Based on our communications, I based my design on the immediate concerns regarding the landscape of the 3.5-acre parcel to be to control invasive species, reintroduce native trees and wildflowers in the existing woodland, improve the areas immediately around the building, and construct a boardwalk to the marsh. Wild Ones will realize their vision for the landscape of the new national headquarters when they achieve the following goals:
1. Provide better vehicular and pedestrian access to the building and the grounds.
2. Create outdoor venues for organized educational activities.
3. Develop gardens and make site improvements, which demonstrate the Wild Ones mission to promote environmentally sound landscaping practices that preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities.

This proposal for the upland portion of the 3.5-acre lot addresses the functional, educational, and aesthetic aspects of these goals. The key challenges of the plan were to:

1. Provide safe, off-street parking (staff and visitor, including one ADA-conforming stall) and drop-off access without overly compromising areas for other functions and desired features.
2. Provide adequate, handicapped-accessible pathways over the moderately steep slopes of the site.
3. Develop strategies to handle and conserve stormwater that serve as educational resources and that inspire visitors to adopt similar conservation strategies.
4. Develop natural landscaping concepts that acknowledge Wild Ones conservation concerns, as well as the urban, industrial context of the site.
5. Develop garden themes that support Wild Ones mission to preserve and restore native plant communities, and promote environmental education.

Terry Marvel
Terraforma, LLC
Random Lake, Wisconsin
262.339.4233

 

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