About Pine to Prairie
No other custom design/build company delivers the beautiful, innovative designs that incorporate wine bars, outdoor fireplaces, pools, fire pits, and theme gardens. Our custom designs fit the home, and even more important, the lifestyle of the homeowners.
We encourage you to get to know us better by exploring the projects featured in this site. Contact us for more information on our proven approach and to schedule a meeting to explore the endless possibilities for your outdoor living space.
Thanks for taking the time to visit our web site and learn what makes us your first choice for all your landscaping needs. Please check back often to see more projects from Pine to Prairie Landscaping Inc.
We have assembled an experienced and versatile staff to assist you in exploring, designing, and constructing the perfect outdoor living space for you and your family. Our key employees include:
Meet the Team
Dave Ferris
Dave founded Pine to Prairie Landscapes Inc. in 1992 as a design/build company specializing in residential and commercial landscapes. Pine to Prairie originally focused on boulder retaining walls but because of customer demand, Dave expanded his company into a full service landscape design/build firm. Pine to Prairie quickly grew into the successful, comprehensive landscape company it is today by delivering innovative designs and superb customer service.
He was raised in Bloomington and attended both Bemidji State and the U of M before entering the field of real estate. There, Dave met a coworker who was a landscape architect and they decided to start a full time landscaping business. The valuable lessons Dave learned from him and through experience in all facets of the business still hold true today.
Dave loves architecture, travel, nature and physical activities, like scuba diving. He travels far and wide to dive and explore shipwrecks as close as Lake Superior and as far away as Bonaire, an island off the coast of Venezuela. The diving allows him a unique perspective to view nature unspoiled.
As the owner of Pine to Prairie, Dave will make sure that all of your needs are exceeded.
Cori Johnson
Cori serves as our Senior Landscape Designer with Pine to Prairie. We use her unique skills in the areas of design and sales to assist our clients in creating the landscape design of their dreams.
A native of Aberdeen, SD, Cori has been actively involved in landscape design/build for more than five years. She has an Associates Degree in Landscape Design/Construction from Hennepin Technical College (with honors) and an Associates of Applied Sciences Degree in Radio Television Broadcasting from Brown Institute and worked at WCCO television.
Outside of her passion for landscaping, Cori loves to downhill ski, bicycle, and participate in team sports. Not surprisingly, she also likes to experiment with plants at her home in Edina. Cori handles Pine to Prairie's public speaking and presented on low impact landscapes at the 2005 Lake & Cabin Show. Her inspiration and passion for landscape design came from spending time as a little girl in the garden with her grandmother.
Eric Robertson
Eric Robertson is going on his second year as part of the Pine to Prairie design team. Eric has been a part of the landscape design/build industry for eleven years total. In 1996 he moved to the east coast and began studying botany and horticulture at the University of Connecticut. It was in Connecticut that Eric began interning with the landscape design firm MacDonnell & Painter Associates. He spent two years with the firm learning modern landscape design principles, and design implementation as well. After MacDonnell & Painter, he returned to Minnesota and has since then been busy designing a wide range of projects.
During his free time, Eric enjoys spending as much time as possible with his wife and new baby daughter, Nora. Some of his favorite activities include cooking, fishing, painting, hiking, camping, golfing and pretty much anything else outdoors.
View a great article about us in the Mpls. St. Paul Magazine.
View highlights of our new publication "Outdoor Room".