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Rare Landscapes

Luxury Landscape Design & Outdoor Living in Wayzata, MN

Rare Landscapes designs luxury landscapes and outdoor living spaces for homeowners in Wayzata, MN. We bring pools, patios, outdoor kitchens, fire features, structures, planting, and lighting into one cohesive plan built around the home and the way the property is used.

Founder Will Archuleta works directly with homeowners throughout the design and build process, and 3D landscape planning helps establish layout, scale, materials, and major outdoor features before construction begins.

Trust: 4.3 Google Rating · 24 reviews
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Why Choose Us

Why Wayzata Homeowners Choose Rare Landscapes

Rare Landscapes plans the complete outdoor environment before treating individual features as separate projects.

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Founder-led

Will Archuleta works directly with homeowners from planning through construction.

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3D landscape design

Review the relationship between pools, patios, structures, and planting before building.

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Whole-property planning

One design coordinates entertaining, circulation, views, hardscape, and landscape.

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Architecture-first thinking

Outdoor spaces are designed to complement the home rather than compete with it.

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High-end residential focus

Each project responds to the property, lifestyle, and desired level of finish.

What we do

Landscape Design & Outdoor Living Services in Wayzata

Rare Landscapes designs outdoor spaces for Wayzata homeowners who want individual features to feel like parts of one finished property.

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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.
Our work

Outdoor Living Projects in & Around Wayzata

See how pools, patios, architecture, planting, fire features, and outdoor rooms can work together within a complete landscape.

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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What Homeowners Say About Rare Landscapes

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Planning an Outdoor Living Project in Wayzata?

Start with a plan that considers the property as a whole. Rare Landscapes can coordinate the pool, patio, kitchen, fire feature, planting, lighting, and structures before one feature determines the layout of everything else.

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Who we design for

Landscape Design for the Way Wayzata Homeowners Live

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Lake Minnetonka Homeowners

Rare Landscapes designs outdoor spaces for homeowners who want patios, gathering areas, planting, and structures positioned around the property's strongest views while maintaining privacy and practical circulation.

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Homeowners Who Entertain Outdoors

An outdoor kitchen serves cooking. A patio organizes dining. A fire feature creates a gathering point. We design these spaces together so hosting feels natural rather than spread across disconnected areas.

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Owners of Established Wayzata Homes

Older properties may already have mature planting, patios, walls, or architectural details worth preserving. A new master plan helps determine what belongs in the next version of the landscape.

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New & Custom Homeowners

Planning the landscape while the home is new or being renovated allows hardscape, structures, lighting, planting, and outdoor living areas to develop around the architecture from the beginning.

Local design

What We Consider When Designing Landscapes in Wayzata

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Lake Views & Outdoor Sight Lines

Wayzata is closely tied to Wayzata Bay and Lake Minnetonka. Patios, pools, structures, and planting can influence what homeowners see from both inside and outside the home, so sight lines deserve attention early in the design.

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Architecture & Established Properties

Wayzata landscapes often need to feel appropriate beside an existing home rather than look like a separate backyard installation. Materials, proportions, planting, and outdoor structures should reinforce the property's architectural character.

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Privacy Without Losing Openness

Planting, walls, pergolas, and strategic positioning can screen neighboring views while keeping important parts of the yard visually open.

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Grade, Drainage & Minnesota Conditions

Wayzata competitors prominently address grading, drainage, lakeside slopes, and Minnesota freeze-thaw conditions because these issues affect patios, retaining walls, pools, and other hardscape. Rare Landscapes should address those practical conditions during the design stage rather than treat them as an afterthought.

About Wayzata

Living in Wayzata, Minnesota

Wayzata sits along Lake Minnetonka and is strongly associated with Wayzata Bay and its downtown lakefront. Panoway on Wayzata Bay has reshaped the public shoreline around a broader effort to restore and enhance access to the lakefront.

The lakefront connects Wayzata's downtown environment with Lake Minnetonka, while the broader area also links into the Dakota Rail Regional Trail. Those features help make the relationship between the city and the lake a defining part of Wayzata's identity.

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Serving Wayzata & the Lake Minnetonka Area

Rare Landscapes serves Wayzata and surrounding communities throughout the Lake Minnetonka and west-metro area.

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3D Landscape Design

See Your Wayzata Landscape Before We Build It

Rare Landscapes uses 3D landscape design to show how major elements relate before construction starts. Homeowners can evaluate the pool, patio, outdoor kitchen, fire feature, pavilion, planting, and circulation as parts of one property instead of making those decisions separately.

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Questions

Landscape Design in Wayzata, MN FAQs

Rare Landscapes provides landscape design and outdoor living services including 3D design, custom pools, patios, outdoor kitchens, fire features, retaining walls, landscape lighting, pergolas, pavilions, saunas, screened porches, and complete landscape planning.
Yes. Rare Landscapes serves communities around Lake Minnetonka and can design outdoor spaces around views, privacy, circulation, architecture, and the way homeowners want to use their property.
Yes. Rare Landscapes plans major outdoor features together so the pool establishes one zone, the patio supports circulation and seating, and the kitchen connects naturally to dining and entertaining areas.
Yes. 3D landscape design allows homeowners to review layout, materials, scale, and major outdoor elements before the project moves into construction.
Start with a consultation about the property, project goals, desired features, and how you want to use the outdoor space. Rare Landscapes then develops the design before moving into estimating and construction planning.
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Start Your Landscape Design Project in Wayzata

Contact Rare Landscapes to plan an outdoor environment that fits your home, property, and way of living near Lake Minnetonka. Work directly with Will Archuleta to develop the design and see the space in 3D before construction begins.

Location: Mound, Minnesota
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