Our Story

Meet Brian Miesch, owner of Scout Mountain Landscaping

I have been building outdoor spaces for myself, my family, and friends for 30 years. When I moved to Pocatello in 2011 I bought a house that had a yard full of dirt, weeds, and thorny plants that were not at all friendly for my 2 year old son. Since then it has been a work in progress and a fun test yard and garden to try out new ideas and materials. I completed the Idaho Master Gardener course and in addition to my own property, started doing projects for friends and neighbors until I decided to make it official and created Scout Mountain Landscaping. I continue to research xeriscape and hardscape materials, native plants, and regenerative and responsible soil practices. I also enjoy traveling and getting new ideas from other places. 

We are a family business. My wife, Jen, studied botany in college and has a love of selecting native and pollinator attracting plants that will create color and interest throughout the seasons. We have enjoyed gardening and growing our own healthy vegetables and herbs and raising our son in a space where he can step outside and snack on tomatoes, peas, kale, and raspberries. Our son has grown from pushing a toy skid steer in the garden to operating a real one when we remove lawns. 

At Scout Mountain Landscaping there are a lot of reasons why we do what we do. We love to create beautiful custom lifestyle spaces to help you better enjoy the outdoors. We love building garden beds to help you grow your own delicious and healthy food. And as much as possible we encourage regenerative soil practices and reducing water consumption and chemical use. Protecting our soil and growing plants is a powerful way to protect our planet and absorb carbon emissions. 

Let us help you create a space that you love - whether you know exactly what you want or don’t have any ideas at all. We have transformed spaces from an asphalt driveway to a thriving garden and patio, a hillside of dirt and weeds to a stone retaining wall and garden beds, and dying grass to a flagstone pathway with native wildflowers, among many others. As of 2025 we’ve removed 250,000 pounds of lawn and reduced water consumption in our community. We are happy to work with spaces large and small. 

Contact Brian today for a free consultation and find out how we can transform your space too.