Home Shows and Events — Where You Can Find Us
Over the years, GardenStructure.com has shown up in person at home shows and local events across Ontario — a running...
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Our Builders — A Showcase of the Network Over the Years
Over the years, GardenStructure.com has grown through a network of independently skilled builders across Ontario and beyond, each bringing their...
Mr. Deck’s Critique — A Lesson from a Silicon Valley Legend
We finally got a feature on Mr. Deck's Critique pages — and to a lot of builders, that might sound...
How Local Search Rankings Actually Work for Builders
One of the more persistent misunderstandings among small business owners is trusting the search results they see on their own...
Spring Builder Notes — A Snapshot of the Crew
Every season brings some turnover on a builder network this size. One long-time exclusive builder left for a corporate role...
GardenStructure.com at the Windsor Home Show
One of our most talented builders, Sal Constante, represented GardenStructure.com at the Windsor Home Show, taking sketches, photos, and design...
Starting Your Own Deck Company Website — What Actually Matters
A good website for a deck, fence, or pergola business comes down to a short list of fundamentals that are...
Selling Decks — Where Are All the Big Decks?
Lawrence Winterburn, founder of GardenStructure.com, started building decks in Burlington, Ontario at eighteen years old — after spending the prior...
Privacy Fence, Trellis, or Screen? What Your Local Bylaw Actually Cares About
Homeowners often ask us the difference between a privacy fence, a trellis, and a privacy screen. In practical terms —...
We Built This Fence in 1995. It’s Still Standing.
We recently passed by a wood trellis fence we built for a client back in 1995. Nearly thirty years later,...
The Simple Trick That Adds Decades to a Fence Post’s Life
Fence posts fail from the ground up, almost always in the same place: within the first six inches below the...
Why Wood Fences Actually Fail (And How to Build One That Doesn’t)
If you search for information on building a wood fence, you'll find no shortage of advice — and most of...
Composite Decking and Starting a Deck Company — 2012 Article Roundup
Two resources worth knowing about if you're weighing composite vs. wood decking, or thinking about starting your own deck company:...