Best Of 2010: Landscaper/Company
If Colorado Stoneworks were a spy network, they'd have the ideal front — their handiwork is everywhere, from housing complexes to storefronts to private homes. As it is, they do keep creepily exhaustive databases on the preferences and individual needs of every client, but that's just so they can remind you what kind of edging you wanted for your flagstone patio. ... Or so they say. Influencing the landscape of the future: Colorado Stoneworks participates in myriad projects to help the region's ecological health. "The reason we do it," says co-owner Anne Campbell, "is because we want to be able to spend as much time [as possible] in the mountains, now and for our kids and grandkids. It's helpful if customers notice it, but it's really about what we believe in as a company. — Claire Swinford