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March 16, 2012 / Otten Bros. Garden Center and Landscaping

Minneapolis, MN Garden Center & Landscaping for Spring – Otten Brothers

March 13, 2012 / Otten Bros. Garden Center and Landscaping

Minneapolis, MN Spring Landscape Designs and Garden Supplies – Otten Brothers

March 11, 2012 / Otten Bros. Garden Center and Landscaping

Otten Brothers Landscaping Services In Minneapolis Help With Spring Lawn Care Needs

PRESS RELEASE:
Minneapolis, MN, 27-FEB-2012 -

The Otten Brothers team offers landscaping services Minneapolis that assure your yard reflects your style and provides the comfort and beauty that you desire. With Spring fast approaching, it is time to begin planning for outdoor entertaining and enjoyment. The Otten Brothers design team are able to provide the assistance that homeowners need to achieve the spectacular yard they want.

When interviewed recently Cliff Otten said, “Since 1953 we have been helping homeowners enjoy beautiful landscaping that meets all their needs. Whether a person has a small yard or a large space, our designers can provide the fresh ideas that will make their yard the oasis they are seeking. Our understanding of the unique needs of the area help us to address potential problems and give homeowners the information and advice they need to make knowledgeable decisions about how they want their outdoor living space or entertainment area to look and feel. We are committed to building long-term relationships with our customers and provide the highest level of service that will meet and exceed their needs.”

When an individual meets with our landscaping team, they will be asked questions about their goal for their outdoor space. They will also be asked about their budget for the project and the type of features that they want to include in the space. Our skilled team can include water features, patios, walks, steps, and other features that will make your space more versatile and beautiful.

After evaluating the information collected during the discussion, the team will develop plans for your space and provide you with options that will meet your needs. They will answer any questions that you may have about the space and address any potential problems that may exist with your landscaping design. The estimate provided will be detailed and give you a time frame for completion of the project.

Spring is the perfect time to address an outdoor space. The team at Otten Brothers provide homeowners with the information and advice they need to ensure that the outdoor space and lawn of the home is beautiful and reflects the personality and style of the homeowner.

To get more information about the landscaping services Minneapolis professionals Otten Brothers offer to give homeowners the unique and beautiful outdoor space they want visit http://www.OttenBros.com today. Individuals wishing to get more details about this press release will find contact information below.

Cliff Otten

Otten Brothers

2350 West Wayzata Blvd.

Long Lake, MN 55356

Telephone: (763) 972-2311

Fax: (763) 972-6674

Email Us: Email@OttenBros.com

Website: http://www.OttenBros.com

Summary: Landscaping services Minneapolis professionals, the Otten Brothers, have been offering homeowners the beautiful outdoor spaces they seek for over 50 years. The design team are committed to creating spaces that reflect the unique and distinctive style of homeowners and are comfortable and beautiful spaces that extend the living space of the home.

March 2, 2012 / Otten Bros. Garden Center and Landscaping

Design The Yard Of Your Dreams With Minneapolis Landscaping Service

Landscaping services Minneapolis designers provide a great deal of benefits to the homeowner. Your yard can be exactly the way that you picture it in your dreams. Here are ways that a professional landscape service can make these dreams come true.

When you call upon a professional landscape service, they come to your home and discuss your landscape with you. They ask many questions, to get an idea of what you want. They also provide important advice, as far as materials to use for your new landscape.

Perhaps you want to have a water feature as part of your landscape. Your professional service will provide the best type of water feature for your property. These people have years of experience in landscape design. They work with you to develop the perfect landscape. In fact, you can see what it will look like, before the work begins.

Once you see your landscape design on paper or a computer screen, you can make any changes that you want. These changes will not cost your any money or any delays in the work. This way, you can have all of the important features that you want. There will be no worry about miscommunication between you and your landscape professionals.

Perhaps one of the best features of hiring landscape professionals, is they do all the hard work. You are not lifting, loading, or pushing wheelbarrows about. You are not straining any muscles or getting dirty in the process.

