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Terraforma LLC ∙ Terry Marvel, Principal and Landscape Designer
Landscape Proposal for Wild Ones National Headquarters and Education Center
May 1, 2008
Terraforma LLC Ecological Site Planning and Landscape Design
Terry Marvel, Principal and Landscape Designer
N801 County Road HH, Random Lake, WI 53075 ∙ 262-339-4233 voice ∙ 920-994-9103 fax ∙ tlmarvel@execpc.com
May 1, 2008
Proposal for Site Development and Landscaping for the National Headquarters
and Educational Center of Wild Ones Natural Landscapers Ltd.
Abstract
Wild Ones Natural Landscapers Ltd. has recently purchased a house on a 3.5 acre parcel of land on
2285 Butte des Morts Beach Road in the Town of Menasha, WI, that will serve as its educational center
and national headquarters. The property, located adjacent to Stroebe Marsh on the west shore of Little
Lake Buttes de Morts, is comprised largely of wet-mesic woodland. The building occupies the center of
an upland area approximately ¾ of an acre in size that is currently managed as a conventional residential
landscape with extensive mown lawn and non-native plantings. Long-range plans include the purchase of
an adjacent 12½ acres (south of the building) to allow for expanded visitor parking and the creation of a
prairie and oak savanna. Immediate concerns regarding the landscape of the 3.5 acre parcel is 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:
Provide better vehicular and pedestrian access to the building and the grounds.
Create outdoor venues for organized educational activities.
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:
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.
Provide adequate, handicapped-accessible pathways, over the moderately steep slopes of the site.
Develop strategies to handle and conserve stormwater that serve as educational resources and that
inspire visitors to adopt similar conservation strategies.
Develop natural landscaping concepts that acknowledge Wild Ones conservation concerns, as
well as the urban, industrial context of the site.