When designing your landscape in Minnesota, it’s easy to focus on the Spring, Summer and Fall seasons and forget about the long Winter. However, considering winter maintenance during the design phase can save you a lot of money and energy on snow management. Good landscape design can also allow you to use your landscaping in Minnesota in winter. In this blog, we are going to talk about how to reduce snow management expense.
- Wider driveways are better, because you need room for the truck to get in and maneuver.
- Set the landscaping back 20 to 30 feet off the end of the driveway, so you have a place to put the snow, or leave a 4 to 5 foot space along the side of the driveway to store snow.
- Keep the landscaping back from the driveway and in highly visible locations, because it’s tough for your snow management crew to see petite plantings, when everything is covered in snow,
- • Avoid lighting or gates right next to the driveway, because any light fixtures, posts, or other elements next to the driveway that could be damaged by a plow make it harder for your snow management service to get in and out quickly, which raises the expense.
