Landscapes of Place

We offer Landscape Restoration Planning and Design, Ecological Restoration and Land Stewardship in eastern Wisconsin.  Typical projects include long-term engagements with landowners of 5 to 500 acres, providing assistance in analyzing current ecological conditions, defining desired sustainable goals and designing step-wise and adaptive implementations with measurable outcomes.  With a long-term commitment, lands of any local ecosystem type and initial condition are candidates for our hands-on restoration planning and design services. Nancy M. Aten, Landscape Architect Dan Collins, Program Manager Bayshore Blufflands Preserve Over 1500 hours of restoration field labor logged! Journal of occasional essays Dan teaching - with snake (photo: Joey Z) Nancy, keynote address, October 2012 Dan in Reznicek's sedges field class

News!   Landscapes of Place is a co-sponsor of the Poster Session at the 5th World Conference on Ecological Restoration, Madison, WI October 6-11, 2013.  Nancy and Dan each serve on the Local Organizing Committee.  Join us at the conference! November 2012: Landscapes of Place receives Visibility Award from the Wisconsin Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects. From our Revisited Ideas series: watch Creek as Cathedral. Upcoming   Saturday June 8th, 2013 Nancy leads Natural Resources Foundation field trip Jens Jensen's Legacy in Door County.  Door County's public lands owe much to far-sighted conservationists.  Visit two landscapes: renowned landscape architect Jens Jensen's school The Clearing (Ellison Bay), and Toft Point SNA (Bailey's Harbor).  While enjoying late spring flora, learn about Jensen and Emma Toft, their stories of these natural landscapes and stewardship, and lessons for us who share their passion.  Registration begins in March. Saturday, June 29th, 2013 Ledge Tours 2013: Survey Re-enactment on the Niagara Escarpment, and Escarpment Wetland Complex Tour.  Landscapes of Place leads this excursion, a proud program of the Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership and the Niagara Escarpment Resource Network. Join us!     Recent   October 16, 2012 Landscapes of Place presented at Riveredge Nature Center's Science For Everyone on the natural history of the Milwaukee area. October 13, 2012 Nancy presented keynote address at Milwaukee Wild Ones Conference: Your Wild Garden as a Portal to the World.  August 8, 2012 Landscapes of Place presented an interactive design/sketching session, Your Yard as a Wildscape: How to Design with Native Plants at Riveredge Nature Center's Knee Deep in Prairies seminar. May 4-5, 2012 Landscapes of Place presented at SER Midwest-Great Lakes Annual Conference in Ann Arbor on participatory restoration.  Nancy elected to SER Midwest board of directors as Wisconsin representative. April 15, 2012 Nancy spoke on participatory restoration at First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee Sunday Forum. January - March 22, 2012 Landscapes: Wild, Forgotten, Restored.  Exhibit at Urban Ecology Center Gallery of monotypes (unique prints) from Nancy Aten and Dan Collins, who use art to communicate vision and challenges for landscape restoration projects on which we work. October 3, 2011 Nancy spoke at the University of Georgia College of Environment and Design, Unsolicited Design: Using Your Voice. September 18, 2011 Landscapes of Place sponsored the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Election Cycle bike ride for a conservation majority, in Madison, WI.  We had a fun ride! May 29, 2011 Nancy in René's blog. April 8, 2011 Dan interviewed by WUWM's Lake Effect on the State Stewardship Fund and its practical implementation in Wisconsin. Nancy in long-range Lakefront planning session