Peter William Katke is the owner of The New Leaf Landscaping Company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As well as the lead designer and manager. Peter is also an artist and shows his photography work in many fairs around the midwest.

New Award from Houzz

The New Leaf Landscaping Company of Ann Arbor, Michigan Receives Best Of Houzz 2014 Award   Annual Survey and Analysis of 16 Million Monthly Users Reveals Top-Rated Building, Remodeling and Design Professionals   February 4, 2014 – The New Leaf Landscaping Company of Ann Arbor, Michigan has been awarded “Best Of Houzz” by Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling…

Snow Day

This picture always makes me laugh. It’s not necessarily conducive to having a barbecue, but this is one of the reasons I love living in Michigan. It is the middle of January, and people always ask me what we do in the winter so I thought I’d fill you in. Since we don’t do snow, it…

Cross Your Fingers

Well the weather outside is frightful and the fire is so delightful… Even though it’s snowing outside as we speak, theres no rest for the wicked. I’ve just submitted several of our projects from 2012 & 2013 for The Awards of Excellence by Unilock. Unilock is our primary paver supplier for all of our projects…

Colors

You may notice that I love color. You can see it in our logo, our paperwork, promotional materials etc. Heck, I even have multi color coffee mugs here at work. The funny thing is, when it comes to selecting plant material for a landscape, color is one of the lowest priorities for me. I always…