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Plant of the Week: Acer spicatum

Justine — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 19:52:58 +0000

Plant of the Week! Acer spicatum, Mountain Maple, is a shrub-form maple found in the understory of wet forests, more common in northern Wisconsin. It can also be found on thin soils over limestone or dolomite. It’s a beautiful shrub that forms upright pointed clusters of flowers in June/July. Mountain Maple is very useful for the prevention of erosion in steep areas. When their branches become buried in organic matter, they form roots. In this way a colony can be easily created. Mountain Maple is shade tolerant, but needs some protection from wind and evenly moist soil. To learn more, visit: https://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/Acespi01.HTM and https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=acsp2

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Plant of the Week: Penstemon grandiflorus

Justine — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:52:11 +0000

Plant of the Week! A stunning plant in a dry prairie, Penstemon grandiflorus, Large-Flowered Penstemon, has beautiful waxy, blue-green leaves, a grand stature, and large, deep lavender blooms. On a cloudy day, it is almost electric when viewed against shorter prairie grasses. This plant provides food for a number of pollinators, including bumblebees who crawl into the tubular flowers. One species of carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica (Large Carpenter Bee), bypasses pollination and robs nectar by puncturing the flower from the outside. Naturally occuring in dry sandy prairies, dolomite prairies, and gravelly hill prairies, Large-Flowered Penstemon proves that even new developments, stripped of topsoil, can grow more than turfgrass. Try a dry prairie (we dare you)!

Thanks to Illinois Wildflowers (https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/lf_penstemonx.htm) for the information.

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Shorewood Residential Bluff Stabilization Featured in Filtrexx® Newsletter

Marek — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 22:00:42 +0000

Filtrexx Sustainable Technologies is featuring a Shorewood Residential Bluff Stabilization project that Marek recently completed in its April on-line newsletter. Marek utilized a 90-foot long by 15-foot high GreenLoxx® LivingWall system to help stabilize the slope. The project received a 2015 Wisconsin Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects Award of Merit in the Residential Category.

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Presentations at 2013 Joint State of Lake Michigan & Great Lakes Beach Association Conference

Marek — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:05:33 +0000

October 16, 2013 – Marek Landscaping, LLC will be giving a presentation on the Atwater Beach stabilization project and a poster presentation on the McKinley Marina Conceptual Plan at the conference being held October 15 – 17, 2013 at the Blue Harbor Conference Center, Sheboygan, WI. Use this link for more information on the conference.

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Public Tour of Atwater Beach

Marek — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:01:25 +0000

August 24, 2013 – The Village of Shorewood, Marek Landscaping, LLC, and Friends of Atwater Beach will be hosting a public tour of the park to discuss the Lake Michigan bluff & dune stabilization and coastal plant community and habitat restoration. The tour will take place on August 24th, 2013 at 9:30am at Atwater Park (4000 N. Lake Drive, Shorewood, WI 53211). Please come join us and learn about the innovative stabilization techniques! We will also be presenting the work at the upcoming State of Lake Michigan and Great Lakes Beach Association Joint Conference in Sheboygan, WI October 16, 2013. Read Here.

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Three Bridges Park Grand Opening Festival in the Menomonee River Valley

Marek — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 14:57:55 +0000

July 20, 2013 – Milwaukee celebrated the opening of the 24-acre Three Bridges Park in the Menomonee River Valley. This site was formerly a wild rice marsh, turned rail yard, turned vacant brownfield. The park now boasts a mile of trails, three bike/pedestrian bridges, community gardens, native plant communities, river restoration, and wildlife habitat. Marek was part of a multi-discipline design team and worked on the remediation plan, landscape architecture, land restoration, stormwater management, rainwater harvesting, and riparian & bluff stabilization portions of the design. See our Projects section for more detail.

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Marek Landscaping Featured in Erosion Control Magazine

Marek — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:56:31 +0000

June 24, 2013 – Mike Marek was interviewed regarding our erosion control and bluff stabilization methods. Use this link to read the article.

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