LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR A CONTEMPORARY HOME

LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR A CONTEMPORARY HOME ON A WOODED LOT

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FRONT OF HOME

ON A TOTALLY WOODED HILLSIDE

Monday, 8:45 AM.  63 degrees F at the ferry dock, 60 on the back porch.  Wind variable and calm, the sky mostly cloudy but clearing, humidity 85%.  The barometer is falling, now at 30.06"  We may get some rain today, but the forecast calls for clear skies and temperatures in the mid 60'sfor the week ahead, with rain on the weekend.
   I recently completed a landscape plan for a large contemporary home located on a densely wooded bluff just outside of Bayfield. I thought readers of the Almanac might be interested in the plan as it features native plants in a wooded environment and has a number of obvious challenges, including very steep hillsides and a dense forest environment.  The plan includes a dry creek bed and stone retaining walls, the costs of which are not included in the plan estimate below.

PLAN INFORMATION

According to owners wishes, all plants and seed mixes are native, except no-mow grass immediately around residence (5’-8’ width) to discourage pests.  A few plants may be nursery selections of native species, and fescue and rye grasses used as cover crops and transitional plantings.

   The plan cannot be considered absolutely true to scale because of distortion caused by enlargement, and the plan, as is always the case, must be adjusted at planting time.

   The costs are estimates, and do not represent a final bid price.

PLANT LIST: NUMBERS AND COSTS (retail)

1      MEADOW  ROSE Rosa blanda #1 pot, 30  @ 60= 1,800

2      BLUEBERRY Vaccinium (native selection) #2 pot,  Appx. 25 @ 30=750

3      SHADE GRASS AND FERNS (creeping red fescue seed and native ferns)

$750 + or -

4      JUNEBERRY Amelanchier  x grandiflora #7 pot, 3 @ 30=90

5      SUMAC Rhus typhina @2pot, 20  @ 35=700

6      MEADOW GRASSES AND WILDFLOWERS (seed mixes)Approximately

      meadow seed mix and excelsior mat covering , approx.=$1,000

7      BALSAM FIR Abies balsamea 5’B&B, 1 @ 350=350

8      BASSWOOD Tilia americana  #15 pot, 1 @ 170=170

9      ROUND LEAVED DOGWOOD Cornus rugossa 10 @ 30=300

10  HEMLOCK Tsuga canadensis  #5 pot, 5@ 60=300

11  WILD HONESUCKLE Diervilla lonicera #2 pot,  5 @ 30=150

12  SNOWBERRY Symphoricarpos alba #2 pot, 5@ 30=150

13  TAMARACK  Larix laricina #15 pot, 1 @ 170=170

TOTAL COST PLANTS AND SEED, ESTIMATE=6,680

                   INSTALLATION LABOR, ESTIMATE=4,000

                         PLANTS, SEED AND LABOR TOTAL ESTIMATE=$10,680

   Estimates do not include state and county sales tax of 5+%, nor additional grading, top soil or installing dry creek bed and walkway, which must be done prior to planting.  Once site work is completed seeding and planting is best done in cool weather in September; otherwise in spring.

   I deal with Northwoods Nursery in Rhinelander, WI, which is wholesale to the trade, and with Prairie Nursery of Westfield, WI, for seed and roses, they sell retail and wholesale.  Excelsior fiber matting is available from Brock White Construction Materials, Duluth, MN.

 If you bid out the job I would be available for on-site consultation regarding dry creek bed and walkway layout and supervision.

Art Ode

August 1, 2017