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Building an Outdoor Office on Your Deck or Patio; A Spring, Summer, Fall Office

Have you ever been working inside and thought about how great it would be to do your work outdoors? Do you have a space that just calls to you to come outside when you should be working inside? Why not build an outdoor office on a deck or a patio? Set up your office headquarters on a deck or patio outside. We can help you bring your work outside by installing a deck or patio for the foundation of your office. Topping the office with a 4” by 10” feet pergola or arbor overhead can provide partial shade and give

Sloping Landscapes Do Offer Great Opportunities

A sloping yard can present landscape challenges. But it also offers great benefits. The slopes can screen views you don’t want to see. They can add visual interest because of the different levels. You can direct visitor’s eye to what you want to see. Plus slopes offer great opportunities for planting and outdoor living areas. That is if you have a good design. Actually, many homeowners who don’t have natural slopes create them. If a slope is well designed it can do many things. One is that it can make a small yard appear to go on forever. If it

Garden Floors: Stone, Wood, Concrete…What to Pick?

There is an ever-increasing choice of materials available for use on garden floor surfaces. Those surfaces include decks, driveways, patios, walkways, sidewalks, fireplaces, and retaining walls to name a few garden features. You can add texture and color to the fabric of your garden by selecting the right materials. ut, all of these choices can make it complicated. Knowing their applications and how they look, and work best individually, or together in our climate is something that we can do to help you. At Architectural Landscape Design our experienced landscape designers can help you with your choice. We know what

Landscaping to Reduce Your Air Conditioning Bill and Keep Your House Cooler

When you wear a hat on a hot summer day it keeps you cooler, when you stand under a shade tree, it keeps you cooler. So it stands to reason that your house will be cooler when your house’s landscaping design has included energy savings and reducing air conditioning costs. We can help you do just that! We’ll work with you to create a plan that maximizes the potential to help you have a cooler house and a lower air conditioner bill. At Architectural Landscape Design we have the knowledge and experience. These 10 things can help you “cool

Landscaping in Minneapolis Minnesota

LAND: any part of the earth’s surface not covered by a body of water; SCAPE: stalk rising from the ground, staff, moving upward; forward When seen through these definitions, landscaping is just that, taking the natural form of the soil and forming it into something that will rise above, and more forward. It is the natural thing to do when someone is staying in one place for any extended amount of time. Knowing when and how to do this, is a skill that can take years to learn and perfect. Getting a feel for your property is something that can only

Growing Your Own Gardens In Minneapolis

If you enjoy cooking, have you ever considered establishing your own herb garden right in your own back yard? It was only about 60 years ago that many people still grew all their own food right in their own back yards. Before the era of the large grocery store chains, prior to the 1950’s, most of the country had Victory Gardens that provided food for their own tables every night. As the costs of living rise, and technology increases, some people are beginning to reconsider this romantic notion and look for ways to establish a small, low maintenance garden that

Building an Outdoor Office on Your Deck or Patio; A Spring, Summer, Fall Office

Sloping Landscapes Do Offer Great Opportunities

Garden Floors: Stone, Wood, Concrete…What to Pick?

Landscaping to Reduce Your Air Conditioning Bill and Keep Your House Cooler

Landscaping in Minneapolis Minnesota

Growing Your Own Gardens In Minneapolis

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