Tag: Wisconsin

Dan Carter’s passion for native plants and natural communities like prairies started in high school. But it has continued to grow and spread, just like the hundreds and hundreds of native plants in his yard. Continue reading "Member Garden: Dan Carter"

In 2006, Sarah Mann had just moved back to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area and was taking daily walks with her newborn daughter to reacquaint herself with the community and to get some needed exercise. The turnaround spot of one of her regular walks was at Big Bay Park in Whitefish Bay. Continue reading "Member Garden: Sarah Mann"

Slow and steady. Just like the tortoise that won the race with the hare in the children’s story, Katharin Mason-Wolf knows that slow and steady is often the best way to add native landscaping to your yard or gardens. Continue reading "Member Garden: Katharin Mason-Wolf"

Amazing isn’t an overstatement. The backyard features a sunken deck with a chair where Damerow likes to drink coffee in the morning and watch nature around her. Then there are stone and mulch pathways that slowly lead down the hillside, with that Aldo Leopold bench and native plants interspersed. On the bottom is a fence, […] Continue reading "Member Garden: Loris Damerow"

When Carol and Bob Niendorf purchased their home in 1987, there was minimal landscaping. Basically just two pines and three birch trees surrounded their home that was carved out of a 160-acre farm dating back to 1850. Continue reading "Member Garden: Carol and Bob Niendorf"

Since 1972, it has been a work in progress. But in that time Ken and Judy Sikora, of Howard, Wisconsin, have transformed their yard once filled mainly with grass into a private nature preserve. Continue reading "Member Garden: Ken and Judy Sikora"

When Dennis Nagan became ill with severe systemic rheumatoid rthritis, he could no longer get to boats or take long drives to north” anymore. So he brought “up north” to his backyard in Appleton, Wisconsin. Continue reading "Member Garden: Dennis Nagan"