If You Searched Ottawa Home and Garden, Here Is What You Need to Know
If you searched “Ottawa Home and Garden” or “Ottawa Home and Garden Show” and landed here, there is a reasonable chance you were looking for one of two things: the annual Ottawa Home and Garden Show at the EY Centre, or us: Ottawa Home & Garden, a family-owned pool installation, landscaping, and outdoor structure company that has been building Ottawa backyards since 1998.
We are not the show. We are a local Ottawa contractor. Andrew and Jaime Peterson personally oversee every project we build, from first site visit through to the day the job is finished. There are no subcontractors. Every pool, patio, deck, and outdoor structure is built by our own team on properties across the Ottawa region.
Same name. Very different things. Here is the breakdown.
The Ottawa Home and Garden Show: What It Is and Where to Find It
The Ottawa Home and Garden Show is an annual trade exhibition held each spring at the EY Centre on Uplands Drive in Ottawa. It runs for four days, typically Thursday through Sunday in March, and draws more than 30,000 attendees and over 300 exhibitors from across the home improvement and renovation industry.
The show is produced by Marketplace Events LLC, a company based in Beachwood, Ohio, that operates home, garden, and renovation shows across Canada and the United States. It is not a local Ottawa business. It is a large North American trade show operation that runs an event in Ottawa each spring.
The show is a useful place to walk the floor, meet contractors, see product displays, and gather quotes and ideas for upcoming home projects. It is a marketplace: you come, you browse, and you take ideas home.
If you are looking for the Ottawa Home and Garden Show:
- Website: ottawahomeshow.com: tickets, dates, exhibitor list, and parking
- Location: EY Centre, 4899 Uplands Drive, Ottawa ON
- Dates: Four days each March, typically Thursday through Sunday
- Admission: $15 adults, $13 seniors, under 12 free
Ottawa Home & Garden: The Local Company
Ottawa Home & Garden is a family-owned design and build firm founded in Ottawa in 1998. Andrew and Jaime Peterson run the company, manage every client relationship, and are personally present on every project. When you call Ottawa Home & Garden, you talk to the owners. When work begins on your property, the owners are overseeing it.
We serve Ottawa and the surrounding region year-round, not four days in March.
What We Build
We design, supply, and install:
- Inground steel wall and vinyl liner pools
- Custom landscaping and hardscaping: interlock patios, retaining walls, grading, drainage, garden beds
- Wood and composite decks, pergolas, sheds, saunas, and outbuildings
- Pool water features: waterfalls, sheer descents, deck jets, bubblers, grottos
- Poolscaping and complete backyard builds
Every project is designed by our team and built by our team. No subcontractors handle any phase of the work. See our completed project portfolio to understand the standard we build to.
Our Credentials
- Family-Owned & Operated Since 1998
- A+ Better Business Bureau Rating: zero complaints on file
- 5/5 Stars on Houzz
- ICPI Certified (Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute)
- Techo-PRO Certified
- Landscape Ontario Member
- WSIB Accredited
The Honest Difference Between the Show and the Company
The Ottawa Home and Garden Show is a marketplace. You walk the floor, meet exhibitors, collect quotes, and take inspiration home. It is useful for anyone who wants to meet a large number of contractors and suppliers in a single afternoon. The show runs once a year and then it is done until next March.
Ottawa Home & Garden is a contractor. You call us, we visit your Ottawa property, we assess your site, we design your project, and we build it. If something unexpected comes up during construction, Andrew or Jaime is on-site to deal with it directly. When the project is finished, you have one person to call with questions, the same person who met you at the first consultation.
The Ottawa Home and Garden Show introduces you to possibilities. We build them.
A Note on the Name
When Andrew founded this company in 1998, “Ottawa Home & Garden” was simply the most accurate description of what the business does: home and garden work in Ottawa. We have no affiliation with Marketplace Events or the Ottawa Home and Garden Show. If you were looking for the show, we hope this page pointed you in the right direction.
FAQs: Ottawa Home and Garden Show vs Ottawa Home & Garden
Contact usAre you the Ottawa Home and Garden Show?
No. Ottawa Home & Garden is a local family-owned pool, landscaping, and outdoor structure company based in Ottawa. The Ottawa Home and Garden Show is a separate entity, an annual trade exhibition produced by Marketplace Events LLC, an American company. You can find the show at ottawahomeshow.com.
I was looking for the show. Can you still help me?
Possibly, depending on what you are planning. If you are attending the show to find a pool contractor, landscaper, or deck builder in Ottawa, we are exactly what you would be looking for on that show floor, without the admission fee. We offer free on-site consultations at your Ottawa property. Call us at 613-833-2645 and we will come to you.
Where is Ottawa Home & Garden located?
We serve Ottawa and surrounding communities including Kanata, Nepean, Orleans, Barrhaven, Stittsville, Manotick, Greely, Riverside South, and communities throughout the Ottawa region and beyond.
How long has Ottawa Home & Garden been in business?
Since 1998. Andrew Peterson has spent his entire career building Ottawa outdoor spaces, and the Peterson family’s history with Ottawa properties goes back further still. We have completed projects across every neighbourhood in Ottawa over more than 28 years in business. See our about us page for the full story.
What is the difference between a contractor and a trade show?
A trade show like the Ottawa Home and Garden Show is a venue where many contractors and suppliers exhibit their products and services over a few days. You visit the show, meet exhibitors, and collect information. A contractor like Ottawa Home & Garden is the company you hire to actually build your project. We visit your property, design the work, pull the permits, and construct the finished result. One introduces you to options. The other delivers the outcome.
How do I get a quote from Ottawa Home & Garden?
Call us at 613-833-2645 or fill out our online contact form. We will schedule a free on-site consultation at your Ottawa property, assess your site, and give you an honest, itemized estimate based on what we actually find.
Ready to Build? We Are Here Year-Round
The show runs four days a year. Ottawa Home & Garden is here every day. If you are an Ottawa homeowner thinking about a pool, a new patio, a deck, a complete backyard build, or any combination of outdoor work, we are ready to start with a free site visit. Family-owned since 1998, A+ BBB rated, and operating with no subcontractors on every project.