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Mall of America’s Camp Snoopy - Bloomington, Minnesota

CONTENTS

6 INTRODUCTION

8 ZOOS, AQUARIUMS & CONSERVATORIES

TENNESSEE AQUARIUM - CHATTANOOGA, TNHOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE - HOUSTON, TX

THE RAINFOREST - CLEVELAND, OHMOODY GARDENS - GALVESTON, TX

D.C.SMITH CONSERVATORY, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON, WI

18 THEMED & SPECIAL PROJECTS

KNOTT’S CAMP SNOOPY - BLOOMINGTON, MNWOODBURY CENTRAL PARK - WOODBURY, MN

EDINBOROUGH PARK - EDINA, MNMICHAEL SINGER SCULPTURE - DENVER, CO

CONSERVATORY ON NICOLETT - MINNEAPOLIS, MN

28 HOTELS & CASINOS

SAM’S TOWN ATRIUM - LAS VEGAS, NVDAKOTA COUNTRY CASINO - PRIOR LAKE, MN

EMBASSY SUITES- BLOOMINGTON, MNEMBASSY SUITES- FORT LAUDERDALE, FL

EMBASSY SUITES- IRVING, TXEMBASSY SUITES- BURMINGHAM, AL

40 ATRIUMS & OFFICES

IDS CRYSTAL COURT - MINNEAPOLIS, MNADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS - EDEN PRAIRIE, MN

WEDGEWOOD COMMERCE CENTER - MAPLE GROVE, MNCITY CENTER - MINNEAPOLIS, MN

MCCAREN DESIGNS - SAINT PAUL, MNOTHER PROJECT PHOTOS

51 AWARDS

52 BIOGRAPHY

IF YOU HAVE EVER STAYED AT AN EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL, visited a major indoor zoological

exhibit, strolled the Mall of America or passed through the IDS Crystal Court you have experienced the

work and influence of McRae Anderson and McCaren Designs, Inc. We believe what is expected should

be the unexpected. The monotonous uniformity of today’s interior landscapes almost erases their

original intent. We choose to find innovative interior landscape solutions for each and every one of our

projects. Our designs are passionate, distinctive and unique, giving each project careful consideration

and its own identity. That could mean using plant materials in situations they’ve never been used in

before or designing custom planters and benches to match the building’s architectural vocabulary.

Our goal “to create memorable places and

unique experiences” is fashioned to assist

clients reach their business objectives.

Many clients are reexamining their

approach to the people on which their

profits rely - their employees, tenants and

guests. They have discovered a

beautifully landscaped environment

illustrates a caring attitude that in turn

translates into attracting and retaining

employees and tenants and leads to repeat

business. We have the ability to turn our

clients’ dreams into reality by creating

memorable projects, but also assist our

client in being the preferred employer, the

preferred address and the preferred

company with which to do business.

With over 28 years of experience, McCaren Designs has a range and depth of expertise and performance

few firms can match, starting with our principal designer . In 2001, McRae Anderson, ASLA, CLP,

President and Principal Designer, was named as the interior landscapes industry’s most talented designer

by Interior Business Magazine. In 2003 he was named to the Interiorscaping Hall of Fame. Our creations

set a standard of excellence to which others aspire. We have received over twenty major national

awards for interiorscape and landscape design, installation, maintenance and special events. These

awards include two coveted Judges Awards from the Associated Landscape Contractors of America.

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OUR KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL

EXPERIENCE enables us to provide imaginative

yet enduring design concepts. At the heart of our

approach is our knowledge — knowledge based in

practical application. We not only create award-

winning designs, we also install and successfully

maintain them.

To insure a successful project, we address critical

infrastructure questions about daylighting and light

requirements, irrigation and drainage systems, load

capacities and plant specifications. Projects

receive detailed plans and presentation documents,

as well as construction budgets, specifications and

bidding documents. This process insures a project

will be installed as designed and within the

established budget. Most importantly, our practical knowledge and design capabilities not only enhance

the beauty of the project today, they also protect our client’s interior landscaping investment for years to

come.

McCaren Designs is committed to seeing the possibilities where others see the limits. Narrow thinking

often leads one to the same old solutions. We take a bold approach. Very often, we discover a whole

new range of possibilities, and that’s where the best solutions lie. Each project receives creative

solutions for its most challenging design problems.

We trust you will select McCaren Designs, Inc. to create your next project or give new life to an existing

project. We invite you to experience the environmental, sociological and psychological benefits of our

innovative interior landscapes.

