BACKGROUND
Founded in 1978, Southview Design believes in its vision of “Improving Life Outdoors”—creating custom outdoor living spaces to blend each client’s needs with their landscape dreams. By assessing, building, and maintaining clients’ properties, Southview applies a holistic approach to design cohesive and functional spaces—because even the smallest space can become an extraordinary outdoor room. Since its inception, the company has grown beyond design-build to include commercial maintenance and snow and ice management as well.
PASSION AND PROCESS
Southview strives to set the standard for excellence in the landscape industry through a collaborative, team-oriented approach. Known for great communication, high-level design, and excellent installation, Southview excels at complex and difficult landscaping projects involving intricate hardscapes, shoreline restoration, massive retaining walls, steep slopes, and more. The entire team shares a passion for their work, ensuring that a client’s wish list can be turned into achievable design concepts.
One delighted client says, “After searching for five years, we finally found a landscape company to help design and implement a landscape project in the front of our home and alongside our driveway.” Recently, Southview has also implemented more conservational and sustainable practices into their craft to keep up with demand for eco-friendly landscapes.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Southview has completed more than 8,800 projects and garnered local, regional, and national awards for excellence in design from the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI), the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP), Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA), and the Midwest Home Design Awards. The company has also recieved over 275 reviews across multiple platforms with an overall rating of 4.5 stars. Its designers and landscape architects use a proven design-build process to guide clients through design, planning, budgeting, and construction. Every project is built to the highest standards by hardworking crews led by expert project managers.
“Southview developed the perfect plan to accompany the design of our home and our location along the river bluffs. The landscape crews were friendly, hardworking, skilled, and took great pride in their work.”