Architectural Landscaping

With a passion for the great Minnesotan outdoors, ALD has been helping homeowners and business owners alike turn their landscaping fantasies into realities.

Your property is one-of-a-kind, and it deserves one-of-a-kind service. We integrate winning design and architecture to create unique, imaginative, highly functional exterior environments. With over 12 years of experience and projects all over the Twin Cities, we pride ourselves on our commitment to customized landscaping. Predetermined designs just aren’t our style. Our biggest resource is you and your ideas. The result is an outdoor space that is yours, and yours alone.

What Can You Expect From Our 5 Star Landscape Design and Installation Team?

Professionalism
Custom Designs
Exceptional Quality

Creativity
Unrivaled Craftsmanship
Attention to Detail

Landscaping is an Investment

Professional landscaping design is not a cost; it’s an investment. Through detailed, precise, and site-sensitive planning and installation, our designers and craftsmen create beautiful outdoor spaces that will stand up to the test of time and add value to your property. (We might even be able to help you cut down on your utility bills!)

Great landscaping requires constant care, and we know that can seem overwhelming. We’re personally invested in every project we complete, and we want to help you keep your property looking its best. We’ll work with you to make sure you have all the tools to care for your investment properly, or we can do all the work for you.

Get Started Today

We’d love to talk to you about the vision you have for your property. We’re confident that we can create a design that will turn your outdoor spaces into your favorite places. We work on a variety of properties and with a large range of budgets, so don’t be shy about calling us at 952-242-9368 or sending us a message.

All of our no-obligation consultations are completely free, so you’ve got nothing to lose.

Interview with Owner Laura Westrude: Why I Love Landscape Design

We recently talked with owner and company co-founder Laura Westrude about how she got into landscaping and what she does as a landscape designer. If you follow us on Facebook, you know that Laura’s interest in landscaping goes back to her childhood and what she learned from her father, whom she says encouraged her to follow her dreams.

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Landscaping Tips

Though your home is your castle, there is no necessity to surround it with a moat. Here are 5 tips that will help you to make your landscaping feel more warm, welcoming and cozy.

1. Put some flowers nearby your entrance. Flowers make any area look more welcoming and attractive, so greeting your guests with Petunia, Snapdragon, Lily-of-the-Nile or some other garden flowers is always a great thing to do. What is more, to add some space between your house and the entrance, you can consider adding a little white fence. It will create an illusion that your front yard is bigger than it actually is. What is more, adding fence will create a great space for planting flowers to add some color and coziness.

2. Add rambling vines to make your yard look absolutely lovely. You can not deny that rambling vines always create romantic and even magical atmosphere. So why not to use this tip while decorating your yard?

3. To hide the unattractive driveway, consider adding some color, texture, and height. You can easily do it by adding various sorts of flowers. To start, create an island of green lawn right in the hub of a drive. Then add a couple of low boxwood hedges with flowers toward the back of your island.

4. If you want your yard to blossom and flourish bust still do not have enough time to maintain it, consider planting low-fuss lilies. Such flowers look absolutely gorgeous and come in the variety of rainbow hues, so you can pick the one you love most. What is more, low-fuss lilies do not care about the sort of soil, they love the sun and welcome hot, they do not afraid of drought. In other words, Crinums is an ideal flower for all those who are looking for low-maintenance solutions.

5. The last tip also touches the low-maintenance aspect. To make your life easier, group plantings into beds and islands. This will help you to avoid mowing and trimming around each individual plant, save a lot of time and even money.