McRae Anderson, ASLA, CLP

President

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THE TENNESSEE AQUARIUM in downtown Chattanooga opened in 1992 as the largest aquarium in

the world devoted to freshwater fish. Fish and fowl, otters and alligators, live in the 130,000 square foot

aquarium gracing the riverfront. The re-created habitats illus-

trate the working link in a river’s watershed chain of life sup-

port.

The aquarium takes the visitor on a river’s journey -

beginning with a Cove Forest, found in the Appalachian

Mountains, and ending in a Cypress Swamp, where the river

meets the Gulf of Mexico. McCaren Design’s task was to

recreate these two diverse habitats within the interior

environment.

This project received not only a Grand Award, but because it was so unique, the Judges created an

award. McCaren Designs received the first ever Judges Award in the 23rd Annual ALCA

Environmental Improvement National Awards program. One juror explained “...[this] project was so

unique and visually arresting, it took our breath away. The Tennessee Aquarium interiorscape defines

the category of Natural Habitats. It sets a new level of skill.” Another juror remarked, “..this project

extends the boundary of what the interiorscape industry is

capable of creating.” McCaren Designs’ vision and

innovative use of unique plant materials combined with

daring construction techniques made this project a reality.

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THE COCKRELL BUTTERFLY CENTER at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is a conservatory

developed to exhibit living butterflies. Within the Conservatory, visitors are completely immersed in a

Central American setting. Composed of a wet forest, a dry forest and an open meadow, the exhibit

celebrates the complexity and economic importance of this region.

Designing and installing an environment conducive to

a butterfly’s survival presented many new and

challenging opportunities for the designers at McCaren

Designs. We needed to specify appropriate food sources

for the survival of the nearly 3,000 free-range butterflies.

Our designers specified appropriate light levels and

specifications for chemical free plant materials to protect

the delicate butterflies. We developed an overhead

rain system to delicately wash the plants of pests without

harming the butterflies, and to provide a pleasing daily

event.

Best of all, the delightfully colored, delicately structured, fluttering

mechanism of the butterfly captures our summer childhood fantasies

and for a moment, the wonder of the world is before us. McCaren

Designs received a national Environmental Improvement Grand Award

from the Associated Landscape Contractors of America for Design/Build

of the Cockrell Butterfly Center’s interior landscape.

THE RAINFOREST AT CLEVELAND’S METROPARK ZOO is home to more than 600 animals

representing 118 different species. It showcases 7,000 live flowers, trees and shrubs of 360 different varieties

— all native to one of the three major rain forests of the world. The entire facility covers more than two

acres, including two levels and a large glass atrium entrance.

Plants literally cover the walls in the atrium.

This unique feature is a 200 foot long vertical

“greenwall” planting. The plantings develop

exhibit depth and hide the building’s structure

from the visiting public. Plantings included

within the animal enclosures were designed

to meet the animal’s specific environmental

requirements and to avoid becoming part of

their diet.

Exhibits and plantings immerse the visitors in

learning through a variety of sensory

experiences — from the sound of rushing water

to the random digital sound track to the 90 percent humid air laden to the smells of flowering plants or

decomposing vegetation. The RainForest at the Metropark Zoo is dedicated to presenting the exquisitely

diverse animal and plant life of the tropical rain forests, to interpreting all aspects of these important and

rapidly disappearing ecosystems and to generate enthusiasm for their preservation.

McCaren Designs received a national Environmental Improvement Grand Award from the Associated

Landscape Contractors of America for Design/Build of this interior landscape.

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MOODY GARDENS TROPICAL HABITAT blends adventure, exploration

and discovery with a conventional botanical exhibit. The exhibit consists of a

one-acre glazed pyramidal greenhouse containing landscapes that replicate major

areas of the worlds tropical regions.

Beautiful botanical specimens and aesthetically pleasing arrangements and plantings are emphasized over

the realistic modeling of the ecological process and events. Plantings are divided into three geographical

regions: Africa, Asia, and South America. Each of these zones contain several diverse habitats — such as

cliffs, caverns, rivers, wetlands and forests — providing a great variety of plant specimens. Plantings

within the conservatory are looser and more random than in a conventional botanical garden ... because

our goal was to create a realistic impression of the

tropics that are by nature wild and exuberant.

The visitors to this exhibit experience a wide diversity

of plant and animal life displayed in a dramatic set-

ting. Their experience lasts nearly an hour, exposing

them to the vigorous yet fragile and vulnerable tropi-

cal rainforests of the world.

