Our History

Our History

Quercus Landscapes, Inc. was founded by Brad Tabke, CLP to provide the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro a Landscape Management provider with unparalleled customer service and a wide breadth of services to meet all your needs.

Quercus Landscapes, Inc. began in a garage on Harvest Lane in Shakopee, Minnesota in 2004 – working hard to take care of our first clients. We began to steadily grow and have been able to expand our breadth of services throughout the years

Our Name

When Quercus Landscapes, Inc. first began, prospective clients-and family member-always asked:“What is Quercus…did I say that right?!?!”

Quercus, pronounced KWAIR-kus, is the horticultural name for Oak.

Brad Tabke, CLP fell in love with Oak trees and particularly Burr Oak-Quercus macrocarpa. They have irregular growth patterns with large branches and a magnificent presence. Beautiful specimens can be found at Grant County Park in Auburn, Iowa, the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa and at Memorial Park in Shakopee, Minnesota.

Our Founder and President

Brad Tabke, CLP is the founder and president of Quercus Landscapes, Inc.

Brad lives with his wife, Katy, and daughter, Jean Louise in Shakopee, Minnesota. He is very active in his community as chair of the Shakopee Park and Recreation Advisory Board and the Shakopee Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Katy is a high school English Teacher at the High School in Shakopee.

Brad is also a very active member in the landscape community. He has served as the chair of the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association’s (MNLA) Landscape Management Committee for the past two years and also participates in the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) – the national landscape association.

The property management community is also very important where Brad is a member of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) where he received the ‘2007 Friend of the Year’ for his work with the Community Outreach and Social Committees.

Brad grew up on a grain and livestock farm in northwest Iowa where his parents still farm. He graduated from Iowa State University with a BS in Horticulture and a Design minor.