Designing Nature Inc.

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2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

2014 Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association
Landscape Award Winning Project

We have been fortunate enough to have been working with this client since 2005. We originally began by reworking and redesigning all of the beds along the home's foundation. This was followed by the addition of more garden beds around the property. The style of the gardens blends well with the unique architecture of the home.

Seasonality plays an important role in the development of each garden along with providing changing decor for the outdoor containers and windowboxes.

We continue to maintain the gardens along with the lawn care.

Country: United States

Front yard garden border, showcasing late spring Tulips still in bloom.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Part shade perennial garden in late spring.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Spring color. Tulips and Daffodil, airy spring blooms of Epimedium 'sulphureum'

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Backyard shaded perennial garden in spring, Epimedium rubrum pink blooms and Narcissus.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Wonderful woodland setting underplanted with the spring blooms of Metensia and Trillium.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Love this plant for part shade/full shade gardens for an early spring bloom. Epimedium rubrum will become one of your favorite go to perennials.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Spring bulbs make a wonderful addition to just about any garden space. Each fall we continue to fill in more garden areas with colorful bulbs, Tulips add the pop of warm color while the Narcissus fill in with cheery yellow blooms.

2014 MNLA Award winning project

Early spring in the gardens, the purple blooms of groundcover Vinca provide a wonderful carpet of color. Narcissus 'Pheasant Eye' are a welcome spring sight with lovely white blooms.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Front entry garden near driveway, with a Pagoda Dogwood as the focal point. A garden full of texture.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

The front garden in early summer.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Shrub Roses continue to provide great all summer color, be sure to choose an everblooming variety. 'Champlain' is a prolific bloomer in the front entry garden.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

The clipped Boxwood hedge adds a touch of formality to the side door entry. We used the color of the blooming Clematis and repeated it in the small annual planting border with some sweet scented Heliotrope 'Fragrant Delight' along with sweet Alyssum 'Snow Crystals'.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Mid-summer blooms of the front entry gardens trending towards a more cottage style. Some annuals are used to fill in the border among the collection of perennials and shrubs.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

The colorful front garden borders.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Early summer in the gardens, the Epimedim is just finishing up its bloom (yellow flower). Nepeta 'Walker's Low' is filling in along with a wonderful Hosta 'June' providing just enough contrast.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Partially shaded front garden bed filled with an array of texturized perennials along with some seasonal color splash of annuals in the foreground.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

The part shaded portion of the front garden, we used a variety of perennials to provide seasonal color and a nice collection of smaller shrubs less than 4' tall.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Early summer with Astilbe massing in full bloom.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Part shade section of the front garden, mass planting of Astilbe and Ladies Mantle.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

'Annabelle' Hydrangea border.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Back yard perennial garden

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Front yard sun garden border in full bloom early August.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Front yard sunny perennial garden in mid-summer.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Summer collection of annuals in one of the home's windowboxes. For this season we used red Dragonwing Begonia, Oxalis 'Charmed Wine', Nemesia and Ferns.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Winter windowbox utilizing a more natural look with large sugar cones, incense cedar, red pine and seeded eucalyptus.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Winter windowbox installation, this combination will last throughout the cold winter months.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

Example of one season's winter decor using Magnolia stems, white pine, incense cedar, seeded eucalyptus and weatherproof red berries.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run

We still need interest and beauty during the colder winter months! Each season we pot winter greens in containers and windowboxes using varying materials collected from our suppliers.

2014 MNLA Award winning project: Mill Run