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THE D. C. SMITH GREENHOUSE at the University of Wisconsin’s Madison

Campus, was completed in the fall of 1996, and has become a landmark on

the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences campus. The building’s most

dramatic feature is a colonnade of tree-like columns that branch upward,

supporting curved wooden beams high above the greenhouse entrance and

adjacent to the 1,600-square-foot conservatory.

The greenhouse’s centerpiece is a 1,600-square-foot conservatory facing Linden Drive, with regionally

native granite floors and an arched glass ceiling supported by wood beams that follow the curve of the glass.

The conservatory serves as a showcase for the discipline called “interiorscaping,” where students learn good

management practices for the “indoor gardens” of malls and office buildings.

The facility was one of two new construction projects recognized for Excellence in Architectural Design at

the State of Wisconsin Building Commission 1997 Awards Program. Madison Magazine selected the greenhouse

for an Award of Excellence for institutional construction in its annual Design of the Times interior design

competition in 2005. The conservatory also received a national Environmental Improvement Grand Award

from the Landscape Contractors of America for the interior

landscape.

McCaren Design’s work also included the design of the granite

art floor, the custom tree grates, the custom teak trellising

and benchs and the logo design development.

KNOTT'S CAMP SNOOPY AT THE MALL OF AMERICA is one of

the largest indoor landscapes in the United States. This woodland garden

consists of over 400 specimen trees and 40,000 understory plantings. In

addition, the Camp features major water features and water amusements.

Knott's Camp Snoopy is host to Mall of America's 43 million annual visitors.

The theme park experience is defined by the master landscape design. McCaren Designs was responsible

for the project's interior landscape design and installation, as well as the initial nine years of maintenance

of the parks landscape. This landscape expresses a particular concept - a variation on a Minnesota woodland

theme. It began with a vision to create a meaningful retreat from ordinary life - a place capturing and

encapsulating sights, sounds, ambience and feeling. This park culturally enriches and uplifts the experience

of each guest visiting the Mall of America.

Knott's Camp Snoopy has received two national Environmental Improvement Awards from the Associated

Landscape Contractors of America. The first Grand Award was for our Interior Design/Build. The second

Grand Award was for our Interior Landscape Maintenance.

WOODBURY CENTRAL PARK, WOODBURY, MN is a multi-use indoor park providing a focal

point that establishes the City Center area as the heart of Woodbury. Woodbury will never have the

conventional sort of downtown that brought people together in the older cities. But the park, which

links a new Washington County branch library on one end and the existing YMCA on the other, is

designed to bring a cross-section of the community together. With activities for a wide range of age

groups - from toddlers to teens to seniors - the park, coupled with the new library, enhances the sense of

community in Woodbury.

McCaren Design’s work included design and

installation of all interior plantings, hardscape and

site amenities including bridge and water feature

elements. The project was performed under a unique

design/build contract with the city. McCaren Designs

was involved in all aspects of the project’s design,

consulting with the owners and architects from the

beginning of the schematic design phase.

Woodbury Central Park received a national

Environmental Improvement Award from the

Proefessional Landcare Network.

EDINBOROUGH LEISURE PARK is a one-acre enclosed public park, owned by the city of Edina,

Minnesota. It is part of an unprecedented, mixed use development composed of elderly housing, a day-care

center, office space and low-rise, moderate income condominiums. The parks purpose is to mix the

incomes and ages by offering passive and active recreational spaces: a swimming pool; basketball court or

banquet space; an amphitheatre; an ice

rink; a children's play lot; strolling paths

and quiet areas for picnics and

contemplation.

The park's promenades are lined with trees

in grates which keep interaction between

people and plants at a constant. The trees

canopies are sheltering and the Norfolk

Island Pines hint at the native Minnesota

Pine. Benches and low rock walls allow

for quiet, relaxed conversations and lunch.

The success of Edinborough Park is the

result of the essential collaboration

between owners, architects and designers.

McCaren Designs has been blessed over

the years with associations with owners

and architects who have vision, for they

give scope for imagination, fantasy,

emotion and grace in which to reflect our

talents. Edinborough Park is the result of

such an inspired association.

THE MICHAEL SINGER SCULPTURE at Concourse C is one of three major art pieces in the new

Denver International Airport. It represents the artists vision of a ruin underneath the shining new

terminal. Plants encroach, covering rock features and conceal the ruins of a former civilization.

