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Gardens

Whether dressing up a front entry, planting edible gardens, designing beautiful plant beds and perennial gardens, color is what it is all about. From the tiny bit of garden whimsy to the dramatic statements at the front door. What is your preference?

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These homeowners are interested in sustainable landscaping. To capture the rain water coming off the tin roof, they put a rain garden in one corner of their front yard.

Front Yard Raingarden

Stone steps make it easy to access the lawn area from the upper patios. Boulder outcroppings tucked in the plant beds and surrounded by Rudbeckia and Hydrangea.

Garden Beds Soften the Boulders and Stone

Paver patio dining area overlooks a very private, green back yard. The edibles were planted in the middle garden. Nasturtium and herbs were the favorites. The bluestone patio (30"x30" pieces) defines a landing area near the gate entryway but it also is the only spot to get direct sun in the...

Edible Garden and More

Cannas, Dragonwing begonias, potato vines, coleus, and Goldilocks moneywort vine.

Container Garden Greets Guests

Client garden along the property line - great color.

Pops of Color

Grasses, croton, kale, mums, and a touch of yellow with pansies.

Fall Container Garden

Semi-circular paver driveway cuts through the front yard. On the street side, the front island has a mix of trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals. At night, the uplighting on the birch trees provide a dramatic focal point. The pavers in the driveway at the front and secondary entryways are...

Front Yard Landscaping

Mandevilla stands tall in this front entry container garden.

Front Entry Flowers

Swimming pools decks can be pretty wide open spaces. Garden containers of all sizes and shapes dot the landscape with color and flair!

Poolside Container Gardens

Mature trees shade most of this back yard. The back patio overlooks a lake. Every inch of the hillside is covered with varieties of hosta too numerous to count.

Shade Garden

Tiger-Eye Sumac and Blue Spruce dominate this garden in the middle of the summer. Can you find the rabbit and angel statues?

Mid-Summer Dream

Gourds, hydrangea and grasses

Fall Container Garden

Striking against the front entry pillars and exterior stone on the home.

Front Entry Statement

This window box on the front of the home adds to the color in the foundation plant bed.

Front Window Boxes

Annual color - full to overflowing and gorgeous! Dahlias, annual Salvia, Wave Petunia, Alyssum, Zinnias

Window Box Close-Up

Rather than the same old garden pots, how about tucking annual color in garden art? Zinnias, Gerbera Daisy

A Bit of Garden Whimsy

This window box is actually on the homeowner's shed out back. The annual color dresses up the shed and makes it part of the landscape.

Window Box Gardens

Rudbeckia pokes through the handrail as if looking for attention.

Custom Railing with Colorful Flowers

Multicolor explosion of grasses, flowers, and vines in a custom corten steel planter.

Modern Container Garden Design

Backyard national forest with native gardens and aquatic plantings.

Forest Pond Backyard Garden and Patio\

This verdant garden in the shade of an old white oak has plants in every shade of green.

Shady Front Yard Garden Design

Front yard garden will add curb appeal as the plants, trees and shrubs grow up.

Front Yard Garden Creates Privacy and Curb Appeal

Homeowner perennials were saved and added to the new garden in this St. Paul backyard.

Sentimental Flower Garden

This oversized planter is overflowing with native northwoods flowers in the KARE 11 backyard.

Northwoods Inspired Garden Design

Inviting front entry garden channels stormwater into a retention swale to protect the lake from fertilizer runoff.

Landscape Channels Stormwater into a Rain Garden

Historic garden on Summit Avenue in St. Paul restored to its former glory.

Historic St. Paul Garden Restoration

Swimming ponds are becoming more and more popular. The paver patio off to the side is great for entertaining and the large stone step make easy access into the pond. Note: This is before the surrounding plants grew in.

Natural Backyard Swimming Pond Garden

Over time, plantings grew in along the man-made stream from the back of the property to the swimming pond next to the paver patio.

Picturesque Backyard Swimming Pond

The water from the swimming pond circulates to the top of the property and cascades back down to the pond. A very Zen back yard.

Natural-look Backyard Waterfall