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Meet the team behind every Garden Gate project

We're a small, hands-on landscaping company rooted in Green Bay. Here's how we got here — and what we believe about the work.

Lisa Vivian, founder of Garden Gate Landscaping
Founder's Story

Lisa Vivian

Lisa grew up on a small dairy property outside of Pulaski, Wisconsin, where she spent more weekends than she can count helping her grandfather rebuild stone walls and plant windbreaks. She studied horticulture at UW–Madison, worked seven seasons for a high-end residential design-build firm in the Twin Cities, and came home to Green Bay in 2014 to start Garden Gate from her garage on Garden Gate Court.

What started as solo design work and weekend installs is now an eleven-person crew, two design trucks, a fleet of plow vehicles, and a yard waste recycling program that diverts roughly 40 tons of material from the landfill each year.

"We're a Green Bay company first," Lisa says. "Our customers are our neighbors. That changes how you do the work."

What we believe

Three things we won't bend on

Show up when we said we would

If we book your install for May 14, we are at your house on May 14. Not "sometime that week."

Build it the right way

Proper base prep, real soil amendments, the right plant for the right spot — even when nobody would notice if we cut corners.

Stand behind the work

Two-year written warranty on installed plants. Hardscape workmanship guaranteed for five years. In writing.

Timeline

How we got here

2014
Founded. Lisa launches Garden Gate from her garage with one truck and a borrowed mini-excavator.
2017
First crew hire. Three full-time team members, expanded into hardscaping, joined the Wisconsin Nursery & Landscape Association.
2019
Snow division added. Year-round employment for the crew, six plow trucks added.
2022
500th installation. Featured in Green Bay Press-Gazette's "Best of the Bay" home services category.
2025
Today. Eleven team members, two design vans, and a waiting list that fills our spring book by mid-February.

Licensed, insured, and accountable

Garden Gate Landscaping LLC is fully insured for general liability and workers' compensation. We carry pesticide applicator credentials through the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), and we're members of the Wisconsin Nursery & Landscape Association.