We selected a limited palette of plant materials to complement and create the foundation for this

sculpture. Within this 5,000 square foot planting, details were not overlooked. To create the illusion of

time plant materials encroach upon the stone as if taking back the land. Together with the artist, we

blended paving patterns, featured sculptural elements, rockwork and plantings to create the entire

sculptural piece. Open spaces in the plantings are as important to the work as densely planted areas.

Standing in stark contrast to the architectural detail of the new airport, this sculpture provides a quite

respite from the busy terminal

This project received two national Environmental

Improvement Awards from the Associated

Landscape Contractors of America. The first was

a Grand Award for our Interior Design/Build, the

second a Judges Award for the best project in the

competition.

It was truly a unique experience to work with

Michael Singer on this project. Together we

created a piece of living art.

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THE CONSERVATORY ON NICOLLET, Minneapolis, MN called for the entire design to be

something radically different from the typical urban shopping mall. Something to fit comfortably

into an urban setting. Something with retail drama. These prerequisites dictated our early involve-

ment in the project and a very open creative approach to interior landscaping. Reminiscent of a 19th

century European setting with its simple, yet elegant ambience, the interior landscape’s character was

in keeping with the Conservatory’s name.

Although the project does not remain, it was

significant as it was the first project of it’s kind to

use topiary forms as a dramatic indoor landscape

element. The conservatory received a national

Environmental Improvement Grand Award from the

Landscape Contractors of America.

SAM’S TOWN ATRIUM PARK in Las Vegas provides its guests with

the wild west experience including a western landscape; streams, foot-

hills and a mountain peak. This wilderness is only a stone’s throw away

from the bustling town and of course, the gaming tables of Sam’s Town.

This super fast-track, Las Vegas project allowed McCaren Designs’ crews

just 6 weeks to install 7,500 square foot of plants, including 93 trees and

over 4,000 pieces of understory and ground cover material.

Interiorscape magazine’s review of Sam’s Town Atrium stated: “...the beauty of this interiorscape, is that it

is truly unique, because unlike other interiorscapes, it combines sight, smell and sound. It creates a totally

believable environment. With seamless artistry it blends different design disciplines with a little bit of

Disney. The result — an interiorscape that may well set the standard for a whole new generation of

interiorscapes.”

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MYSTIC LAKE CASINO'S logo and its symbolism of tribal culture

served as inspiration for this interior landscape. Designed to re-create the

tribal homeland of the MdewaKanton Sioux and in response to a dream of

a tribal representative, this interior landscape is more than just rocks,

water and trees. Within this landscape are hidden the symbols of this

tribal nation.

The eagle's shadow symbolizes the eagle, the highest of the tribal symbols,

representing the spirit of

their ancestors. Painted

on two faces of the rock outcropping, when the eagle's

shadow aligns, all the other symbols are visible from the

same point. The trees, another symbol, connect the eagle

to the land. Carved into the rocks is a third symbol, the

stone-faced profile of an Indian man. A spring fed rivulet

creates a small waterfall in the riparian landscape. Water,

the source of life, is the fourth symbol of the

MdewaKanton community. Resting on a rock you can

see the turtle, the symbol of life and knowledge. If you

look closely you can see the final symbol, two buffaloes

drinking from the stream.

This Garden Court provides a quite respite from the

casino's busy action. Guests can quietly dine among the

trees, ferns and other flora of this interior landscape.

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EMBASSY SUITES, BLOOMINGTON, MN is one of fourteen properties designed and installed by

McCaren Designs over a ten year period. This work represents the largest collection of projects created

for a single owner, working for the ownership group at three different times in the concepts development.

The concept's founder, even though he tried other designers, consistently returned as a client because of

the style and quality McCaren Designs incorporated into his Embassy Suites projects.

Plants are a significant part of the

corporate signature in every

Embassy Suites Hotel. The

Bloomington Airport project,

along with other Embassy Suites

projects reviewed in this text,

served as the corporate standard

for interior landscaping of

Embassy Suites' properties. An

Embassy Suites executive told

Interior Landscape Industry

magazine, "Our occupancy rates

are 8-10 points higher than the

industry average. This is directly

related to the environment we

create." Interior landscaping is

critical to Embassy Suites' current

and continued success.

McCaren Designs is proud of our

long and continued relationship

with the Embassy Suites Hotels.

EMBASSY SUITES, 17TH STREET

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL is the epitome of the

tropical atrium. Created to emulate the great

Florida outdoors, this atrium features multiple

specimen palms. Its soaring 12-story atrium

contains several layers of fauna, each with

their own graceful canopy effect.

Our observations of nature guided our design.

