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Eagan grew up around its lakes, ponds, and oak woods, and many of its homes sit on generous, rolling lots built out from the 1970s onward. That often leaves a wide-open deck or a patio that bakes in full afternoon sun with nowhere to step out of it. A well-built pergola changes the whole picture: it carves out shade, gives the space a sense of shape, and makes the back of the house somewhere you genuinely want to be from May through October.
Minnehaha Falls Landscaping designs and builds custom cedar and timber-frame pergolas for homes throughout Eagan, from the established streets near Lebanon Hills to newer developments across the city. Every structure is engineered for Minnesota’s testing standards: footings set well below the frost line, 6×6 cedar posts, and steel hardware that shrugs off freeze-thaw, wind, and the weight of heavy snow. What we build is not a flat-pack kit that loosens after a winter or two. It’s a permanent part of your home, laid out around your deck, your sightlines, and the trees you’re working with.
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We are long time customers of Minnehaha Falls Landscaping. As I sit on my porch watching the monarch butterflies enjoying my pollinator garden I appreciate the service we’ve had over the years. It started with their snow removal service as we decided doing it ourselves was too much. Next up were the pollinator gardens and replacing our lawn with no mow bee gardens. This year we added garden maintenance to the mix so gardening is not a chore but is enjoyable. We recommend them very highly.
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Minnehaha Falls landscaping did an amazing job transforming our yard. They added beautiful plantings that made the yard feel fresh and new. The lighting they installed really makes everything shine at night. They were professional, creative and very easy to work with. We have had so many compliments from our neighbors! I highly recommend to anyone!
– Laura J.
No two Eagan backyards are alike, and neither are our pergolas. Every build is drawn to suit the lot it sits on, and it slots neatly into the wider range of our Eagan landscaping services.
Our signature work: structural 6×6 cedar posts, steel hardware, and a design that complements your home and its setting.
Plenty of Eagan homes already have a great deck or patio that just needs shade. In most cases, we can build a pergola over it, setting the footings around what’s already there so you don’t start from scratch.
Starting fresh? We design and install patios, walkways, and retaining walls alongside your pergola so the hardscape and the structure are planned as a single, cohesive space.
Whether your yard is a sun-soaked open lot or tucked into the tree line, we position and detail the pergola to cut heat, guide the breeze, and keep the views you love while softening the ones you don’t.
Our heavy 6×6 posts and deep footings make a solid home for climbing plants like clematis, wisteria, grape, or hardy annual vines, so your pergola can grow into a living, green canopy over time.
A pergola rarely stands alone. It pairs naturally with our custom deck construction and cedar or aluminum fence building, so the whole backyard reads as one intentional space.
Every pergola is built from materials chosen to go the distance: sustainably harvested cedar timbers, solid steel hardware, aluminum, and treated lumber, shaped into a design that’s fully your own. Curious about the full scope of what we do? Our pergola builders service page and our combined decks, fences & pergolas page cover everything we build outdoors.
Our process is deliberately simple and transparent, so you always know what comes next and exactly what you’re investing in before a single post goes in the ground.
We meet you at the property and read the site the way a builder does: where the sun tracks across your deck or patio, how the pergola will look from indoors, where the slope and the trees fall, and which views you want framed versus screened. On Eagan’s wooded, rolling lots, those details drive the design more than any catalog ever could.
You get a full design drawing before we build, so nothing is left to guesswork. We help you weigh materials against your home and budget and refine the layout until it fits your space rather than the other way around. That’s what custom pergola design and build should mean: a plan shaped around your yard, not pulled from a catalog.
Before we dig, we call in a Gopher State One Call locate to mark buried utilities, and we pull the City of Eagan permit, reviewed under the Minnesota State Building Code. Our footings go 42 inches or more below grade, well past Minnesota’s frost line, so the structure never heaves. On lots near Eagan’s ponds and wetlands, we also confirm whether any stormwater requirements apply.
Our crew sets the 6×6 cedar posts, ties the frame together with solid steel hardware, and braces it with proven wind-resistant techniques. When the pergola is up, we clean the site and restore any disturbed ground with seed or mulch so your yard is left better than we found it.
We finish by walking you through simple upkeep, so your cedar weathers the way you want and the pergola keeps its looks and its strength for decades to come.
We’ve been shaping outdoor spaces around the Twin Cities since 1957, first under the Lindgren family and, since 2017, under Russ Henry and Chesney Engquist. Six decades in, what we bring to an Eagan project is more than carpentry; it’s a real feel for how these wooded, water-rich lots drain, freeze, and settle, and how to build a pergola that stands up to all three.
A pergola is a long-term addition to your property, not a weekend impulse buy. It’s worth choosing a pergola builder who will still be standing behind both the work and the structure years from now.
Picture the back of your house with a cedar pergola overhead: cooler afternoons, a patio or deck that finally feels finished, and a structure that looks like it was always meant to be there. Tell us about your yard and how you’d like to live in it, and we’ll design a pergola that fits your space, your budget, and Eagan’s seasons. It all starts with a relaxed, no-pressure consultation right there in your backyard.
Minnehaha Falls Landscaping builds custom cedar and timber-frame pergolas across Eagan and the wider Twin Cities. We're a licensed Minnesota builder and the construction branch of a family-run company that's been in business since 1957, and we keep design, permitting, footings, and construction in-house instead of handing off pieces to subcontractors.
They should. Our freeze-thaw winters push and lift anything that isn't anchored deep enough, so a lasting pergola needs concrete footings poured below the frost line, in Eagan, which means roughly 42 inches or more below grade. We set every 6×6 cedar post on footings built to that depth. The kits that skip real footings are usually the first ones to lean and loosen.
Usually, yes. If you already have a deck, paver patio, or concrete patio you like, we can often build a pergola over it by installing posts and footings around the existing surface. We confirm the details during the on-site visit, and if there's no patio yet, we can design and build the patio and pergola together as one coordinated project.
For most Eagan homes, sustainably harvested cedar leads the pack. It handles our climate well, lasts for decades, and looks at home against both wooded lots and modern architecture, especially when it's paired with solid steel hardware. If your priority is the least upkeep possible, aluminum is a strong option too, and we'll lay out the trade-offs during design so you can choose with confidence.
Most pergolas are reviewed through the City of Eagan permitting process under the Minnesota State Building Code; depending on size and placement, a zoning permit for setbacks or a building permit may apply, and lots near ponds or wetlands can involve stormwater review. As your builder, we sort out the right permits and the utility locate for you.
As the education and advocacy branch, we work with community partners to create safe places for our pollinators, one garden, yard, business, school, church, conversation at a time. We know that together, we can build the buzz!
As the construction branch of Minnehaha Falls Landscaping, we build outdoor decks, steps, railings, pergolas, fences, and planters. When it gets colder, we step inside to remodel living spaces with creativity and craftsmanship, including cabinetry.
As the gardening branch, we work within your landscape to grow plants, flowers, shrubs and woodland gardens that are beautiful, restorative, and safe for birds, people, pets, and pollinators. We also install bee-friendly lawns and do spring and fall clean-up.
Call us at 612-724-5454 to see what is possible with landscape design and construction, organic gardening, and indoor remodeling.