Nursery & Trees

The retail nursery is located on 20 acres of land at 5430 Lower Beaver Road in Des Moines, Iowa 50310. Our plant material is purchased from quality nurseries nationwide that provide us with healthy and hardy trees, shrubs, and perennials.

About half of our trees are provided from our own tree farm located outside Des Moines. We are so confident of the quality of our plant material we sell that we can offer you a replacement guarantee of one full year from the time of planting (one replacement per plant*). Other materials available at the nursery are landscape timbers, topsoil, decorative rock, crushed brick and shredded bark mulch for sale in bags or by the cubic yard.

Bob Lenc Landscaping is currently producing more than 45 acres of specimen flowering, shade, and evergreen trees and shrub in Dallas County, Iowa. Over 20,000 trees and nearly 100 cultivars provide enough selection and quality for any site.

Beginning before planting, we prune and train the plants for the 4 or 5 years the trees remain in our fields, resulting in uniform shape and quality. We utilize drip irrigation in weed free rows, surrounded by grass strips, to encourage fibrous compact root systems. Dug and handled by our landscape crews, the plant root balls are larger than those recommended by the American Association of Nurseryman to save even more of these sensitive roots. Many of our trees are shipped directly from the tree farm to your site to minimize handling and exposure.

Local soils and climate combined with our production techniques, allow us to offer consistent quality plants, which will transplant and re-establish well in the central Iowa area.