In addition to stabilizing the bluff and creating the Living Wall, the team also built a trail down to the Lake Michigan beach and designed and installed a cantilevered deck at the top of the bluff.

The project received a 2015 Award of Merit in the Residential Category from the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Association of Landscape Architects (WI ASLA).

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Special consideration was taken to bluff dynamics and site ecology throughout the project to minimized site impact as much as possible during construction. Other improvements to the property, including invasive species management and supplemental native woody and herbaceous plantings. Our Stewardship team has been keeping the new native plantings happy and healthy through regular maintenance for the past several years.

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The project was the first one highlighted in the “Wisconsin Great Lakes Restoration Projects Producing Results for People, Communities” publication produced by the Healing Our Waters-Greats Lakes Coalition and provided at the 2013 Great Lakes Restoration Conference.

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The softscape features include three native plant communities; woodland, meadow, and prairie. The plantings were also placed within stepping stone walkways, natural stone planters, and woodland paths.

Hardscape features include dry stacked walls using collected fieldstone, limestone planters, and a fire pit. The fieldstone was collected from a Waukesha County farm and retains moss and lichens, adding to its “always there” appearance. A fieldstone “fence” provides reference to the lands’ agrarian roots, while suggesting an architectural extension of the house. Dry-laid New York Bluestone was used for walking paths and patios. Weather-edged Lannon stone was used to mimic bedrock outcroppings where the landscape meets the bluff. Recycled granite pavers, from a roadway project in Milwaukee, were used for the driveway to lend an “Old World” look to the fore-court of the house.

Other designs completed for the residence include an extensive lighting plan that subtly accents the major features of the house and garden and the planning & implementation of an extensive bluff stabilization.

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The plan aims to meet the goals set forth by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District’s 2035 Vision document by utilizing distributed, localized stormwater practices to capture the first 0.5 inch rainfall, reduce flooding pressures, and prepare the City of Milwaukee for larger and more frequent storms expected from climate change.

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