Hedberg Heritage
The History of Hedberg
Today's Hedberg companies were founded in 1987 by Steve Hedberg. Steve called his company "Hedberg Aggregates Inc."* and more recently refined the name to "Hedberg Landscape and Masonry Supplies" to better reflect the products his companies represent. The Hedberg Family, however, has
a far longer history of supplying construction products in the Twin
Cities.
Steve’s grandfather, Fred Hedberg, began his business in
the early 1900’s with a team of horses hauling sand and gravel and
a few hard workers digging basements in south Minneapolis. Fred
ended up as a pioneer in the concrete block and redi-mix concrete
industry under the name Hedberg Friedheim & Co. and later, Hedberg & Sons Co.
Hedberg Aggregates also arose from humble beginnings.
Starting in a rented converted garage located at Hopkins Crossroad
and Cedar Lake Road, Steve Hedberg founded Hedberg Aggregates, Inc.
in 1987. Steve, along with his small crew of eight, primarily sold
decorative rock and sand on a cash/carry basis for do-it-yourselfers.
Twenty years later, through hard work and attention to customer service, Hedberg Landscape & Masonry Supploies is now considered an Industry leader in the Twin Cities and throughout
Minnesota.
Hedberg Today
Hedberg Landscape & Masonry Suppies is a wholesale/retail supplier of Natural
Stone, Manufactured Stone, Brick, Stucco, Stone Etching & Fabricating,
Water Garden Supplies and Landscape Supplies. The company has fully stocked yards and beautiful showroom displays in Plymouth, Farmington, Ham Lake, Stillwater and Golden Valley.
Hedberg’s water gardening product line consists of everything you
need to construct and maintain a water garden including pond
kits, liner, pumps, skimmers, boulders, rock, commercial fountains,
underwater lights, pond maintenance supplies, aquatic plants and koi (fish) at our Plymouth, Farmington
and Stillwater yards.
*aggregate [ag´re-gât] -vt to collect into a mass; to total.
-adj.[-åt] formed of parts collected in a mass; taking all units as a
whole, -n a mass of distinct things gathered into a whole; (geol) a mass
consisting of rock or mineral fragments; any material mixed with cement to
form concrete.
Steve kept his last name as part of the business because of pride in his
family heritage in the Twin Cities construction industry. Aggregates was
added in order to explain the product line. (See definition above.)
In one way or another, every item in Hedberg Aggregates' product lines is an
aggregate under this definition, either on its own or in conjunction with
products in its individual product line!