Dogwood Designs in Eagan

Mike did an amazing job designing our backyard and working with our landscaper to see the project all the way through to the final beautiful result!

Dogwood Designs has been integral to moving our South Minneapolis dream landscape closer to reality and we couldn't be more happy about our experience. Some things we like about Dogwood Designs: Integrity: Many landscapers advertise themselves as “designers” without the education and design tools to truly back it up. Dogwood Designs is exactly what they advertise themselves to be. Mike consistently gets back within a few days and lets us know his schedule ahead of time. He is available for consultations year-round, whereas many other landscaping firms are only available in the growing season. Design-Centric: Not only that, as Dogwood Designs focuses on design, they don’t have the conflict of interest to get a large bid and installation work done. But don’t think that being a design focused company leaves you without resources after your design is complete. He has many contacts to help with complex projects. As part of the package, you also get a beautiful and professional design drawing. Mike can handle both large and small spaces. His designs are very site specific and takes into consideration elements like lot size and proximity to neighbors. He doesn’t sell a one size fits all solution. Our Story: We approached Dogwood Designs with a rain-garden sizing issue. Conventional wisdom argued that all rain gardens had to be a certain size regardless of whether one’s land had loamy sand or not. The end result of our last landscaping experience was a rain garden that took up half of our backyard and true to our suspicions, didn’t even hold onto water deeper than an inch during a heavy rain event. Mike recognized the problem right away and went further by saying that with the type of soil we had, the rain garden should be planted with drought tolerant plants. Had we continued with the previous landscape installer, the rain garden would have required quite a bit of supplemental watering, which would have moved away from our communicated vision of having a native landscape that reduced land management and inputs. Personality: Mike meets you where you’re at with your level of planning and knowledge. We appreciated his direct and respectful style of communication. He tells it how it is. Personable and approachable, he was sympathetic to our past experiences of landscaping work and focused on what he could do to make our project better moving forward. In Conclusion: We highly recommend paying for a design process and drawing separate from installation work. Once you get a drawing exactly how you want it, it is yours. Please consider Mike of Dogwood Designs for your landscaping projects. We promise you will be in good hands.

Mike was great to work with... very open to incorporating client feedback. Design, once installed was gorgeous! Very happy with how it looks and getting great passersby feedback.

I was referred to Mike at Dogwood Designs by a neighborhood Facebook group. I needed someone to redesign my front yard, incorporating year round color, pollinator attraction and fragrance. Mike showed up exactly when he said he would, listened to my needs and understood my long-term goals of low maintenance beauty. He designed a plan and had it back to me sooner than promised (love it when when contractors over deliver!) and it was better than I could have hoped for. I think I know a lot about plants, but Mike had WAY better recommendations that are going to transform my front yard. I can't say enough great things about this talented designer and his incredible knowledge! HIRE HIM NOW!

The owner of Dogwood Designs is a detailed oriented individual and I mean that with the utmost respect. Him, his company and the team deliver top level service's to anybody looking for landscape design needs (and then some). Thank you Mike for everything you and your company do. I always look forward doing business with you.

Mike was great to work with on the landscaping around our home. He is a true professional. He is extremely knowledgeable and listen well to the customers concerns and wishes. We really loved his design and look forward to seeing the results next spring when everything starts growing and blooming. Mike recommended the landscape installers Lunseth Lawn Care. They were great. Mike was onsite multiple days to ensure everything was being installed properly. We would highly recommend both teams.

Highly recommend Dogwood Designs! I was impressed with how quickly he responds to questions and how prompt he is with appointments. Very professional and takes the time to listen and is passionate about what he does. Honest and friendly, really a good person to know if you have any landscaping design needs.

Mike was great! He was very professional, responsive and timely. We had a few gardens put in around our new patio as well as a our side yard fixed from bobcat damage from another contractor. Turned out great!