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New Garden for Historic Home
This early 20th century home on the historic East Side of Milwaukee needed a garden update. LANDCO2 blended drifts of perennials, grasses and shrubs with some of the homeowner’s existing plants and hardscape areas to create a unique blend of old and new. Curved...
Sustainable Landscape Planning for Resurrection Lutheran Church
Resurrection Lutheran Church (www.rlcnb.net) contracted with LANDCO2 to conduct a Sustainable Landscape Audit and Plan (SLA) for their property in New Berlin, WI. The goal was to create a master plan for a sustainable landscape design that can be implemented in phases...
Science is Fun, When You Do the Math
At LANDCO2, our tagline is a math equation: ECOLOGY + ART = BEAUTY + FUNCTION. Planting native trees and shrubs will reduce your carbon footprint, as a way to make for a better planet. Each tree planted can absorb approximately 25 kilograms of CO2 per year and the...
Design Charrette with Milwaukee Christian Center
James Steiner with LANDCO2 was invited to be part of a second design charrette in collaboration with UW-Extension, which offers community design events for organizations throughout the State of Wisconsin.
Design Charrette with Escuela Verde
James Steiner with LANDCO2 was one of the landscape architects to participate in a community design charrette with Milwaukee’s Escuela Verde (Green School) in the Silver City Neighborhood on the south side.
Cultural Landscapes, A Definition
The National Park Service defines a cultural landscape as “a geographic area, including both cultural and natural resources and the wildlife or domestic animals therein, associated with a historic event, activity, or person, or exhibiting other cultural or aesthetic...
From Design to Installation: A Sample Client
This busy professional family in Whitefish Bay, WI inherited a jumble of outdoor DIY projects from the previous owners when they bought their 1940s house on a charming, tree-lined street. After ripping out the overgrown plants and non-functional hardscape in front,...
Conceptual Park Design
Check out these conceptual park designs that we created with Stormwater Solutions Engineering for the City of Oconomowoc! The City was looking for firms to provide ideas for a new park, Rockwell Park, located at the dam between Fowler Lake and Lac La Belle. Our...
Bogs and Fens
Helianthus was up in the North Country this winter and we were awed by the diversity of wetlands and their beauty even in the winter months. Bogs are wetlands that occur in depressions in the landscape and have acidic, peaty soils. The bog plant community is...
A Walk in The Park For Mental Health
When warmer weather finally arrives in Southern Wisconsin, most of us have a strong urge to get outside. No matter where you work, one of the best ways to relieve stress is to take a break and go for a walk. The beauty of nature, which is always with us, can inspire...