For 40 years, Evergreen Creative has brought ideas to life through projects that span industries, formats, and audiences. From the first brief to the latest launch, we’ve helped teams tell stories, solve problems, and build work we’re proud to put our name on. This anniversary is a celebration of the projects (and the business behind them) that have defined four decades of unmatched creativity.
1985 | HELLO WORLD
Evergreen Creative began in 1985 when founder Phil Hinz set out as a self-starter in the custom fabrication world, focused on turning designs into real, high-quality builds. Those early years established Evergreen’s hands-on identity: a shop built around craftsmanship, pride in the final product, and the satisfaction of creating things that hadn’t existed before.
Not long into the company’s life, Cheryl Anderson joined Evergreen Creative as co-owner, bringing a leadership presence that helped guide the business through its early growth. The partnership formed a natural balance: Phil would remain connected to fabrication and problem-solving on the build side, while Cheryl would tackle the big-picture needs like sales, finances, and management.
PILLSBURY ADVERTISEMENT SET
1987
Evergreen creative designed, fabricated, and installed a vibrant UFO-themed setpiece for a Pillsbury Dough Boy marketing shoot.
RAINFOREST CAFE NATIONWIDE ROLLOUT
1994 - 1999
Evergreen Creative designed and fabricated experiential theming for the nationwide rollout of the Rainforest Cafe.
1995 | RIDING THE THEMATIC WAVE
The beginning of Evergreen Creative's second decade of operations was marked by a noticeable transition from film and video sets and commercial / marketing builds to the exciting world of big, bold, and impactful experiential theming. We saw the opportunity to make ourselves known as experiential experts - and took it.
1990's/EARLY 2000's MN PROJECT NEEDED
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2000's MN PROJECT NEEDED
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2005 | SURVIVING HISTORY
The 2000’s were bookended with historic events that had major effects on economic stability in the US. Beginning with September 11th and an unprecedented time of social uncertainty, and ending with the housing market collapse, this period was one of survival, perseverance, and adaptation.
Through our commitment to high-quality output and a pride in creative touch, our ever-widening skill set and expert knowledge of the fabrication field helped us discover even more avenues of growth, including a continued support for corporate event theater and a foray into museum exhibits that would eventually become a staple of our future work.
SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MN MATH CORE
2012
Evergreen Creative partnered with the Science Museum of Minnesota to fabricate and install key components of the Math Moves! exhibit.
LUNDS & BYERLYS ARCHITECTURAL BRANDING
2010 - 2015
Evergreen Creative designed and fabricated faux metal awning structures, signage, and a variety of branded elements for multiple Lunds & Byerlys locations across the Twin Cites, MN.
RCC WESTERN BRANDED RETAIL INTERIORS
2010 - 2015
TARGET HOLIDAZZLE GINGERBREAD HOUSE
2009
2015 | NICHE AFTER NICHE
By the 2010's, Evergreen Creative had begun to make a name for itself as the scenic fabrication studio who can creatively design and engineer our way out of any out-of-the-box project scope that left other crews head-scratching. By widening our toolbelt with a wide variety of different skills in woods, metals, plastics, fabric, painting and finishing, sculpting, and more - we were able to offer turnkey fabrication solutions for just about any industry in need of custom builds.
UNIVERSITY OF MN BELL MUSEUM PLANETS
2015
Evergreen Creative was commissioned by a museum design firm to fabricate a series of large-scale planetary sculptures for the Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota.
POLARIS RZR EXPERIENTIAL TRADE SHOW BUILDS
2022 - 2026
Working under the direction of CenterPoint Marketing, Evergreen Creative fabricated three key interactive experiences highlighting the RZR’s advanced comfort and performance systems.
2025 | BUILT TO BE SEEN
By its fourth decade, Evergreen Creative has already navigated multiple industry shifts, weathered decades of economic ups and downs, and emerged from a global pandemic with its creative fire still burning. As the dust has recently settled, a new rhythm has taken shape—steady, purposeful work across exhibits, branded and themed environments, and custom architectural features.
From building film sets to recreating entire solar systems, the projects have evolved. What hasn’t changed is our focus: crafting things meant to be seen, experienced, and genuinely enjoyed.
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