PORTFOLIO

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

South Minneapolis Backyard Oasis

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

KENWOOD – CLASSIC MEETS “WILD” MASTERPLAN

Mendota Heights Mid-Century Woodland Edge

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 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

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

Lake Emily Prairie School Water Reclamation

Historical Milwaukee Ave Ecological Rehab

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 Rehab

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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