biota Blog
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Landscape Lighting Design: How Outdoor Lighting Transforms Your Landscape After Dark
The longest evenings of the year have a way of inviting us outdoors. Whether you’re lingering around the fire pit, sharing dinner on the patio, or simply enjoying the quiet at the end of the day, thoughtful landscape lighting extends those moments long after the sun goes down. More than just illuminating a path, a…
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Heat Wave Landscape Survival Guide
Minnesota Heat Wave: How to Protect Your Lawn & Landscape During Extreme Heat When temperatures climb, rain stays away, and smoky skies settle over Minnesota, it’s not just people who feel the effects. Lawns, trees, shrubs, perennial gardens, and container plantings all experience increased stress during prolonged heat. While we can’t control the weather, we…
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Building Something Sustainable & Meaningful
Midwest’s first B Corp-certified landscaping company shares recent awards, media coverage, and recognition for sustainable design.
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biota Landscapes Feat. in Architectural Digest
biota Landscapes is a Minneapolis-based leader in sustainable landscape design, creating stylish outdoor spaces rooted in responsibility, native planting, and long-term landscape care. As a Certified B Corporation, biota combines landscape design with ethical, eco-conscious practices.
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Designing For Good: biota Landscapes Becomes a Certified B Corporation™
You’ve probably heard of companies like Patagonia or Athleta. Maybe you’ve picked up a bag of Peace Coffee right here in Minnesota. What they all have in common is this: they’re Certified B Corporations—businesses that are held to a higher standard, where success isn’t measured by profit alone, but by how they treat people, support…
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MNLA Vision Awards
The MNLA 2026 Vision Awards were last night at the Como Zoo Conservatory! Thank you to the Minnesota Nursey & Landscape Association for the recognition. biota Landscapes received 2 awards: Platinum for Sustainability in Practice This recognition reflects the work embedded in our headquarters and practice — from solar-powered operations and battery-powered equipment to pollinator gardens,…
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Beauty Between Winter and Spring: 5th Season Designed by biota
Minnesota has a season that rarely gets named. It’s the 5th season (otherwise known as the “false spring”). It’s the stretch of weeks where snow recedes into muddy patches, temperatures teeter between freezing nights and thawing days, and winter containers can sit brown, brittle, and forgotten. The landscape feels paused. Dormant. Unfinished. For many homeowners,…
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20 Years of biota – Design – Build – Sustain
Reflecting on Twenty Years of Sustainably Building Biotas.
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Natural Weed Control vs. Chemical Herbicides: Managing Invasive Weeds in Your Landscape
Weeds: To Spray or Not to Spray? Invasive weeds such as thistle, creeping bellflower, garlic mustard, creeping charlie, dandelions, and quackgrass are more than just a nuisance. Once established in garden beds, these aggressive plants can be extremely difficult to eliminate. In some cases, hand-pulling can actually worsen the problem. Weeds such as thistle and…
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Sustainable Landscaping Without Sacrificing Design: Beautiful Stormwater Solutions for Modern Landscapes
Can a landscape incorporate sustainable practices while maintaining a refined, high-end aesthetic? Absolutely. Sustainable landscaping and exceptional design are not mutually exclusive. In fact, when thoughtfully integrated, environmentally responsible solutions can enhance both the beauty and performance of an outdoor space. As spring arrives and snow begins to melt, stormwater management becomes an important consideration…
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A Modern Minneapolis Backyard Paradise
When the owners of this south Minneapolis home began to redesign their small, rectangular yard, they didn’t let the size of the lot cloud their ambitions. One of the owners, a chef, wanted to plant organic vegetable beds and herb gardens whose yield could supplement the fresh local produce at her small restaurant. Since the…