Niwa Design Studio applies its knowledge of Japanese garden design principles to a Frank Lloyd Wright home near Still Water,Minnesota.  Niwa’s client, who owned an original Frank Lloyd Wright house plan, hired an architect to help interpret the plan and construct the home on the shores of a Minnesota lake.  The mountain scene entry garden [...]

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The millstone entry fountain commands attention from approaching guests visiting this beautifully landscaped home in Greenwood, Minnesota. As one of the properties on display in the 2000 parade, of homes we have received many compliments for this landscape design and construction work [...]

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Explore this Asian garden influenced landscape project, named the Serene Garden and enter a world of peace, calm and reflection. Around the house proper you will find the entry garden, dry stream, spa garden and dry garden, all of which incorporate Asian garden design principles. Beyond these garden areas is a wonderful open lawn wrapping around the house creating a park like atmosphere. For those who love color and herbaceous planting beds, there is the Monet garden situated across the front lawn adjacent to the barn. Walk the petite allee and gravel paths surrounding a number of planter boxes and let the variety of perennials touch your senses [...]

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