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Walkway Installation vs Walkway Repair

“We ourselves must walk the path” —Buddha While walking the path toward a new landscape installation, many come to a fork in...

Perfect Patios

Step outside and onto a new patio this summer. We stay busy all season designing and building patios to make our clients hom...

Natural Landscape Design with a Client Focus

You step out into the privacy of your backyard landscape, enveloped in a world of comfort, health, and charm. Birds sing to w...

What is a bee lawn?

There are at least two different seed mixes being reputably marketed for bee lawns. The white clover based bee lawn seed mix...

Snow Removal

It’s the middle of the night, there’s a blizzard dropping 2-3 inches of snow per hour, it’s 3 degrees outside, and there’s no...

Interview with Russ Henry, President

Why do you own a landscaping company? I started gardening with my mother when I was a kid on our family farm so I was always...

Interview with Tom Kerby, Landscape Architect

Where did you study? I received my Bachelors of Landscape Architecture from the University of Minnesota. What is your backgr...

What is Healthy Soil?

Content produced by Renaissance Soil, a St. Paul MN-based nonprofit specializing in soil health education and offering soil, ...

Hillside Plantings

Over the Hill – Designing a NO MOW Hillside Can you think of anything better to do with your time than mowing a hillside ever...

Rain Gardens

Rain gardens are a simple, elegant solution to solving drainage issues on properties and water quality issues state-wide. A r...

Low Maintenance Landscapes

If you’re like me, you want an attractive landscape that mostly takes care of itself. Low maintenance is one of the most oft...

Catching The Buzz

Bees are our friends and allies, and right now they need our help. The stewardship that bees have always provided the natura...