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Professional Tree, Shrub, Garden
& Lake Services

Tree Care

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Tree health care is essential for maintaining the beauty, safety, and longevity of your trees, preventing costly damage and ensuring a thriving, sustainable landscape. Over 20% of your home's value is in its trees!

Shrub Care

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Shrub care can allow for easy control over the shape and beauty of your property. Annual trimming is commonly recommended, as well as continual maintenance by use of nutritional support and effective pest management!

Garden Care

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Garden Maintenance

Professional garden care is important for ensuring optimal plant health, soil conditions, and biome management. A thriving garden adds additional peace into your home and adds respite to your life!

Lake Care

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Lake and Shoreline

Comprehensive lake care is essential for maintaining water quality, preventing invasive species, and preserving the health of the aquatic ecosystem, ensuring a clean and sustainable waterfront environment.

Your Local Kandiyohi County Arborist Service

Our local company, operating out of Willmar, Spicer, and the rest of greater Kandiyohi County, is known for the comprehensive range of services we provide. We tailor each service to properly care for, and maintain, your trees, shrubs, gardens, and lakeshore. We specialize in IPM, professional diagnosis, disease management, and ISA board-certified consultations, ensuring the health and longevity of your landscape is always #1 priority. Our teams, born and raised in Spicer, Minnesota, are equipped with ISA Certified & Master Gardener expertise to handle everything from routine tree care to complex, diagnosis & treatment. Whether you're looking to enhance the beauty of your garden, improve the health of your trees, or maintain the safety of your property, we provide expert advice and services customized to your needs.

 

In addition to the care we offer for your greenspaces, we also offer specialized services for lake and shoreline properties around Green Lake and Nest Lake in Spicer, Eagle Lake in Willmar, Lake Lillian, and many others across Kandiyohi. We focus on preventing erosion, enhancing water quality, and preserving natural habitats through effective shoreline management practices. Our expert team utilizes environmentally friendly techniques to remove invasive lake weeds and restore the balance of the aquatic ecosystem. Whether it’s clearing excessive vegetation, stabilizing the shoreline with natural materials, or providing annual consultations to keep your lakefront pristine, we tailor our services to meet the unique needs of your property, ensuring a sustainable and enjoyable waterfront experience.

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Our Approach in Willmar Minnesota

Plant Specialists

Leaf and Lake Consulting is dedicated to providing the finest tree, shrub, garden and lake care around the Willmar area. In a plant and tree care industry that consists primarily of low-paid and untrained transients, our team consists of a Master Gardener and Certified Arborist. Our experienced Plant Disease Diagnosticians are licensed, seasoned arboreal, botany and aquatic pest professionals. We work closely with The University of Minnesota as well as the U.S. and MN Depts. of Agriculture and Forestry to bring you the best, most cost-effective and ecologically safe solutions to every plant problem to Willmar and beyond!

Integrated Pest Management

As professionals - dedicated to protecting our client's landscape, finances and the environment - we practice Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to help preserve the natural habitats of Willmar and the rest of Kandiyohi County in West Central Minnesota. 
 
IPM focuses on using sustainable and eco-friendly solutions to pest problems whenever possible. We use a combination of methods to control pests including biological, cultural, mechanical and chemical controls. Our approach is tailored to the unique needs of each client, plant and situation. Whether you live in Willmar, Spicer, New London, Greater Kandiyohi, we have you covered!

Urban Forest Management

Trees are a valuable asset but - without a clear plan to maintain them - they quickly can become a liability. We can help any city formulate and document the strategies and procedures for managing their trees. We have worked directly with the City of Pennock, Clara City, the City of Spicer, and are currently drafting proposals awaiting to be accepted by the City of Willmar. Strategies include relationship to planting, preservation, maintenance, tree removal and replacement, risk management, storm response/emergency planning, public outreach and education and inventory & appraisal.

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At Leaf and Lake Consulting, we take a holistic approach to plant care and management, due to our love of the habitats of our local offices in Spicer Minnesota, and beyond. We believe in working with nature, not against it. Our team of experts will work with you to create a customized plan that meets your unique needs and maximizes the health and productivity of your plants and trees. We are committed to using sustainable and eco-friendly solutions that protect the environment and promote a healthy ecosystem.

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