We see that plants grow in communities, which is one of our secrets to the orchestration of plant materials

in the indoor landscape. This attention to nature gives the McCaren Designs atrium a natural look and

feel. This naturalistic and detailed design

creates the relaxed and pleasant

atmosphere of the Embassy Suites Hotel

atrium.

When McCaren Designs first began to

design the Embassy Suites atriums in our

unique fashion, others took note of our

original ideas and the beautiful effects

they achieved. However, it requires

courage to use appropriately sized

specimen materials and we believe that

no-one ever uses plants in quite the same

dramatic way.

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EMBASSY SUITES, IRVING, TX

was the start of our second career

with the Wooley organization. This

projects importance was in the

dramatic use of specimen plant

materials in combination with a

significant water feature. The

successful blending of these two

design elements created a memorable

atrium within the hotel chain.

The completion of this flagship

property for this development group

assisted in the creation of

landscaping standards for this

fledgling hotel group. McCaren

Designs supplied drawings and

specifications to the franchiser and

reviewed the standards established,

as a result of their efforts. We are

proud of our association with the

Embassy Suites Hotel chain.

EMBASSY SUITES, BIRMINGHAM,

ALABAMA was the last atrium hotel designed for

Robert E. Wooley, the founder of the all-suite hotel

concept. We have enjoyed our long association

with his organization because they gave us the

freedom to explore our imagination. Consequently,

we had permission to design with innovative

materials that have now become standard fare in

the modern interior landscape. The atriums of the

Embassy Suites were the canvas of our early artistic

expression and for this we will be forever grateful.

We added large specimen Bamboo to our palette of

materials in this Embassy Suites' atrium. Along

with the Bamboo's graceful elegance we incorporated

our signature Black Olives and Queen Sago Palms.

The visitor to any Embassy Suites can readily identify

a McCaren Designs' interior landscape by these two

plant materials. They are used to create a canopy

and a sense of intimacy within the atrium setting.

Sadly, many of our Embassy Suite's designs have

suffered from improper care and maintenance by

others. In 1977, it was our intent to only design

interior landscapes. However, to prove our ideas

were viable we began our maintenance business. The

Embassy Suites' atriums maintained by our company

prove our design concepts thrive when professional

maintenance is employed.

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IDS CRYSTAL COURT, Minneapolis, MN The IDS intended

by Philip Johnson, the original IDS architect, to be a town cen-

ter, was built in the early 1970s. For two decades it was just that

- a place for the public. Then, in the mid-1990's the Crystal

Court was cleared out in entirety. McCaren Designs was very

proud to have played a role in the reincarnation of the IDS Crys-

tal Court.

Our firm was chosen to work with HGA Architects, selecting

and installing the trees and flowers. McCaren Designs was then

selected by RREEF to maintain the Shady Lady Black Olive trees

as well as design and maintain a custom, rotational flowering

plant program for both the Crystal Court and the adjoining IDS

Tower. McCaren Designs received an ALCA Environmental Im-

provement Award in 1999 for the Crystal Court's interior land-

scape installation.

ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN

represents a minimalist interior landscape. Challenged by

the Architect to create a design that “didn’t look too

expensive” we selected this style for our work.

An important objective was to create a highly productive

work environment that would enhance the company's ability

to attract and retain workers The underlying concept in the

design was to "humanize" the environment and make it as

comfortable as possible so people would want to spend time

in the space The new ADC Telecommunications

headquarters lets in the light and invites collaboration

WEDGEWOOD COMMERCE CENTER, MAPLE

GROVE, MN. Sometimes we find with smaller projects

we can take more risks and often they represent some of

our more exotic concepts. Here, rather than filling the

planter with the standard fare of plant materials, we chose

to create a whole new style of interiorscaping combining

stone work with plants to make a bold statement.

Dramatic contrasts in foliage texture add to the design’s

character. The planting scheme is complemented by the

use of stone. Small stones give way to walling stones, cut

stone to natural stone, all providing symmetry and contrast.

CITY CENTER, MINNEAPOLIS, MN. Built-

in planters don’t necessarily need to be filled to the

brim with plants to make a stunning statement.

Here we approached the difficult planting area found

under escalators with an artistic planting display

that minimizes the need for live plants. Colorful

plants serve as accents to the circles within squares

created by the use of rectangular pavers and natural

field stone. Each rectangular planter is in the form

of an abstract design integrating natural stone, cut

stone and planting to form a mosaic of color and

texture.

