--- title: "Tutti Flora landscape design — Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-architects-and-landscape-designers/tutti-flora-landscape-design-pfvwus-pf~219710913 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~219710913.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Tutti Flora landscape design" category: ["Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/377339f105e760f7_7002-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "Victoria, British Columbia V9Z0Z2, Canada" latitude: 48.3773 longitude: -123.7205 phone: "(250) 508-2357" website: http://tuttiflora.ca rating: 4.9 review_count: 25 best_of_houzz_awards: 5 followers: 22 last_updated: 2026-11-07 --- # Tutti Flora landscape design Original Houzz profile: [Tutti Flora landscape design](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-architects-and-landscape-designers/tutti-flora-landscape-design-pfvwus-pf~219710913) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers - **Location:** Victoria, BC - **Serves:** Central Saanich, Colwood, Esquimalt, Langford, Metchosin, Sooke, Victoria, View Royal - **Houzz rating:** 4.9 out of 5 (25 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 5 awards (2016–2021), for Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Star Houzzer - Recommended on Houzz - 250 Ideabook Saves At Tutti Flora landscape design my focus is on making landscape design accessible and affordable for all levels of garden design projects. I love design and love what I do - and most enjoy helping DIY landscapers achieve spectacular results! I work to refurbish and renew existing gardens as well as starting from ground zero on new home construction projects. I will work together with you through the entire process of creating a landscape design plan that is tailored to your lifestyle and family needs, one step at a time. ### Services Provided - Landscape Design - Garden Design - Hardscaping - Landscape Plans - Patio Design - Site Planning - Drought Tolerant Landscaping - Custom Water Features - Deck Design - Drafting - Edible Gardens - CAD Drawings - Consulting & Coaching ### Areas Served - Central Saanich - Colwood - Esquimalt - Langford - Metchosin - Sooke - Victoria - View Royal ### Typical Job Cost CAD 500 - CAD 2,500 ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Tutti Flora landscape design | | Address | Victoria, British Columbia V9Z0Z2, Canada | | Phone | (250) 508-2357 | | Website | http://tuttiflora.ca | | License Number | 10975 | | Followers on Houzz | 22 | ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Tutti Flora landscape design](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-architects-and-landscape-designers/tutti-flora-landscape-design-pfvwus-pf~219710913) - **Website:** http://tuttiflora.ca - **Phone:** (250) 508-2357 ## Credentials **Certifications & Awards** - University of Guelph - Certificate in Landscape Design - **Best of Houzz:** 5 awards (2016–2021), for Service. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 4.9 out of 5 — 25 reviews** ### Reviews **★★★★★ — Brenda Munro, Jan. 2021** > Theresa did an amazing design on our side yard which backs onto the forest. The all native plant selection blends beautifully with our park like surroundings. Professional, helpful and attentive to our needs describes her work for us. **★★★★★ — Linda Harris, April 2020** > We moved to a small acreage in East Sooke from the prairies in November. While we love the natural beauty of the area, this small property cries out for landscaping that will bring out its full potential as a wooded retreat. With little knowledge of this growing environment, I was full of ideas but overwhelmed in terms of how or where to start. Walking through the property and listening to my thoughts, desires and perceived challenges (including deer resistant plantings and camouflaging an unsightly and unfortunately placed septic system), Theresa at Tutti Flora provided creative, natural landscape solutions that I am confident will help me transform the yard of my imagination into reality. Theresa has a gift for subtlety in design, brings clever ideas for working with what already exists within your environment, and has extensive knowledge of plants, trees and shrubs well suited to the local growing conditions. AND she is professional, personable, and a delight to work with. I highly recommend Theresa to help you bring your landscaping vision to life. **★★★★★ — User, June 2018** > After searching for some time for a landscape designer prepared to bid on our project, Theresa was a breath of fresh air. She took time to listen to strata council members and was easygoing while developing a plan we could all be satisfied with. Always pleasant; willing to consider our ideas; cost effective; understood challenges of working with local authorities; excellent knowledge of plants and trees. Most importantly, Theresa was patient. As a strata property with multiple owners, it is not easy trying to please everyone. Feedback from owners about the now completed landscape project has been very positive and the result has