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For the Love of Landscaping: Light it Up!

For the Love of Landscaping: Light it Up!

Why Install Outdoor Lighting? In Minnesota, the longest day of the year has 15 hours and 24 minutes of sunlight: even with the long summer days around the solstice, however, there are times when it’s comfortable enough to sit outdoors, but the hard work of landscaping...
Autumn Garden Tasks for the Minneapolis Area

Autumn Garden Tasks for the Minneapolis Area

The autumn garden is all about battening down the hatches for the coming season. While Fall has almost come and gone in the Minneapolis area, there is still a chance to make the most of the end of the season. Here is a checklist of Autumn garden tasks and tricks in...

Outdoor Rooms: Subdividing Garden Space

Landscaping the Margins or the Center? When it comes to landscape design in outdoor space, it can be tempting to cluster all of the interventions around the periphery of the space. This kind of spatial logic allows for the most uninterrupted surface area for green...
Build a Bat House in your Landscape

Build a Bat House in your Landscape

When most people hear the word “pollinator,” and “pest controller,” the first thing to come to mind isn’t a little nocturnal, furry, flying animal. Nonetheless, bats and an often-overlooked species in conservation that perform vital ecosystem functions. In Minnesota,...
Attracting Dragonflies to your Garden

Attracting Dragonflies to your Garden

Dragonfly Habitat The first and last word in attracting dragonflies to the garden is water, and lots of it. Dragonflies lay their eggs either near or in water, which hatch into nymphs that spend the first few months of their life cycle as aquatic organisms. Insect...