When you hire the services of landscape professionals, they will provide an estimate of the work. They do not begin work until you say so. A professionally designed and constructed landscape can greatly improve the value of your property. This can make it easier to sell or provide a more beautiful landscape to appreciate over the years. Landscaping services Minneapolis professionals can turn your drab and unattractive yard into a show place to be proud of.

February 28, 2012 / Otten Bros. Garden Center and Landscaping

Beautify Your Yard For Spring With Minneapolis Landscaping

Seasons are changing and spring in the air. It is time to spruce up the lawn for all the activities that will be undertaken outdoors. In choosing landscaping services Minneapolis companies offer, there are important factors that need to be taken into account.

One is the experience a company has. Landscaping is all about visuals so it is important that a company have a good portfolio to show to prospective clients. A convenient way to look at several at the same time is to look at their websites. Look at work they have completed before and costs. Some companies offer instant quotations. To establish reliability, ask those you know or those whose landscapes you like. Some websites filter testimonials so that only positive ones appear.

Once you narrow down your choices, contact them. They will come over, look at the space you have, the ideas you have and they will also offer theirs. You can then get exact quotations as well as an estimated time of completion.

It is important to get agreements in writing. Before signing anything, ask about the policies of the company especially as regards payments. Find out whether you are supposed to pay upfront or a deposit and balance when the job is done. Some companies also offer payment plans. Also ask what recourse is available in case the final result is not what you expected.

It is also important to ensure that company has workers insurance for its workers. This is to avoid a situation whereby a client finds they are liable when a worker suffers an injury while working on their property.

A well done landscape is a great place to perch up on during those balmy spring days. Position it to make the most of existing outdoor structures like decks and patios. Apart from adding aesthetic value, a job that is well done by a landscaping services Minneapolis company also enhances the fiscal property of a house.

February 26, 2012 / Otten Bros. Garden Center and Landscaping

Minneapolis, MN Early Spring Landscaping – Otten Brothers

February 26, 2012 / Otten Bros. Garden Center and Landscaping

Everything’s Coming Up Roses

Rose

Rose

Every year at this same time, around the end of February, Otten Bros. Garden Center and Landscaping’s hoop house that we call the ‘rose house’, lives up to it’s name.  The Otten Bros. crew gathers with a truck load of special potting mix soil, boxes of carefully selected bare root roses from Star Roses and Bailey’s Nursery, and a boatload (it seems) of five gallon pots.

Rose house

Rose house

Having been in business since 1953, Otten Bros. Garden Center and Landscaping is steeped in tradition, but this is the one ritual that really seems to kick-off the spring season.

Box full of bare root roses

Box full of bare root roses

Our buyer has carefully studied and selected the best varieties and the most sought after roses for our customer’s gardens.  We plant everything from the hardiest shrub roses to the most fragrant and beautiful garden roses; there’s a rose to enhance every garden and a rose that will be a wonderful addition to the most avid rose gardener’s collection!

Two bundles of unpruned bare root roses

Two bundles of unpruned bare root roses

The roses arrive bare root and bundled together by variety.  Using a sharp pruner, we remove any damaged roots and branches, prune out any crossing branches, selectively prune to open up the center of the plant, and finally give each root and branch a fresh cut at the ends.

Pruned bare root rose

Pruned bare root rose

We carefully plant the rose in to a five gallon pot with our special potting mix.

Planting rose in to a #5 pot

Planting rose in to a #5 pot

The roses are tagged with information about the variety and a photograph of the flower.

Tagged rose

Tagged rose

The roses are organized in the rose house according to variety, watered well and the temperature is monitored for optimal growing conditions.

Roses watered and growing in the hoop house

Roses watered and growing in the hoop house

If tradition holds true again this year, the roses will be perfect just in time for Mother’s Day!

