About KG Landscape

Who We Are and What We Believe In

Since 2003, KG Landscape has been a uniquely professional provider of landscape design, installation and maintenance services in the twin cities and surrounding metro.  We were founded and continue to be operated by a University of Minnesota landscape design program graduate, Kent Gliadon.  We have many valued long term employees that work hard everyday to provide great advice and excellent services for our customers.

We are passionate about cultivating beautiful yards, thoughtfully designed plantings for curb appeal, and patio spaces that help you spend more time outside.  We know how special it is to feel pride in your outdoor spaces and the way your home looks, its helping people feel that kind of pride that drives us.  We strive to create beautiful outdoor spaces that our customers will love and that we can take pride in.

We look forward to the opportunity to learn about your landscaping needs and provide you with expert advice, ideas and solutions.  We take pride in educating customers on their choices and discussing the solutions that will truly work best for them.  We strive to provide valuable insights based on our vast experience and we'll always give honest, sensible advice.

When it comes installation services, our experienced crews do things the right way, with high quality and detail oriented work.  We take great pride in providing industry leading design, build and maintenance services as well as a pleasant customer experience from start to finish.    We look forward to the opportunity to earn your business and sincerely thank you for considering KG Landscape.

Kent Gliadon

Owner / Designer

Kent Gliadon is the Principal Designer, President and Owner of KG Landscape.  Kent has over 20 years of green industry experience.  He studied landscape architecture and earned a bachelors degree in Environmental Horticulture at the University of Minnesota, emphasizing in turf science and landscape design.   

Kent works with clients everyday and is passionate about sharing his extensive landscaping knowledge.  If your are inquiring about a design/build project, Kent will likely be the person you work with from your first inquiry, through the design process and all the way to project completion. 

Kent started in the green industry at the age of 15, when he began "borrowing" his parents lawn mower to provide yard services in his neighborhood.  His Mom's love of flowers and his Dads efforts to achieve the perfect lawn, showed him that these are things that give people joy and are worth learning about.  22 years later, Kent is still passionate about landscaping and using everything he's learned to provide great advice, smart ideas and excellent services to our clients. 

Russell Gliadon

General Manager

Russell Gliadon is a Partner and General Manager at KG Landscape.  He has over 15 years of experience working in the green industry.  Russell has worked just about every position at KG Landscape, ever since working summers here during his college years. 

Russell started full time as an Account Manger back in 2010, after receiving his B.A. in communication studies from St. John’s University.  Fun fact, Russell was the kicker for the St. Johns football team and is still semi-famous back is St. Joseph to this day :) See for yourself The Kick Video (don't tell him we posted this!)    

Russell’s day to day focus is on helping facilitate high quality landscaping services for our clients, as well as commercial and residential snow and ice removal services in the winter.  His is dedication and professionalism have proven invaluable to the customer experience at KG Landscape Management.

Jessica T.

Operations Manager

Jessica is our Operations Manager and leads the day to day management of our lawn care and landscape installation crews.  Jessica has been with KG Landscape since 2017 and has worked her way up from crew member, to supervisor and ultimately to the leadership position she holds today.  Using the knowledge she's gained through her experience here in the field, achieving her masters degree, and the leadership skills she's developed as a hockey coach; Jessica helps ensure our teams consistently provide excellent service  to our customers.

You’ll might see Jessica visiting your property during a landscape installation project, lawn renovation work, drainage project or checking in on our maintenance service teams.

Tim S.

Project Manager

Tim is a project manager at KG Landscape.  Tim spent his summers in high school and college working at his family's plant nursery and landscaping installation business. There, he developed a strong interest and appreciation for ornamental plants and custom landscaping.

Tim earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota Duluth and spent 7+ years as a project manager in "corporate work," before joining our team at KG Landscape.  Tim provides a high level of organization, planning and communication between the sales and operations teams here at KG Landscape.  He’s the primary contact for our residential lawn care and fertilizer services.  In the winter, Tim helps manage our residential snow removal clients.