added new life to what had been a dreary part of our yard for many years. **★★★★★ — Jim Clark, June 2018** > Theresa provided a landscaping plan for the total rework of our small back yard, transforming it from a boring lawn to a well thought out area with a variety of plants, shrubs and trees, as well as walkways and patio area. > > The service was very quick and professional, the plans and planting lists were thorough and easy to follow. The fee for the service was very reasonable, I have no hesitation in recommending Theresa for landscape design. **★★★★ — Stacy McGhee, Dec. 2017** > Theresa's local knowledge and experience contributed greatly to the successful design and implementation of our recent yard renovations. She is a talented designer, but more importantly, worked within our budget and provided design and planting that adds value to our property. We are very proud of the work done and would recommended Tutti Flora without hesitation. **★★★★★ — Mark Barnes, Nov. 2017** > From the very beginning, Theresa was a consummate professional. She listened to our vision and the scope of project. She showed us her impressive portfolio of previous projects. > The attention to detail and beauty in the design, combined with her vast knowledge of what grows best and where to plant convinced us that she HAD to be the one designing our project. > Our 1/3 ac lot was pretty much a blank slate with endless possibilities, with a modest budget. > Theresa managed to capture the essence of what we wanted and presented her detailed scale drawings to us on time and on budget. There was no issue with small changes we made as the plan evolved. Honestly, not much needed to be changed as Theresa managed to capture almost every detail on the 1st pass due to her precise measurements and good taste. The landscaping company was able to use her scale drawings to construct, build and plant everything. The project involved large rock walls, patio, fencing, fountains, the works. Theresa's encyclopedic knowledge of suitable plants for this area was invaluable. Because we moved to Victoria from Calgary, where virtually nothing grows, we had no idea where to start. Theresa was a pleasure to work with and even popped by a few times to check on the progress of our project; which we are thrilled with. > We would not hesitate to recommend Theresa at Tutti Flora for your project. **★★★★★ — Chantal Meagher, Oct. 2017** > I can't imagine finding a more responsive and intuitive advisor that Theresa! She was immensely patient with our 'hurry-up-and-wait' approach to front yard design, and rolled with the many changes in 'concept' that we had as we moved forward (we hired her immediately post interior renovations, and before we had a clear sense of what we really wanted for the exterior -- other than a radical change!!). > > We had an exhaustive list of wants (deer resistant, drought resistant, both summer and winter colour/texture/interest), and I'm confident that we'll see them realized as we go through the first year of our new front yard -- we replaced the grass with perennial grasses, shrubs, and flowers. > > Theresa also went above and beyond -- she responded to questions relating to other parts of the yard, and gave us great suggestions for dealing with challenges in the back yard. I've put some of them into practice over the summer, and am delighted with the results (though have a long way to go!). > > I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Tutti Flora -- in fact, I have already - she has designed my mother's patio, and a good friends back garden, both with equally wonderful results. **Comment from Tutti Flora landscape design:** > Thank you Chantal! We had a lot of fun together and I know you will be pleased wih the outcome when it all starts to grow up next year. **★★★★★ — Craig Siemens, Sept. 2017** > We recently completed a landscape design project with Theresa Balak at Tutti Flora Landscape Design. We had been struggling for some time with a variety of ideas on how to make our property not only more beautiful visually but also more functional. In addition, to softscaping, Theresa helped us design our front walkway and front deck as well as create a patio space in the back yard that we are very pleased with. > > We greatly enjoyed working with Theresa. She is very knowledgeable in landscape design, plants as well as hardscaping. She has an artistic eye for detail and was able to help us with many drought and deer/rabbit resistant options. > > Overall, it was a great process with good communication and an excellent outcome. We would definitely use her services again should the situation arise! **★★★★★ — Robert Fuenning, Sept. 2017** > Wow does Theresa know her plants!!! She helped us design and plant our Vancouver Island acreage gardens, even though we are often back in Calgary. The process was easy with Theresa, we meet, she listened, she created and then she delivered drawings via email. With these professional drawings, we could dream and discuss our gardens. Once plans were agreed upon, Theresa quickly coordinated with a local