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Ted Lare Design Build & Garden Center

Des Moines-area design-build landscaping company and garden center founded in 1982 and run by the Lare family.

Last updated September 16, 2026

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Overview

Ted Lare Design Build & Garden Center is a design-build landscaping company and garden center based in Cumming, Iowa, serving the Des Moines metro area and Central Iowa. The company was founded in 1982 by Ted Lare and has completed thousands of landscaping projects. It offers landscape design and installation, maintenance packages, a garden center, and educational classes and events. In 2008 it relocated from the South Side of Des Moines to its current Cumming location, the former site of The Cumming Apple Orchard. Ted Lare remains acting president, and the business is still run by the Lare family.

History

Ted Lare Design Build & Garden Center was founded in 1982 by Ted Lare, with a dream to bring more creative and inviting outdoor spaces to the Des Moines metro area. What started as a one-man operation grew into a team handling landscaping and garden center operations. In 2008 the company relocated from the South Side of Des Moines, Iowa, to its current location in Cumming, Iowa, the former site of The Cumming Apple Orchard. Almost 40 years after founding, the business is still run by the Lare family, with Ted Lare as acting president. His wife, Jean Lare, has designed and managed projects since 1995, and his daughter, Melissa Peterson, started in 1999.

Products and positioning

Premier design-build landscaping company in Des Moines since 1982.

  • Landscaping design and build

  • Landscape maintenance packages

  • Garden center

  • Commercial landscaping

  • Classes and special events

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