Meet the Master Builders Managing Your Landscape Construction Project

“Eliminating waste is everyone’s job,” says DeSantis Landscapes project manager, Russ Lund, one of a trio of construction experts running the company’s big landscape jobs. Russ joined DeSantis in 2006, and says that high quality landscape construction – which encompasses green infrastructure (bioswales and vegetated water quality facilities), grading, hardscapes, and plant and irrigation systems […]

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DeSantis Landscapes Meets New Oregon Mandates for Pressure Regulation

DeSantis Landscapes is installing pressure-regulated sprinklers that can save up to 30% on water use. The sprinkler heads offer a range of cost- and water-saving benefits, including flow-optimizing technology that reduces misting and overwatering, and improved plant health by providing a uniformity of droplet distribution. In addition to regulating water pressure, the devices come with […]

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Mitchell Monen Joins DeSantis Landscapes

After working at some of the finest country clubs in Oregon and California, former assistant golf course superintendent Mitch Monen found his career home in landscape management. A horticulture and turf management graduate from Oregon State University, Mitch joined DeSantis Landscapes in April 2022, and says once he met the team, it was full speed […]

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Tualatin Creek Benefits from Watershed Improvement Grant

Quintet Condominiums are considered one of the best places to live in the forested West Hills area of Portland.  The HOA is also one of the best places to nest and forage for a thriving community of wildlife and pollinators who frequent the property’s nature-rich landscape and adjacent Tualatin Creek. Originally conceived and designed in […]

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DeSantis Landscapes Returns to Mount Angel Abbey

Seventy-five years after Luigi DeSantis cared for the grounds and the grotto, DeSantis Landscapes returns to Mount Angel Abbey. In 1905, Luigi DeSantis arrived in New York from Montefortino, Italy. He spoke no English. He had one suitcase, a deeply-rooted belief in his faith, and a determination to succeed in the land of opportunity. A […]

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Beyond Pesticides: Reducing Toxicity in Our Landscapes

DeSantis Landscapes supports the State of Oregon’s recently enacted curbs on the indiscriminate use of toxins on key property types, including HOAs.  These toxins fall into a class of chemicals that include glyphosates and neonicotinoids, which represent a potential risk to pollinators, non-target organisms, and human health and safety. As environmental professionals, and as a […]

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City of Milwaukie Partners with DeSantis Landscapes to Implement Sustainability Vision

DeSantis Landscapes is proud to announce that the company has entered into an agreement to provide the City of Milwaukie, Oregon with climate-positive landscape maintenance services to help the city meet its climate action goals for 2045. Included in the plan are multiple components that improve and protect waterways, plant and maintain public open spaces […]

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DeSantis Raises the Bar for Sustainability

DeSantis Landscapes, a preeminent Oregon impact partner on environmental health and landscape best practices, has implemented ambitious water stewardship standards across its portfolio to address the region’s environmental challenges. “To be green, you have to do green well,” says company president Dean DeSantis, a 2021 recipient of Lawn & Landscape magazine’s Industry Leadership Award for […]

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Soren Hughes Joins DeSantis Landscapes as Design Lead

Wisconsin native Soren Hughes says that among his favorite things since arriving in Oregon is the state’s ecologically diverse environment. A graduate in Landscape Architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Soren has found a role at DeSantis that combines his interest in protecting and regenerating the natural world with approaches that reverse soil depletion and biodiversity decline and improve groundwater […]

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