Design and Sales

David Cook

Owner and Head Landscape Designer

Designer David Cook holds a BS in Art from Olivet Nazarene University, Studied Horticulture at Joliet Junior College and has worked for Art's Landscaping for nineteen years. He is a past President of Kankakee Kultivators Garden Club and an active volunteer of Hospice of Kankakee Valley & the Kankakee County Humane Foundation. He is skilled in floral and garden design and many of his designs have been featured on garden tours and in garden magazines. Art’s Landscaping is affiliated with Illinois Landscape Contractors Association & Kankakee Chamber of Commerce.

Project Experience

  • City Park Design
  • Commercial landscape designs
  • MLK Park, Kankakee
  • Depot Park, Kankakee
  • Conrad Park, Momence
  • Clock Tower Park, Momence
  • Lions Park, Momence
  • Residential Landscape Designs and Installations
  • Commercial Interior Design
  • Commercial Interior and Exterior Landscape
  • Unilock Authorized Contractor
  • Nursery, Greenhouse, and Propagation Experience
  • Certified Small Business Owner
David Cook


Owner and Head Landscape Designer



david@artslandscaping.com

Sam Ekhoff

Landscape Designer/ Digital Landscape design
Sam Ekhoff


Landscape Designer/ Digital Landscape design



designteam@artslandscaping.com

Stephen Lockwood

Landscape Designer / Digital Landscape Design

Stephen Lockwood


Landscape Designer / Digital Landscape Design



design1@artslandscaping.com

Art Mantoan

Art earned a degree in plant and soil science from Southern Illinois University. He has been a licensed landscape architect for over twenty-five years. His home garden has been featured on tours and in gardening magazines. Art is a past Chairman of the Board of the Bradley Bourbonnais Chamber of Commerce and past President of the Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School Foundation. He has served as President of his local chapter of the Order of the Sons of Italy and recently received the Leonardo Di Vinci Award for Entrepreneurship. He has been named Volunteer of the Year by Hospice of Kankakee Valley.

Art Mantoan


art@artslandscaping.com