landscaper/gardener and now we have our dream gardens. She knows her plants, what works for Vancouver Island and what to avoid. Thanks Theresa, our acreage looks fantastic. **Comment from Tutti Flora landscape design:** > Thank you Bob and Liza! It was a pleasure working with you this spring and summer and I am happy you are so pleased with the outcome. Enjoy! **★★★★★ — Jean-Yves Forcier, Sept. 2017** > We had been considering for a couple of years redoing our small backyard which was bland with a small brick patio and a strip of grass. We asked Theresa to draw a design that would eliminate the grass, enlarge the patio area while getting rid of the brick, and incorporated some trees, plants and bushes easy to maintain. She produced a draft in one week and incorporated our minor feedback; she had a final drawing in about a week later. This final design incorporated a large stamped concrete patio area, a raised garden bed and a pergola. We love it! > > Tutti Flora also made our planning easy by introducing us to a pair of contractors who easily worked from her design. We have been enjoying our private backyard oasis for nearly two months. **Comment from Tutti Flora landscape design:** > Thank you Betty and JY. This was a fun project to work on with you and the transformation in your little back yard is phenomenal - it looks twice as big as it did before! And what a lovely retreat you have to enjoy now - I hope you spend many happy hours here. **★★★★★ — Tara Fenwick, April 2017** > Tuttiflora came highly recommended, so we engaged the company to provide full landscape designs for front and back yards. We were delighted not only with the quality, professionalism and personalized detail of Theresa's designs, but also with her innovative ideas and creative problem solving. Our yards are tricky and her designs were perfectly tailored to make the most of what we have within our budget. Theresa also was highly interactive, responding quickly to our many queries and uncertainties, and visiting the property frequently. We would definitely engage Tuttiflora again. **★★★★★ — maureenboylan, March 2017** > Theresa was so helpful and available. She listened well to what we wanted, was efficient and answered all of our questions almost immediately when they came up. Our garden isn't quite done yet but I think it will be pretty amazing when it is. It has been interesting bringing the plan to the nursery and having the nursery comment on what great choices of plants were made and how wonderful it will look. I would highly recommend Theresa and Tutti Flora for your garden plans. **Comment from Tutti Flora landscape design:** > Thank you so much Maureen and Ray! Please keep sending me any questions you may have. > I will watch your garden develop as I zip by to my appts. In the area > Theresa ## Selected projects - [Picea](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/picea-pj-vj~3492656) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 11 - Description: This project was a new construction home that needed landscape plans drawn for the front and back yards that included paving layout and design for driveway and walkways, a small patio area for the back yard garden to hold a future fire feature, raised veggie beds and layout and planting plans for the garden beds. Although just newly planted last fall the garden is starting to come along nicely and the homeowners owners are very happy with the colourful parade of flowers and foliage throughout th… - [Heuchera](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/heuchera-pj-vj~3140341) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 21 - [Achillea](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/achillea-pj-vj~3140500) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 21 - [Linaria](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/linaria-pj-vj~3184296) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 24 - Description: The request for this project was to create a pretty cottagey garden that was easy care and provided lots of year long colour and flowers. A few shrubs were retained and rejuvenated and the existing hedge was tamed down to a better scale for this petite yard. The design also included partial new privacy fencing along the left side of the home as well as 2 pergolas for privacy and screening undesirable views and a new garden shed (not in photos) for storage and recycling bins. - [Arbutus](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/arbutus-pj-vj~3247542) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 5 - Description: This client had newly renovated their home top to bottom and now wanted a new, easy care garden to enhance their beautiful home. The planting plan incorporated deer and drought resistant plants for year round color and interest. - [Thimbleberry](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/thimbleberry-pj-vj~3247061) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 9 - Description: The clients asked me to design a planting plan for their front yard that would be say care and would give them year long