Family-ready landscape design, lawn care, irrigation, and lighting for Apple Valley homes, with durable outdoor spaces planned around everyday use, play areas, entertaining, and Minnesota seasons.
Serving Apple Valley year-round — design and install in season, snow and ice all winter.
Apple Valley yards need to work for everyday family life, from play areas and pets to patios and gathering spaces. We plan durable landscapes around how the yard will be used, with practical material choices and installation built for Minnesota conditions.
From our IGH shop
Projects in Apple Valley
Hardscape warranty
Snow dispatch
Every Apple Valley project follows four clear steps, from the first property visit and written proposal through installation and the final walkthrough. You’ll know what’s happening, what comes next, and what to expect before work begins.
We walk the property with you, take measurements, and talk through what you want to change and how you plan to use the space.
Same week
You receive a fixed-price proposal with materials, scope, and timeline in writing. No verbal handshakes.
3–5 days
Our in-house crew completes the work on your property from start to finish. Owners are on site, so questions can be answered directly.
Project-dependent
We walk the finished project with you and provide the written warranty schedule for the work completed.
Final day
From landscape installation and lawn maintenance to irrigation and lighting, our in-house crew handles the outdoor services Apple Valley homeowners need throughout the season. Commercial property services are available year-round, including grounds maintenance, irrigation, and snow and ice management.
We are 12 min from Apple Valley at our Inver Grove Heights shop, so a site visit does not need to be an appointment three weeks out. Estimates are free and there is no sales pitch attached.
Apple Valley properties come with their own considerations, from family-focused backyards and active play areas to heavy clay soils that demand proper preparation. Our local crew builds around those conditions with durable materials, proven installation methods, and year-round service.
Apple Valley is one of the most family-heavy communities we serve, so we plan landscapes around how yards are used every day. That means safer paver edges, fire pits positioned away from play areas, durable plantings, and hardscapes built on properly graded, compacted bases for local clay conditions.
Around Cobblestone Lake and the Galaxie corridor, proper base preparation matters when it comes to keeping patios and hardscapes stable through Minnesota seasons.
Nick and Brandon stay involved in the properties they sell. You’re working directly with the people responsible for getting the job done.
Family-owned since 2010
Hardscape is covered for 5 years, trees for 2 years, shrubs and perennials for 1 year, and landscape lighting fixtures for 15 years.
In writing, every project
From landscape installation and summer maintenance to irrigation service and winter care, the same local team can stay with your property throughout the year.
No handoffs, no subs
Explore outdoor spaces designed and installed by our in-house crew around Apple Valley, from family patios and front walkways to planting beds, retaining walls, lawn care, and landscape lighting.
Apple Valley is part of the south metro area our crews serve throughout the year, with nearby communities covered from the same Inver Grove Heights shop. Wherever the project takes us, the work stays with our in-house team from start to finish.
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Planning a landscaping project often comes with questions about family-friendly design, local soil conditions, service areas, estimates, and budget. Here are the answers Apple Valley homeowners commonly need before getting started.
Yes — it’s most of what we build here. Kid-safe paver edges, fire pits set away from play areas, and durable plants that hold up to trampolines and dogs.
We’re 12 minutes from our Inver Grove Heights shop and offer same-day site visits when possible, with a written proposal within 5 business days.
It can if it’s not built for. Apple Valley sits on heavy clay similar to Eagan, so we compact 6+ inches of Class-5 base and grade for runoff on every hardscape — it’s why our patios here don’t sink or crack.
All of them, with a lot of our recent work concentrated around Cobblestone Lake and the Galaxie corridor.
Our Cobblestone Lake project — a 600 sq ft patio and fire pit — was a 3-week install. No hard minimum: most family-focused projects here land in our standard $8K-$25K range.
From ongoing lawn and irrigation service to complete landscape renovations, clients across the South Metro share their experience working with the North Ridge Outdoor Services crew from project start through ongoing care.
“We have had North Ridge Outdoor Services do multiple projects and have always been extremely pleased with the work they do. We use them for all our landscaping needs including sprinkler repair and Winterization. Owners Nick and Brandon are great to work with and their crew is efficient, courteous, and always does an amazing job.”
Donna D.
Twin Cities · Lawn + Irrigation
via Google
“They helped in the design and installation of retaining walls, a beautiful fire pit and gardens, drainage systems, patios, and they planned and planted hundreds of plants and trees. They completed every project on time and on budget, and they honored their warranty without question when we needed to repair a minor issue after the winter months.”
Michael H.
Multi-project client
via Google
“We recently had a major landscaping renovation completed including railroad-tiered walls removed and replaced with large boulder walls, granite stairs, irrigation, sod and flowers. The entire team was amazing! They were on time every day, very professional. Nick and Brandon are very knowledgeable and extremely customer-oriented.”
J. T.
Walls · Steps · Irrigation · Sod
via Google
North Ridge Outdoor Services serves homeowners throughout the South Metro with the same in-house crew, written warranties, and year-round landscaping, lawn care, irrigation, lighting, and seasonal services available in Apple Valley.
Clay-soil drainage and fast permitting — same crew, same warranties.
8 MIN FROM OUR SHOP
Engineered retaining walls on river-bluff lots — same crew, same warranties.
15 MIN FROM OUR SHOP
Acreage master-planning and clay-loam grading — same crew, same warranties.
14 MIN FROM OUR SHOP
Schedule a free on-site visit with North Ridge Outdoor Services to walk your property, discuss what you want to change, and receive a written proposal with clear scope and pricing before the work begins.
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Providing quality outdoor services to the Twin Cities metro. Licensed, insured, and committed to excellence.
10982 Clark Road
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077
Mon-Fri: 7am-6pm
Sat: 8am-4pm | Sun: Closed
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