OUR STORY
Alternative Landscaping Ltd. is a local, family-run company that has been creating award-winning outdoor landscapes since 1998. We complete commercial and residential projects in landscaping, excavation, and maintenance and operate a year-round garden centre that services southwestern Manitoba.
Alternative Landscaping Ltd. is a local, family-run company that has been creating award-winning outdoor landscapes since 1998. We complete commercial and residential projects in landscaping, excavation, and maintenance and operate a year-round garden centre that services southwestern Manitoba.
If you want your outdoor living experience to go well beyond the ordinary without even leaving your yard, we're the landscape firm that can take you there. At Alternative Landscaping Ltd. our goal is to help your dreams become a reality. We believe that your yard should be a reflection of you.
Our Garden Centre and Greenhouse opened in 2013 and is a gardener’s paradise; the garden centre has even more items to make your home your own; this quaint space is filled with unique items for your home and garden spaces. The greenhouse is a tropical paradise that is transformed every season. We also have a full nursery and huge selection of landscaping products, including bulk materials and Barkman and Expocrete products.
Our yard care program includes an all inclusive 4 season package including spring cleanup (power raking, mowing, trimming, aeration, overseeding, 2 applications of Fiesta fertilizer), summer maintenance (mowing and another application of Fiesta fertilizer, fall cleanup (remove leaves to prevent any lawn fungus from occurring), and winter snow clearing.
OUR TEAM
At Alternative, we pride ourselves in offering superior workmanship by people who care. Since 1998 our company has grown from a two man operation to over a hundred employees!
Meet our leadership team below, who help us make your dreams a reality!
If you are looking to join our team, please check out our careers page.
Chris
GRIFFIN
President
GRIFFIN
Karin
General Manager
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COMING SOON
Spencer
GRIFFIN
Operations Manager
GRIFFIN
Emma
Office Manager
HODGES
Mel
CFO
SIMPSON
TJ
Controller
Sales Manager
DEDIEU
Leonie
Austin
WEST
Austin
Installation Manager
YOUNG
Colton
Senior Estimator
ALEXANDER
Jeff
Excavation Manager
CASWELL
Jeff
Shop Foreman
VAN
MACKELBERGH
Production Manager
Kerri
NATIONAL AWARDS
The Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) is a national not-for-profit federation of nine provincial landscape and horticulture associations representing over 4,200 members. Comprised of thousands of locally owned companies that grow, sell, design, install, and maintain plants and other landscape features. We are proud to have won the 2019 National Award for Residential Landscape Maintenance. Check out the award winning property here.
OUR AWARDS
PROVINCIAL AWARDS
The annual MBNLA Awards of Excellence are prestigious awards that recognize the best in creating exceptional gardens and landscapes and honours the outstanding skill and workmanship of Manitoba’s landscape professionals.We are honoured to have won many awards over the years including Garden Centre (2022), Residential Landscape Construction under $15,000 (2011), Residential Landscape Construction over $15,000 (2007, 2008, 2011), Residential Landscape Construction over $100,000 (2014), Landscape Design (2017, 2022), Residential Maintenance (2019), Commercial Maintenance (2019), and Commercial Landscape Installation (2019).
LOCAL AWARDS
Every year we are honoured that our community votes for us to win local business awards, such as the Brandon Sun Readers Choice for Garden Centre (Bronze-2018, Silver-2019-2022), Brandon Sun Readers Choice for Best Lawncare (Silver-2020, 2021, Bronze-2022), Brandon Home Show Best Display Award (1999, 2001-06, 2008-10, 2012, 2015, 2017-2019), Community Votes Award for Excavation Services (Platinum-2021, Top Pick-2022), Community Votes Award for Architecture/Design (Platinum-2021, Silver-2022), Community Votes Award for Garden Centre (Gold-2021, 2022), Community Votes Award for Snow Removal (Bronze-2021, Top Pick- 2022), Gift Shop (Top Pick-2022), and Community Votes Award for Home Renovations (Top Pick-2021)
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CAREERS
GROW YOUR CAREER WITH US!
Since our company was formed in 1998, our success has been a result of a commitment to quality and a focus on hiring talented, conscientious staff that are passionate about the outdoors and exceeding our customers expectations.
We expect a lot from our staff but give a lot back. We're team players that believe hard work should be rewarded through compensation and additional responsibility.
WHO WE ARE
We are a family owned and operated business and along with our talented team we are passionate about incredible outdoor spaces and performing quality jobs for our clients.
We work hard, have fun, don't cut corners and go the extra mile to make our projects stand out.