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A striped brown cat looking into a rocky dry creek filled with grasses and blooming red flowers.

South Minneapolis Backyard Oasis

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Gravel Garden

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Sustainable Classic Meets Wild Design | Recycled Garden Masterplan in Kenwood

A native sedge glen with birch grove and boulder accents in a water reclamation garden in suburban Minnesota.

Prairie School on Lake Emily

Apothecary Farmhouse Rehab

Front Yard Native Lawn Replacement

Seward Upcycle

HISTORICAL MILWAUKEE AVE ECOLOGICAL REHAB HERO After Undulating Paver Path

Historical Milwaukee Ave Ecological Rehab

A long narrow strip of commercial land running alongside a brick public sidewalk has been planted with native shrubs and herbaceous woodland species nestled among bee-friendly habitat feature such as boulders and "fallen" logs.

Riverplace Urban Pollinator Refuge

MENDOTA HEIGHTS MID CENTRY WOODLAND EDGE After Baseball Dimond with No Mow Lawn 1

Mendota Heights Mid-Century Woodland Edge

A willow tree, rocky path, and native plants in front of a lake shoreline.

Minnehaha Creek Shoreline Restoration

Dappled light on tall trees in front of a white and grey mid-century modern home with metal veggie beds to the right.

Mid-Century Modern Update

A rustic cobblestone fire pit connected to a circular seating area via a winding gravel path in a small shaded backyard in the city of Minneapolis.

North Shore in the City

A rustic wooden backyard fence overlooking a wetland in the fall.

Suburban Fringe Wetland Backyard

A permaculture yard filled with tall grasses, blooming yellow flowers, and shrubs in front of a white house.

Urban Permaculture Yard

Stabilization efforts with coir logs, wooden stakes, and a fence to prevent erosion along a steeply sloped lakefront.

Lake McCarrons Shoreline Stabilization

A black building in an industrial architectural style with a rain garden full of plants in the foreground.

Industrial Rain Garden

A fenced backyard with a large oak tree in front of a modern black house with a natural wood patio leading to a rustic fire pit.A fenced backyard with a large oak tree in front of a modern black house with a natural wood patio leading to a rustic fire pit.

Urban Oak Savanna

A fenced in wetland area with blooming red flowers, grasses, and rocks with a small black pigs figure in the foreground.

Invasives Removal with Pigs

A rocky hillside with red and orange sumac trees changing color in the fall.

Rocky Hillside Restoration – Native Plant Slope Design

A man and a child next to a shed in a back yard with filled with numerous pink, yellow, and orange flowers and vegetables on a very sunny summer day.

Edible Yard

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