Alex Ostblom: Landscape Designer

This was my first opportunity to work with Alex and it certainly won't be the last. I was very impressed with his broad plant/tree knowledge & sections, which lead to a thoughtful and coherent landscaping design. From start to finish, Alex was professional, communicative, collaberative, and budget conscious. I would highly recommend Alex to anyone looking for a great landscaping experience.

Alex provided us with innovative, unique, and professional landscaping for our new home. We were impressed with his choice of plant material and hardscape elements. He gave us a very appealing curb appeal design that all of our friends comment on. He completed the work on time and returned for touch ups when asked. We heartily recommend him.

My wife and I are very pleased with Alex and his work. We had initially met with another landscaper, and after leaving their office we were unexcited about the plan. Our new neighbors recommended Alex, since they were happy with the job he had just done for them. We called Alex and informed him that we were in a time crunch (because of switching landscapers). He was still able to create great plans for our house, even with short notice. We were very excited when we first saw his plans and to this day are still excited about what he has done. We loved his idea of the three stone walled boxes, which was the answer to our front yard dropping off greatly to the left. It created a platform for the sidewalk which provided an experience for our guests as they walk up to the house. The sidewalk also was very cool, as it was not just a sidewalk. It was a square landing pad, with awesome concrete pavers for pathways to and from this square pad (see pictures below). In our backyard, he was able to build a custom retaining wall that hugged half of our kids' trampoline. It was done very well and ended up being exactly how I pictured it. It was challenging because it was at the corner of the property where it sloped on both sides, but it was made just right, and even at the right height. I also asked him to run our gutters to the ends of our property so that all the water would be completely diverted away from our basement. In the front, he ran the gutters under ground all the way to the curb, and in he back, he ran the gutters all the way to the end of he property. He knew to use the large PVC pipe as the best material for this job. We are at the stage of our project where lighting has not been added yet, but we are looking forward to seeing the lighting put in. Alex recommended uplighting, and I completely agree with him. The lighting job he did on our neighbors' house looks amazing with uplighting, and we can't wait to see how ours is going to look! We are grateful that our neighbors recommended Alex to us, and we would definitely recommend him to our friends. Note: some pictures were taken during middle of construction and the project is not completed yet. Still need tall standing pots and lighting.

Alex did a fantastic job of creating beautiful landscaping plans, overseeing the project & following up on the project was complete. The landscaping is so beautiful we get strangers daily stoping to tell us how great it looks!

The Missionary Society of St. Columban asked Lanoha Nurseries to design a very special Memorial Garden for our missionary martyrs spanning the existence of our 100 year old society. Alex Ostblom was assigned as the designer and project manager for the memorial. We could not be happier with the results. Alex was the only designer of four we considered who took the time to learn a little about our 100 year old international mission and the martyrs themselves. He incorporated into his design subtle nuances of the society that reflect the spirit and nature of the society, our faith and our passion. His design simply “fits” on our historic property. It doesn’t look out of place, but rather it compliments the 100 year old structures surrounding it. Alex was able to utilize existing space, trees and environment in his design to create a place of peace and quiet reflection. The results are simply astounding and I only wish that we could include pictures of Alex’s design on this review. Alex worked quickly under some very trying circumstances. He worked with a committee of invested stakeholders, all of who had an opinion on what the design should or shouldn't be. Alex’s designed brought them together in unity and expelled any differences or preconceived notions that they might have had. He managed a crew that worked quickly and flawlessly. They took great care not to damage our grounds and Alex monitored the entire process to ensure consistency and exactness to his design. Alex is a joy to work with and he produces phenomenal results. He is a very talented landscape artist and there is no question that he will use his extensive abilities to design and create something of meaningful and lasting significance for any organization. I give Alex Ostblom my highest professional endorsement.

Alex was very knowledgeable and understanding about what I was trying to accomplish with my landscaping. By helping me work through the issues in my yard, he made everything come together. I chose this landscaping company, knowing that I would feel great about the results. Alex and the crew took special care in protecting my yard and turf from the destruction of trucks and equipment. Great all around job!

Alex and group designed and built nearly 7000 sf of retaining walls with limestone as well all of the landscaping associated with such a project. He worked under a very tight schedule considering the rains and problems we had with other contractors schedule. He completed on time and on budget with a lot of adversity. I am a contractor myself and when I see young men like Alex and his team treat their job and clients as professionals it gives me tremendous pride in our culture and these young men's abilities. Not to mention the future potential. My expectations are very high and the demands were high here. Alex met all of those. Chris Loeffler

Alex was awesome to work with. He came up with a great design that was completely unique to our budget, wishlist, and terrain. He worked with us to ensure that we stayed well under our budget and got the project done on time. He was, and continues to be, very responsive and we look forward to working with him on future projects that we undertake. I would highly recommend using him to anyone looking to get help with their landscaping.

Alex had a lot of great ideas and was very easy to work with. The design that he developed met my expectations and budget. I would highly recommend using Alex for your landscape design.

My husband and I wanted to work with a designer to create a well-balanced, colorful and relatively maintenance-free landscape that our family could enjoy. Alex was highly recommended by a friend in the industry and we were thrilled with the job he did for us. He took the time to meet us at our home and really understand what we were looking for. We found Alex to be very knowledgeable as he walked us through the best options that would work for the amount of sun, type of soil and level of maintenance we were seeking. He had great ideas to present that we hadn't considered, such as adding planters throughout our landscape to bring the vibrant color we wanted. The budget was spot on and the results were stunning. We would wholeheartedly recommend Alex for any landscape design project and look forward to working with him in the future as we begin the process of building our new home.

Alex did a great job listening to what I was looking for and coming up with a plan to execute. the finished product was exactly what I had in mind!

Alex is great. He has a keen eye for both creative and functional landscape layouts. He'll tell you why he's doing it, but he's very open to your ideas - if they will infact work. If your ideas won't work Alex will be respectfully honest so you know why his plan is best. This spring/summer represents Year-3 of our landscaping work and we couldn't be happier how the space is filling in and how the colors are working differently for the 3 growing/living seasons. I would highly recommend Alex from Lanaha. You won't be disappointed. We plan to hire him once again for Phase-2 of our landscape needs.