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

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

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

Worm bins are an easy way to help us grow health for our plants and ourselves. Plants purposefully surround themselves with ...

How To: Healthy Lawns Our obsession with lawns can be traced back to European royalty. By setting aside large swaths of land ...

Standing in front of a classroom full of 6th graders, I ask them “Is the Earth doing OK?”. The entire room erupts with a soli...

Grown with blooming ground cover plants such as clover, thyme, and self-heal combined with no-mow fescue grass mix; the mixt...

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

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...

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

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...