About Us
Company History:
Green Acres began in 1991 as an all inclusive landscape service company providing installation and maintenance for private customers, residential and commercial complexes, and public works. Over the years the Anchorage based Green Acres has evolved into an exclusive custom design/build landscape company. The focus of Green Acres is to shape some of the most valuable properties in Anchorage into attractive, enjoyable and usable outdoor spaces, and then provide the ongoing care and maintenance services for those properties to keep them looking great. Our retail sales center is a result of our need to import the highest quality landscape and plant materials for our customers. Our mission is to provide uncompromising craftsmanship and service for all of your landscaping needs.
Green Acres Staff
Green Acres is staffed with seasoned professionals that have made landscaping their career. We have a very low turnover rate, with the majority of our employees having over 6 years of experience with Green Acres. This ensures that the landscapers working your project are knowledgeable, efficient, and will complete the project to the high standards that Green Acres has become known for.
Konstantin (Gus) Gaskov
Owner and Landscape Designer
Gus emigrated from Russia to the United States in 1990. In Russia he and his brother had started and operated the first private landscaping company in the Soviet Union, doing public works between 1986 and 1990. A year after his arrival in this country he established Green Acres. Gus is a member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers and has developed a respected reputation for his years of design work in the Anchorage community. In his free time Gus continues to pursue his passion for cross country skiing, a sport he competed in at a high level for the Russian ski team.
Jon Cobb
Operations Manager
Jon came to Alaska in the summer of 2000 after receiving a degree in Biology. He was first drawn to landscaping for the free time the seasonal work afforded him, but soon came to appreciate the creativity and challenge that it offers. He has served as field supervisor and operations manager at Green Acres Landscaping Construction and Aquascapes since 2001. Jon is a certified Master Gardener and has been invited as a guest lecturer for Alaska garden conferences for water features. When he isn’t working in the dirt Jon can be found climbing ice and skiing in Alaska or surfing a wave in warm waters somewhere in the world.
Paige Manning-McEwen
Office Manager and Horticulture Consultant
Paige traveled to Alaska in 2001 after receiving a degree in Horticulture Systems and completing an internship at The National Botanical Gardens in Dublin, Ireland. She is a certified Master Gardener and has been a valued resource since coming to Green Acres in 2004 for her depth of plant and gardening knowledge. Paige is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys hiking, photography and kayaking in her spare time.