When pondering a new year’s landscape resolution this winter, old school plants ran through my mind as something I really wanted to use to revitalize tired and boring landscape design. It’s not that I am sick (or bored) of my plant choices in the...
Many prospective clients ask for before and after photos of landscaping jobs we have done in the past. While we have hundreds of photos to show them the Design team here at Beds & Borders wanted to try something a little different to show a project from a...
I get bombarded with questions in the fall pertaining to leaves, mulching and watering. Many people want to know if it is good to leave the leaves in the beds for the winter or not. Others want to know if mulching really helps their plants stave off the cold during...
We need to prepare for Minnesota’s winter starting now to ensure your new landscape will provide a magical spring awakening. To many, it seems like a daunting task to get out in the yard and put the beds to sleep for winter. Others are just confused at what to...
Beds & Borders Landscapes Design was selected to build an outdoor amphitheater for the kids at Cedar Ridge Elementary in Eden Prairie. The entire team at Beds & Borders had a blast building it and they knew that it was ultimately going to be a huge part of...
Underutilized plants seem to live and die according to what the gardening magazines say. I’ve been a landscape designer for almost 20 years and I have seen plants rise and fall in popularity solely based on the spring garden magazines’ feature article. ...