colour and interest. The couple went hard at it all last summer to install this lovely garden in a very successful DIY project. - [Gingko](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/gingko-pj-vj~3163396) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 15 - Description: This amazing project was a 90% DIY project by couple of very enthusiastic and talented homeowners. We wanted to keep what was good in the old landscape and rejuvenate and up grade the rest. The new front entry side walk was poured by the home renovation contractor, but most of the balance of the work including the demolition, all to he planting and all of the building the dry stacked stone walls was done by this dynamic duo, under the expert coaching of one of my favourite landscapers. He also p… - [Salvia](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/salvia-pj-vj~3169205) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 12 - Description: This small inner city front courtyard patio was overcrowded with plants that were ill chosen for the diminutive space. The homeowner requested a design plan for an easy care planting scheme that would provide year round colour and interest. I retained a few key plants (Japanese Maples, Cypress, Arbutus unedo, Peonies and Rhododendrons) and re-worked them into a new design plan that will require less maintenance and when established will provide a beautiful color display at any time of the year.… - [Tellima](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/tellima-pj-vj~2760909) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 6 - Description: Redesigned new back garden and patio space to create a more intimate and better functioning space and create low maintenance raised garden beds instead of small unused lawn areas. - [Walnut](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/walnut-pj-vj~1754221) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 7 - [Nandina](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/nandina-pj-vj~1285940) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 6 - Description: Complete front and back garden design plan for new home including patio areas, pathways, driveway, native plant shade garden, waterfall, and privacy fencing. - [Gaultheria](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/gaultheria-pj-vj~1655188) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 8 - Description: The homeowners wanted a garden that would give them year round color and interest and be easy to maintain in a deer infested area in the pacific northwest. - [Acer](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/acer-pj-vj~1286025) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 4 - Description: The client wanted to create a garden bed to incorporate the existing Japanese maple in a cohesive way and to remove more of the lawn area from the garden. - [Santolina](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/santolina-pj-vj~1758887) - Location: Victoria, BC - Photos: 6 - Description: Redesign back yard garden to include larger, deer resistant planting beds and upgraded patio area. [See all 14 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-architects-and-landscape-designers/tutti-flora-landscape-design-pfvwus-pf~219710913) ## Ideabooks - [1442 Harrop Road](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/153885410/list/1442-harrop-road) — 8 ideas - [Shoreline](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/146880438/list/shoreline) — 4 ideas - [Durban Street](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/140545026/list/durban-street) — 3 ideas - [Stairways](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/126399894/list/stairways) — 1 idea - [Pergolas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/126393207/list/pergolas) — 11 ideas - [Paving Ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/125789809/list/paving-ideas) — 18 ideas - [Raised Beds](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/125513086/list/raised-beds) — 26 ideas - [Deck & Patio spaces](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/109635194/list/deck-patio-spaces) — 29 ideas - [Privacy screening](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/115913101/list/privacy-screening) — 35 ideas - [Fences](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/125164449/list/fences) — 16 ideas - [Deer Fencing Designs](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/84557391/list/deer-fencing-designs) — 30 ideas - [Water Features](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/126399481/list/water-features) — 2 ideas - [Planting Themes](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/126399544/list/planting-themes) — 5 ideas - [Retaining Walls](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/126393213/list/retaining-walls) — 5 ideas - [tuttiflora's ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/53573028/list/tuttiflora-s-ideas) — 81 ideas [See all 15 ideabooks](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/tuttiflora) --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-11-07.*