Staff
Ron
- Owner; handles commercial jobs from the “ideas” stage to final completion
- Favorite Plant: Ginkgo tree, an interesting tree whose history dates back to over 2000 years ago
- One of the More Interesting Job Sites He’s Been On: Lock & Dam #5A—the project was in the middle of the Mississippi River
McLean
- Owner; 18 years experience; Horticulture Degree from Rochester Community & Technical College; Live Roof Certification; Versa-Lok Retaining Wall training
- Favorite Plant: Kentucky Coffeetree
Dana
- Landscape Designer; 28 years of experience, and with the Nursery since 1990; AAS Horticulture Degree; also an Iowa Certified Nursery Professional; Blue Thumb Raingarden training and Live Roof Certification
- Design Philosophy: Easy-to-care-for landscapes that incorporate the client’s taste and personality
- Favorite Evergreen: Weeping White Spruce
- Favorite Hardscape Element: Seating walls incorporated around patios
Becky
- With the Nursery since 1994, does the purchasing, commercial bidding, and computer drafting; BS Degree, Winona State University; Minnesota Certified Nursery Professional; Blue Thumb Raingarden training and Live Roof Certification
- Favorite Plant: At the moment, Korean Maple and Blue Fortune Agastache
- Favorite Hardscape Element: Brick walks made of tumbled pavers
Jim
- Foreman; with the company since 2000; Interlocking Concrete Paving Institute (ICPI) Certification; Versa-Lok Retaining Wall training
- Favorite Plant: Maple tree because of the shade and fall color it provides
- Favorite Hardscape Element: Retaining walls; it is rewarding to figure grades, do the site prep, and see how much a wall changes and improves each site
Jessie
- Foreman; with the company since 2001; Interlocking Concrete Paving Institute (ICPI) Certification; Versa-Lok Retaining Wall training
- Favorite Plant: Barberry
- Favorite Hardscape Element: Brick
Ed
- Foreman; with the company since 2001; BS & BA degrees from Winona State University; Certified Irrigation Contractor; Licensed Power Limited Technician; numerous irrigation and landscape lighting training courses
- Favorite Plant: Purple Coneflower
- Favorite Hardscape Element: Irrigation
Jordan
- Foreman; with the company since 2002; Interlocking Concrete Paving Institute (ICPI) Certification; Versa-Lok Retaining Wall training; Live Roof Certification
- Favorite Plant: Honeylocust and Hydrangea Trees
- Favorite Hardscape Element: Concrete
Dale
- Foreman; with the company since 2002; Versa-Lok Retaining Wall training
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- Favorite Hardscape Element:
Bonnie
- Landscape Designer & Tree Sales; with the company since 2005; Master Gardener; Minnesota Shade Tree Short Course completion; University of MN-Extension Landscape Design training
- Favorite Plant: Every week I have a new favorite, but I always love our native Maidenhair Fern
- Favorite Hardscape Element: Limestone ledges set in beds is one of my favorite looks; it mimics the exposed limestone of our beautiful bluffs
Joe
- Irrigation Foreman; with the company since 2006; Central Irrigation and Unique Landscape Lighting seminars
- Favorite Plant: Plum Tree
- Favorite Hardscape Element: Paver stones
Carol
- Office Manager & Bookkeeper; with the company since 2008, BSBA from Pittsburg State University and Small Business Management Certification; 39 years of experience in corporate accounting and tax and office management; enjoys welcoming our customers and greeting our customers who call
- Favorite Plant: Snowmound Spirea
- Favorite Saying: The grass is greener where you water it