Rose species planted this year:

Shrub Roses—

All The Rage -  Everblooming,  Apricot Blend

Blanc Double De Coubert -  Recurrent, White

Blushing Knock Out - Recurrent, Pink

Carefree Celebration - Everblooming, Coral Orange

Carefree Delight  – Everblooming,  Pink & White

Carefree Spirit - Everblooming, Red

Carefree Sunshine – Climber, Everblooming, Lemon Yellow

Carefree Wonder - Everblooming, Pink

Champagne Wishes - Recurrent, White/apricot

Champlain -  Everblooming, Red

Charles Albanel  - Recurrent, Medium Red

Chuckles - Everblooming, Rose-Pink

Como Park - Recurrent, Bright Red

Double Knock Out - Everblooming, Red

Fairy Meidiland - Recurrent, Pink

Fuchsia Meidiland - Recurrent, Fuchsia

High Voltage - Recurrent, Medium Yellow

Hope for Humanity - Everblooming, Dark Red

J. P. Connell -  Recurrent, Lemon Yellow

John Cabot -  Recurrent, Red

John Franklin - Recurrent, Red

Kashmir - Recurrent, Dark Red

Lena -Everblooming, Pink & White

Linda Campbell - Recurrent, Deep Red

Little Mischief  – Everblooming, Pink

Marie Bugnet  - Recurrent, White

Morden Centennial - Recurrent, Deep Pink

Morden Sunrise - Everblooming, Yellow Blend

Music Box - Everblooming, Pink

My Girl - Recurrent, Deep Pink

Nearly Wild - Everblooming, Pink

Ole - Everblooming, Light Pink

Pavement Dwarf - Recurrent, Light Pink

Pavement Foxi - Recurrent, Pink

Pink Double Knockout - Everblooming, Hot Pink

Pinktopia - Recurrent, Med. Pink

Quadra - Recurrent, Dark Red

Rainbow Knockout - Recurrent, Pink

Ramblin’ Red  - Everblooming, Red

Scarlet Meidiland - Everblooming, Scarlet

Snowdrift - Recurrent, White

Sunny Knockout - Everblooming, Pale Yellow

Sunrise Sunset - Everblooming, Pink blend

Super Hero- Everblooming, Medium Red

Sven - Everblooming, Mauve blend

Therese Bugnet - Recurrent, Lilac Pink

White Meidiland - Everblooming, White

William Baffin  - Recurrent, Pink

Winnipeg Parks - Everblooming Red

 

Garden Roses —

Climbers:

Fourth Of July – Red and white

Orange Crush - Orange

Polka – Peach

Red Eden – Deep Burgandy

Smiley Face - Yellow

Floribunda:

French Lace – White

Ginger Snap – Orange

Hot Cocoa – Smoky Red

Julia Child – Pink

Passionate Kisses  – Pink

Preference – Deep Scarlet Red

Scentimental – Red, pink, white

ShowBiz – Red

Sunsprite – yellow

Tangerine Streams – apricot, yellow, orange

Grandiflora:

Lasting Peace – Coral orange

Love - Bi-color scarlet 

Nicole Carol Miller – Lavender

Sunshine Daydream – Yellow

Hybrid Tea:

Apricot Candy – Apricot

Black Baccara – Black

Brandy – Peach

Chicago Peace – Copper/pink

Chrysler Imperial – Red crimson

Dolly Parton – Orange red

Elle – Pink

Eternal Flame – Yellow

John F. Kennedy – White

Liv Tyler – Coral pink

Michelangelo – Golden yellow

Mister Lincoln  – Red

Mon Cheri – Red

Peace – yellow blend

Perfume Delight – deep rose pink

Rouge Royale – Raspberry red

Secret – Soft pink blend

Tahitian Sunset – Yellow pink

The McCartney Rose – deep rose pink

Miniatures:

Baby Paradise – Lavender

Debut – Red cream

Mandarin Sunblaze – Orange

Rainbow Sunblaze – yellow and red

Red Sunblaze – deep red

Sweet Sunblaze – Clear pink

Yellow Sunblaze – Yellow

 

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