Hilltop House Prairie Savanna

Hilltop House Prairie Savanna The Hilltop House Prairie Savanna is another great where Hilscher Design and Ecology has remodeled a common residential yard/land and created a sustainable ecological paradise still expressing and enhancing the natural characteristics of the residential area of the Twin Cities metro area; just above Lincoln Hill in Hudson, WI. The began by conducting an analysis of the unique site-specific topography and soil conditions; this enabled a diverse native palette of grasses and flowering perennials found in the region to be chosen for the garden. Through deliberate site and material applications (such as using boulders from the surrounding area and reclaimed construction lumber), it also styled and characterized borders and paths as natural elements of the site while reducing the carbon footprint of the . Managing the degree of steepness for effective conditions of this site created uniqueness and re-evaluated volumetric excessiveness of like-practice gardens we see in the landscapes of Wisconsin. Our team established terraced gardens that reduced practical soil migration with excess watering. A rain garden not only addressed drainage concerns but four-placed stormwater from the site while creating nearby habitat niches for wildlife. The end design resulted in a prairie savanna in relation to the environmental character of the area. Structural and visual thickness of annual blossoms or seeded grasses and floral plants has been created as a natural collection of layered diversity providing a calming lifestyle backdirop/cue for the homeowners, while an invitation or curiosity for butterflies and birds. Paths have been opportunity, or invitation to explore beyond the house with the adjacent environmental gardens and patters. Hilscher Design and Ecology and its habitat and ecological design philosophy delighted the clients in ways they thought impossible and desired or only imagined. The implemented continues our commitment to quality construction and responsibility as designers. The Hilltop House Prairie Savanna landscape is now both functionally and aesthetically sustainable ecological legacy that present with continued beauty and inspiration for generations to come.