Strongly recommend Botanica for design AND install.

Botanica transformed our very tired front yard into a magical garden and patio. We found their team to be professional and so easy to work with. The owner,Karin, followed up and gave me helpful training on how to keep my new garden beautiful and has offered to return in the fall and next spring for more guidance,you don't get that kind of customer service much anymore. We could not be happier with our new front yard and I can't tell you how many neighbours Have dropped over to say what a beautiful transformation. I would recommend Botanica to anyone! Professional, on time and on budget.

I have nothing but great things to say about the team at Botanica Design. Both Karin and Otto are fantastic to work with - they understood our need for a low maintenance garden (we have three little kids) and were able to create the most stunning garden in our front yard on a reasonable budget. When I'm out gardening, people passing by always comment on how lovely the front looks. I would highly recommend Botanica to anyone - the entire team is professional, friendly and reliable.

We initially hired Botanica to help landscape our half acre property in West Vancouver in the Spring of 2013. The owners, Karin and Otto are great to work with. Otto is very organized on the business front and Karin is enthusiastic, knowledgable and creative when it comes to the planning and design. Their team is knowledgeable and respectful – you will like their whole crew: Chris, Jeff, Henry, Ryan, Finn, etc. We love the clean, contemporary, beachy landscape that they created for us. They were able to source some unique plants including five mature olive trees that they brought in from California. We have a creek on the property and they suggested a planting design for that area with native species that passed city of West Vancouver inspection as well as looks beautiful year round. They also installed a new large lawn with nice edging, a variety of grasses (Pennisetum & Stipa), and shrubs/flowers including Rosemary, Santolina, and Pineapple Popsicles. My husband mentioned to them how he loved eating plums in the Okanagan as a child and they surprised us with a plum tree that will produce fruit this year as a thank you gift for working with them. Botanica is flexible and easy to work with. We had some slate steps that were a bit complicated to install but they worked with us until we were happy with the results. We also had a few plants that didn't make the winter and they replaced a few of them including switching out a meyer lemon tree for a hardier dwarf peach tree. We continue to work with Botanica as our property grows, matures and changes. Thanks Botanica!

We hired Botanica to landscape our property for our new home, and were so impressed by them, that we kept them on for monthly maintenance and seasonal updates. Their team is very competent, knowledgeable and quick to respond to feedback. They are all very friendly, work well together, and offer great design suggestions. It's been really exciting to see the fruits of their labour, as the bulbs they planted several months earlier burst into tulips and the most beautiful succulents are arranged in an artful way. They've also been really sweet and attentive about tailoring some areas of the garden to my young children by planting particularly aromatic flowers for them, and creating a tactile path so they can walk barefoot to their fairy garden. I would highly recommend the Botanica team! I can't say enough good things about them!

Everything Botanica does is AMAZING! I would recommend them, hands down, to anyone wanting to transform their outdoor space into something they will love every day. They can take a yard, no matter what the condition, and have the vision to turn it into an oasis. Their creative solutions and design ability are unparalleled. They really spend the time listening and figuring out what you want and need and the results are exceptional. Their hard working team is incredibly skilled and a delight to have around. Everyone at Botanica is a pure pleasure to work with. My experience with Botanica is outstanding, I love my backyard every day and I would highly recommend them to anyone!

Botanica Design has added beautiful landscaping to several of our modern homes. The team is flexible, creative and a pleasure to work with. They have an incredible knowledge of plant material and a sharp eye for design. In addition to the design drawings and specifications, Botanica can provide plant selection and installation services, which ensures that they don't lose control of the design during the installation process. The projects our office works on vary in budget, and Botanica has been very flexible in creating beautiful landscape designs for all levels of budget. We are very impressed with their work, and our clients have been very happy with the results.

We hired Botanica Design to freshen up our backyard. They were prompt at returning phone calls and emails, were able to come to our house to look at the area within a reasonable amount of time, they were personable, exceedingly professional, and had immediate suggestions and ideas that inspired us to hire them to complete the project. Their work teams were professional, even in individual appearance, each employee was courteous and knowledgeable, each day leaving the work area tidy, they were efficient with their time, and were always pleasant. They consulted with us when necessary, respected our opinions, but could be relied upon to give sound advice. They kept us updated with detailed receipts of product and labor with occasional mid project payments. We particularly appreciated paying as we went along which lessened the impact of the overall bill and left us with no surprises as to how or why something was billed to us since it was first, detailed and second, recent. They were quick to resolve any issues in their entirety and always checked that the result was to our satisfaction. Upon completion, we had a backyard our neighbors admired and we were thrilled with. The experience and the results have exceeded our expectations. We would heartily recommend Karin and Otto's Botanica Design Team.

I had reached out to Botanica back in 2011 to see if they would provide some guidance around landscaping ideas I had and Otto and Karin were kind enough to come over to my house and speak with me for close to an hour. At that time, I did not proceed, but I got back in touch in 2013 and asked them to draw up a plan for an overhaul of both my front and back yard, including new path, patio, planting. Once again, they came to my house to discuss the project with my wife and I and spent considerable time ensuring they understood our ideas, our style and our budget. When the drawing were completed, we were so excited and couldn't wait for them to get started. I would emphasize how easy both Karin and Otto are to talk to, they listened to everything we had to say and made sure we understood the planting and hardscaping they planned to use. During the project work, the Botanica team were personable, professional and polite and their site manager, Chris, made sure that all our questions were answered and that we knew what the plan and schedule would be. We had a very hot, dry summer for Vancouver and even on the days they were not on site, Chris came by to ensure the plants were well watered. We are super happy with the final product, both the plants and the hardscaping (large patio at the rear and some amazing concrete steps at the front). We have had no end of compliments about the front yard, in particular the concrete pads/steps and I should make it clear that the 'Botanica Experience' does not stop when the final payment for the project is made. Otto and Karin have kept in contact offering advice and making sure we are happy. THey have even replaced some plants that they felt were not doing as well as they had expected and added some stepping stones to get to a water outlet at the front. I would not hesitate to recommend Botanica and can honestly say that Ott, Karin and their team are some of the nicest and most knowledgeable professionals we have worked with.

Botanica Design has consistently maintained high standards and attention to detail while following our schedules and budgets. The employees are professional, knowledgeable and easy to work with. Highly recommended