Anna Monaldi Designs

We were introduced to Anna through our landscape company, to help with the backyard re-design of our small yard in Toronto. Anna was a pleasure to work with. She listened to our needs and was thoughtful in her approach. She brought in new ideas and really worked with us to achieve our vision so we could maximize our space. She helped re-imagine the layout, plant choices and lighting plan. She worked with the landscape company on ensuring they were aware of our plans. We would happily recommend her to anyone looking for a landscape designer!

Anna finds creative strategies to work materials into function first design. Design plans are easy to read and communication is very clear.

Anna helped us design a layout for our tiny Toronto backyard. Anna worked with our initial vision and helped transform it into a beautiful and functional backyard layout while keeping the realities of our budget in mind. She had excellent suggestions for stone, wood fences and pergolas, as well as various species of plants, which had to meet our requirements: half sun exposed, not poisonous to pets, and ideally robust enough to survive with rookie gardeners! The whole process took about 6-8 weeks, where Anna was always in close communication over phone/email, and each step went through 1-2 iterations to get it where we were happy. It was the perfect situation for us, who had a rough vision but needed help with the practical implementation and details we hadn't considered (e.g. how to deal with grading of our neighbour's properties, potential permit issues, etc). Will absolutely call Anna again when we are re-doing the front yard!

Anna's company completed a landscape design for us. We were so happy with the results. She surpassed our expectations. She stayed on budget and completed it in a timely manner. We would reccomend her for any design large or small

Anna is super talented, creative, knowledgeable, and an all-around pleasure to work with. She made my garden look so beautiful! I totally recommend her!

While working with Curbz, Anna designed our back yard. We’d spoken with a couple of other landscape designers before finding Anna and their plans bore no resemblance to our needs (or our budget!). We met in our 30x60 midtown yard and we explained our ideas for the yard in general terms. A deck, a stone patio, a dog friendly area, and a colourful perennial garden. We also needed a deck that would seamlessly transition from a higher to lower level, while still allowing light into our basement windows. We wanted a family and pet friendly yard that also functioned well for entertaining. The key words were simple, practical, expansive and beautiful, of course. Within days, Anna presented us with her first draft. We were thrilled that everything we’d requested was included in the plan. Anna listened to our needs and transformed our vision for the yard into a beautiful, practical plan, better than we ever imagined. She handled the awkward deck issue in a way that was perfect and that we’d never considered (nor had the landscape designers we’d previously dealt with). She also presented a plan that fit our budget. We did tweak that original draft, but only slightly; Anna got what we were looking for immediately. Anna was a delight to work with. She’s creative, responsive, practical and very knowledgeable. We now have a stunning yard that is all that we wanted and so much more. The yard is a gorgeous, fully useable space and feels so much larger than it did. The whole family, including the dog, loves the new space! JP - Toronto