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Rare Landscapes

Luxury Landscape Design & Outdoor Living in Minnetrista, MN

Rare Landscapes designs luxury landscapes and complete outdoor living spaces for homeowners in Minnetrista, MN. We bring patios, pools, outdoor kitchens, pavilions, fire features, lighting, planting, and other major landscape elements together within one plan shaped around the property.

Minnetrista includes larger lots, rural landscapes, lake-area homes, and growing residential neighborhoods, making whole-property planning especially valuable. Rare already serves Minnetrista as part of its Lake Minnetonka service area.

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Why Choose Us

Why Minnetrista Homeowners Choose Rare Landscapes

Properties with more land create more possibilities, but they can also become disconnected when projects are added one area at a time. Rare Landscapes starts with the overall property and develops a design that establishes how those areas should work together.

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Founder-led

Will Archuleta stays personally involved throughout planning and construction.

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3D landscape design

Visualize scale, distances, materials, and outdoor features before building.

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Whole-property planning

Outdoor rooms, planting, circulation, structures, and hardscape are coordinated together.

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High-end residential focus

The design responds to the property rather than forcing it into a standard layout.

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Long-term thinking

A master plan can help larger transformations make sense even when they are built in phases.

What we do

Landscape Design & Outdoor Living Services in Minnetrista

Rare Landscapes creates outdoor environments for Minnetrista homeowners who want the entire property to feel intentional.

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3D Landscape Design

Custom outdoor living plans that help you see the space, layout, and details before the project begins.
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Landscape Design

Custom landscape design that blends hardscape, planting, and premium materials into one cohesive outdoor living plan.
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Custom Swimming Pools

Custom pool layouts, poolside patios, landscaping, lighting, and full backyard pool environments.
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Patio Design & Installation

Paver patios, natural stone patios, poolside patios, and outdoor entertaining areas.
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Decks

Maintenance-free decks, cedar decks, and premium wood options such as Ipe.
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Pergolas & Pavilions

Outdoor structures that add shade, comfort, architecture, and year-round usability.
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Retaining Walls

Block, boulder, and outcropping walls designed to shape the property and support the space.
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Outdoor Kitchens & Bars

Custom outdoor cooking, dining, and entertaining areas.
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Outdoor Living Design

Complete outdoor living plans that connect patios, kitchens, fire features, lighting, and more.
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Fireplaces & Fire Pits

Fire features that create warmth, gathering space, and a natural focal point.
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Driveways

Paver and concrete driveway solutions designed to complement the home and landscape.
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Landscape Lighting

Outdoor LED and landscape lighting that brings the space to life after sunset.
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Saunas

Custom sauna integrations for homeowners who want a private wellness-focused outdoor retreat.
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Screened-in Porches

Three-season and four-season porches, including motorized screen solutions.
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Outdoor Living Projects in & Around Minnetrista

Larger outdoor environments can include several distinct destinations while still feeling like one property.

Reviews

What Homeowners Say About Rare Landscapes

Homeowners trust Rare Landscapes for design-led outdoor living projects that feel personal, refined, and built around the property. Rated 4.3 stars across 24 Google reviews — browse every 5-star review below, or open the full list on Google.

★★★★★
Google

We recently worked with Will at Rare Landscapes to redesign and replace our old paver patio, and the experience was outstanding from start to finish. Will created a beautiful patio design while also reusing our existing pavers, which helped us maintain our budget without sacrificing quality or appearance. What stood out most was how involved and communicative Will was throughout the entire project. Highly recommend Will and Rare Landscapes if you’re looking for creative design, professionalism, and great value.

Todd WhiteGoogle Review
★★★★★
Google

We had a dead lawn after we bought the place in winter. Bill came in with his crew, removed the lawn, took out the tree blocking the front of our wonderful home and installed class 5 to store our truck and boat. Fantastic work. On time, responsive, great quality work, great price, nice and professional crew.

Joey ReillyGoogle Review
★★★★★
Google

We had a great experience working with Bill and his team. Very professional work and the results were outstanding. Added a top level rock wall, modified existing steps to make safer and added more interesting curve and additional level, and replaced old stone walk way with nicely color contrasting pavers.

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Planning a Larger Landscape Project in Minnetrista?

A large property does not need more disconnected features. It needs a plan. Rare Landscapes can establish where the pool, patio, pavilion, kitchen, pathways, lighting, and landscape belong before construction starts.