McCAREN DESIGNS ATRIUM, St. Paul, Minnesota. Our own facility is our concept of an office oasis.

Serving as the reception area for our facility the central atrium provides both aesthetic beauty and air

purification.

The atrium incorporates the use of interior foliage plants to clean the air. Offices and conference areas

function around this open space. The central planting utilizes an Activated Soil Bed Air Filtration System.

This system removes harmful indoor air pollutants by scrubbing the air through the planting soils and

moving the air over the indoor plant materials. This system is one of the first of its type in the United

States. McRae Anderson, CLP, ASLA designed the space based upon the research of Dr. B. C. Wolverton,

Ph.D. former NASA scientist. One and a half times per hour the entire office air is scrubbed through the

system.

We demonstrate through this project the fact that

when customers install interior plants, they are

investing in the air-cleaning benefits of plants, in

addition to their aesthetic value. This fundamental

change in the way plants are viewed is what makes

this installation a groundbreaking event. After all

until now, indoor plants have generally been used

in commercial settings exclusively for their

appearance.

We’re not saying that

plants are going to solve

every existing indoor air

pollution problem; but

they are animportant

component in solving

many indoor air pollu-

tion problems.

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A W A R D S _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ McCaren Designs, Inc. delivers award-winning performance. Below is a list of local, regional and national honors for Design, Installation, Maintenance, Natural Habitats and Special Events.

JUDGES & GRAND AWARDS 1994 ALCA Environmental Improvement Special Award Michael Singer Sculpture Denver, CO JUDGES & GRAND AWARDS 1992 ALCA Environmental Improvement Special Award Tennessee Aquarium Chattanooga, TN GRAND AWARD 2005 PLANET Environmental Improvement Design/Build Woodbury Central Park Woodbury, MN AWARD OF DISTINCTION 2005 PLANET Environmental Improvement Design/Build Wedgewood Commerce Center Maple Grove, MN GRAND AWARD 1999 ALCA Environmental Improvement Design/Build Seagate Technology Shakopee, MN MERIT AWARD 1999 ALCA Environmental Improvement Installation IDS Center Crystal Court Minneapolis, MN MERIT AWARD 1998 MN Society of Landscape Architects Landscape Design The D.C. Smith Greenhouse and Conservatory, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI BEST PROJECT AWARD 1998 Interiorscape Magazine Andersen Windows Bay Port, MN GRAND AWARD 1997 ALCA Environmental Improvement Design/Build The D.C. Smith Greenhouse and Conservatory, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI AWARD OF DISTINCTION 1997 ALCA Environmental Improvement Special Event Norwest’s Shed A Little Light National Diversity Campaign AWARD OF DISTINCTION 1997 ALCA Environmental Improvement Containerized Centennial Lakes, Phase I Edina, MN BEST PROJECT AWARD 1996 Interiorscape Magazine McCaren Designs Atrium St. Paul, MN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 1996 EMPI Corporation Design and Workmanship Cardigan Road Project St. Paul, MN

GRAND AWARD 1994 ALCA Environmental Improvement Design/Build Sam’s Town Atrium Las Vegas, NV GRAND AWARD 1994 ALCA Environmental Improvement Design/Build Cockrell Butterfly Center Houston, TX GRAND AWARD 1994 ALCA Environmental Improvement Design/Build Dakota Country Casino Prior Lake, MN GRAND AWARD 1993 ALCA Environmental Improvement Maintenance Knott’s Camp Snoopy Bloomington, MN GRAND AWARD 1993 ALCA Environmental Improvement Design/Build The Rainforest, Metroparks Zoo Cleveland, OH AWARD OF DISTINCTION 1993 ALCA Environmental Improvement Design/Build Sister Generose Gervaise Building Rochester, MN GRAND AWARD 1992 ALCA Environmental Improvement Design/Build Knott’s Camp Snoopy Bloomington, MN GRAND AWARD 1989 ALCA Environmental Improvement Design/Build Conservatory on Nicollet Minneapolis, MN MERIT AWARD 1989 ALCA Environmental Improvement Maintenance Edinborough Leisure Park Edina, MN MERIT AWARD 1989 ALCA Environmental Improvement Design/Build The Colonnade Minneapolis, MN MERIT AWARD 1989 ALCA Environmental Improvement Design/Build Edinborough Leisure Park Edina, MN INC 500 1988 & 1989 INC. Magazine’s 500 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in America HIGHEST HONOR AWARD 1986 Interior Plantscape Association Design/Build Embassy Suites Hotel Irving, TX