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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

Landscaping Away Ugly Utility Areas

It’s unfortunate, but it’s true most houses have some ugly utility areas that would be better hidden from view. See if one of these appears in your yard. Taking a critical second look may present an opportunity to turn a place you would like to avoid looking at into an area that you may enjoy. These areas run the gamut from garbage cans, dog runs, swimming pools, outdoor above ground spas, spa pumps, compost heaps, compost containers, tool sheds, air conditioning units, vents coming out from the house, utility meters, etc. All of these can strike a discordant note in

Boulder Landscaping: Retaining Walls, Waterfalls, Cascading Pools

Landscaping with boulders opens up a world of possibilities. Using only natural stone you can transform a landscape or solve many problems in a yard. When you use natural stone boulders you are designing an accent or landscape feature that will be a life long thing. We have all seen landscapes where it appears that boulders were just taken off a truck and placed in the yard. Our landscape designers and architects will develop a specific plan with your yard in mind. They will place the boulders in such a way that it can look like Mother Nature did it

Courtyard Spaces: A Great Way to Create A Microclimate and Make Use of Smaller Spaces

A courtyard garden is a truly an outdoor room. They have been in existence for centuries starting with the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians. An outdoor room can be used as a focal point and gathering spot. It is space that is surrounded by colonnaded walls or fences. Try imagining what one would look like if you built it. There would probably be a fountain in the central part of it. They help to offer outside air conditioning by lowering the temperature a few degrees. The walls would have trellises where climbing plants would grow surrounded by sweetly scented flowers. There

Patios A Hundred Different Ways

It used to be that a patio was a grey concrete slab with some folding metal chairs. Obviously, those days are gone! Today, there are hundreds of ways to design patios and countless materials to choose from to create a patio. You can use brick, concrete, brick pavers, cobblestones, stamped concrete, natural stone, marble, tile, and the list goes on. How is the best way to choose what will work with your house, fences, driveway, and paths and fit in your neighborhood? Our landscape designers and architect can help you design the right patio or patios for your space. They’ll help

Night lighting: Light your Yard for the Pleasure of Increased Outdoor Entertaining and Family Time

A light above the door and a post lantern in the front yard with a floodlight in the back yard used define outdoor lighting. Now there is no limit to the types of lighting for yards. The best systems for lighting your house at night provide three things: safety, security, and ambiance or mood. Take an inventory with these three requirements in mind. Our MN landscape designers and architects at Alternative Landscape Design can offer advice and show you how they have incorporated night lighting plans in multiple landscapes. Safety is critical, look at both your hardscapes and yard. Whether

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Growing Your Own Gardens In Minneapolis

Landscaping Away Ugly Utility Areas

Boulder Landscaping: Retaining Walls, Waterfalls, Cascading Pools

Courtyard Spaces: A Great Way to Create A Microclimate and Make Use of Smaller Spaces

Patios A Hundred Different Ways

Night lighting: Light your Yard for the Pleasure of Increased Outdoor Entertaining and Family Time

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