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Who we design for

Landscape Design for Minnetrista Homes & Properties

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Owners of Larger Lots & Acreage

Larger properties need clear relationships between the home, gathering areas, open lawn, planting, paths, structures, and more distant parts of the site. Rare Landscapes can organize those areas through one master landscape plan.

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Lake-Area Homeowners

For properties near the western bays of Lake Minnetonka, the design can consider outdoor views, privacy, slopes, gathering areas, and the transition between the home and the surrounding landscape.

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New & Custom Homeowners

New construction creates an opportunity to establish the driveway, entry, pool, patios, structures, lighting, and planting together rather than finishing the house first and solving the exterior in separate stages.

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Homeowners Planning a Phased Transformation

Large landscape projects do not always have to be built at once. A 3D master plan can establish the finished vision so patios, planting, lighting, pools, and structures added in later phases still work toward one outcome.

Local design

What We Consider When Designing Landscapes in Minnetrista

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Larger Properties & Longer Connections

Minnetrista covers about 32 square miles and officially describes itself as a mix of emerging suburban development, diversified rural land, and agricultural land uses.

On larger residential properties, distance matters. Walkways, lighting, patios, pools, and destination spaces should create logical connections instead of leaving individual outdoor areas isolated from one another.

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Rural Character & Privacy

Open land and rural surroundings can create a different privacy problem than a compact suburban lot. Instead of simply screening neighbors, planting and structures may be used to define outdoor rooms, frame views, soften large open areas, and create more intimate spaces close to the home.

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Slopes, Drainage & Natural Conditions

Minnetrista planning documents recognize lakes, wetlands, slopes, floodplains, and surface water as important environmental features.

For residential landscape planning, that makes grading, drainage, retaining walls, and site conditions important considerations before major hardscape or structures are finalized.

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Designing for a Property That May Evolve

Minnetrista continues to combine rural land with newer residential development.

A landscape master plan can give homeowners a long-term framework, allowing a pool, pavilion, outdoor kitchen, lighting, or additional planting to be added later without redesigning the property each time.

About Minnetrista

Living in Minnetrista, Minnesota

Minnetrista is a rural community in southwestern Hennepin County located along the western bays of Lake Minnetonka. The city covers approximately 32 square miles and includes suburban development alongside rural and agricultural land. Preserving that rural character remains part of the community's stated direction.

Local natural entities extend beyond Lake Minnetonka itself. City mapping identifies Lake Minnetonka Regional Park, Lake Forest Lake, Ox Yoke Lake, Little Long Lake, Lost Lake, Dutch Lake, Lehner Park, Friendship Park, and Lisle Park among the area's lakes and park spaces. Lake Minnetonka Regional Park also provides trails, a boat launch, fishing access, and shoreline recreation.

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Serving Minnetrista & the Lake Minnetonka Area

Rare Landscapes serves Minnetrista and surrounding high-end residential communities throughout Lake Minnetonka and the west metro.

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3D Landscape Design

Plan Your Minnetrista Property in 3D

For larger or phased projects, 3D design gives homeowners a way to understand how separate parts of the property will eventually work together. Rare Landscapes can establish major outdoor rooms, patios, pools, structures, planting, and circulation within one visual plan before construction begins.

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Questions

Landscape Design in Minnetrista, MN FAQs

Rare Landscapes provides landscape design and outdoor living services including 3D design, custom pools, patios, outdoor kitchens, retaining walls, fire features, pergolas, pavilions, lighting, saunas, screened porches, and complete property planning.
Yes. Larger properties can be planned around the relationship between the home, outdoor rooms, pathways, open areas, planting, structures, pools, and other destinations so the site feels connected rather than spread out.
Yes. A master landscape plan can establish the final layout first, allowing homeowners to build parts of the project over time while keeping future patios, pools, structures, lighting, and planting coordinated.
Yes. Rare Landscapes uses 3D landscape design to help homeowners understand scale, placement, materials, and how major outdoor features will relate before construction.
Start with a consultation about the property, desired features, priorities, and long-term goals. Rare Landscapes can then develop a design that establishes the overall plan before estimating and construction scheduling.
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Start Your Landscape Design Project in Minnetrista

Contact Rare Landscapes to create a clear plan for your Minnetrista property, whether you are developing one outdoor living area or transforming a larger site over time. Work directly with Will Archuleta to establish the vision and see it in 3D before construction.

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