Posts Tagged ‘landscape architecture’

Open Design Studio – April 23, 2011 11am-2pm

Monday, April 11th, 2011

We will be hosting our second FREE Open Studio on Saturday, April 23nd, from 11am until 2pm. This is a great opportunity to bring your questions, photos and measurements to the designers and horticulturists at Phillips Garden to receive great advice for your home landscape. If you are considering a landscape project, this is a perfect way to test the waters and get some fresh ideas from experts in horticulture and design with over 75 years of collective experience.

This is also a great opportunity to see and experience our award winning design studio and the first ever rooftop weeHouse by our friends at Alchemy Architects.

Phillips Garden once operated a coffee shop and nursery from their location, though both have been closed in favor of the design/build and maintenance aspect of the business. We can still serve delicious espresso to guests, so be prepared for a great cup of joe at the Open Studio as well.

Half-hour bookings will be taken on a first-come, first-serve basis. Call ahead to get on the schedule. Walk-in clients will be helped as time permits.

To schedule a time or to get more info contact:

Tyler Grissman
612-721-1221
tyler@phillipsgarden.com

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Basswood Residence

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Another great design and install project. We’ve been working on this project over the last several years. It’s one of our favorites. Here’s a little taste to show how the gardens are coming along in the front yard. Notice how the steps we designed shift gracefully through the gardens. The gardens are really taking shape. They were planted about a year ago. Keep posted. We’ll get photos of the back soon

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Real. Beautiful. Roofs.

Monday, February 9th, 2009

For anyone interested in pursuing a green roof, now may be the time. Soon there may be an additional financial incentive to install a green roof on your new or existing structure. This is on top of all the other wonderful benefits of a green roof.

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[January 30, 2009] Senator Maria Cantwell from Washington State introduced the Clean Energy Stimulus and Investment Assurance Act of 2009 (S.320) legislation on Monday January 26 that, if adopted, would provide financial incentives for commercial and residential green roof installation. Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and the American Society of Landscape Architects worked together to help draft the section of the bill that is focused on the green roof incentive.

For more info see: American Society of Landscape Architects or Green Roofs for Healthy Cities or contact us at Phillips Garden

MNLA AWARDS

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Phillips Garden is the proud recipient of 2 ‘Grand Honor’ MNLA awards for Excellence in Landscape Design.  The MNLA is the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association.  The awards we were given were frontyard design and backyard design.  This post shows our two winning projects.  Beginning with the backyard:

This first project is our backyard design.  The challenge of this project was working in a small space with great change in elevation.  The success of this site was in turning a challenge into an opportunity.  Playing with different elevations and materials was the main focus of this backyard.

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This next project was our front yard design winner.  This site, also in St. Paul , was completely redesigned from the stairs, to to the walkway… fences and of course the garden planting.

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