Welcome to what I love to do. As a child, I was mesmerized by nature and I would imagine outdoor spaces. In 1985, I started to transform Mom and Dad’s backyard in Frankfort, IL. When I was 14, a neighbor discovered me finishing up the project. The next day, that neighbor hired me. I pulled my red wagon up the street to his house – it was full of tools, a sketch pad and dreams.

Later, I graduated from Marmion and Benedictine. I studied Botany and Environmental Biology in graduate school. In the winter, I teach landscape design at a local college.

It is a privilege to create landscapes that awaken your senses, inspire your imagination and expand your consciousness of outdoor space.

I look forward to meeting you and enhancing the most important place in the world… your home.

Jim Bertrand