Edwards Landscape & Construction

Meet Kayden Edwards, the Owner Behind Edwards Landscape and Construction in North Bay

Kayden Edwards has lived in North Bay pretty much his whole life, and he started this business on a bicycle. Before he was old enough to drive he was towing a trailer behind his bike, cutting lawns around town for anyone who would hire him. The licence made it easier. Everything after that he built himself.

He could have stayed in lawn care. He is blunt about why he did not: cutting grass is repetitive, and repetitive is easy money. He wanted to build things that outlast a week, so he handed his lawn accounts to a younger friend who was starting his own company, and went after hardscaping and construction instead. One customer, RuthAnn Brydge, wrote that she is very proud to say Kayden takes pride and satisfaction in the quality of work he does, from lawn care to landscaping. She watched the whole turn happen.

Landscaping and Hardscaping in North Bay Since 2023

The first of November marks three years of running Edwards Landscape and Construction in earnest. For the first of those years he was still working a full time job and building the company around it. He quit the job in November 2024.

Today there are two crews, one for hardscaping and one for landscaping, and the season runs to roughly the first of November depending on what the weather does. This year is already booked. The work on the list for next year would carry them close to June if all of it lands. When the ground freezes the crews move indoors to bathrooms, kitchens, painting and flooring, which keeps the same people working through the winter instead of scattering.

What to Know Before You Hire a Landscaper in North Bay

Ask Kayden what he wishes customers understood and the answer is price, and everything standing behind it.

People see one number, he says, and not the machine and the operator it takes to get on site, the topsoil to come back and level the ground, the sod, the fuel and the hours. Pulling out a single bush is rarely just pulling out a single bush.

Then there is the half of the job nobody sees once it is finished. Some customers think it is basically plopping stone on the ground and making it level, he says, but there is the whole base underneath, and the base has to be built for drainage. In a climate that freezes and thaws all winter, the base is the job. The part you can see is the easy part.

Quotes Broken Down to a T

Ask him what separates his company from the other contractors in town and he does not reach for equipment or years in business. He talks about the quote.

Every Edwards quote breaks the work down step by step: how the base goes in, what follows it, and the square footage of the patio or walkway confirmed in writing. If a homeowner remembers four hundred square feet, the quote shows what was actually measured. There is nothing to argue about later.

It does two jobs at once. You can picture what you are buying before you commit to it. And once the crew is in your yard you already know the running order, so you are not at the window asking what happens next. You already know what happens next.

What Customers Say About Edwards Landscape and Construction

The reviews land on the same few things: the quality of the finished work, how quickly he answers, and how much of the job he handles himself. People write about renovations that turned out beautifully, crews who worked hard and left a good result behind, and a contractor who shows up when he says he will. More than one customer has had him back a second and a third time.

Landscaping, Hardscaping and Renovations for North Bay, Callander, Corbeil and Muskoka

Edwards Landscape and Construction builds interlock driveways, paver patios, walkways and steps, retaining walls, natural flagstone, sod and new lawns, garden beds and planting, grading and drainage, excavation and site prep, decks and covered structures, and kitchen and bathroom renovations through the winter. Every quote follows a visit to the property.

The crews work North Bay, Callander, Corbeil, Bonfield, Sturgeon Falls and Mattawa, and travel south to Burk's Falls, Huntsville and Muskoka. Ground conditions change a great deal across that range, which is why the base gets quoted for the property it is going into rather than off a standard sheet.

Two Crews Now, and a Second Truck Next

What has him excited is the growth. Next year he wants a second truck and dump trailer so he stops shuttling between job sites, hauling mulch to one crew and stone to the other. Getting the landscape crew fully established would let him step back from the field and work on the business instead of in it.

Further out, the plan runs south. He wants to open a Muskoka side of the company while keeping North Bay running under people he has trained and trusts, so neither one depends on him being in two places at once. For someone who started with a trailer tied to a bicycle, it is the same move he has already made twice.

What to Expect When You Call Edwards Landscape and Construction

You get Kayden. He comes to the property, walks it with you and measures it with you standing there, so you both leave with the same understanding of the scope. The quote arrives in writing, broken down by step, with the square footage on it. Then the crew arrives and works through the order you have already read.

One more thing worth knowing, because it surprises people. Kayden is nineteen. Most customers guess late twenties, and he has been called in more than once to redo work done by contractors who have been in business longer than he has been alive. His own way of putting it: do not let someone's age fool you.