Politics & Government

Bayside Blooms: New Landscaping Designs Bring Hundreds of Flowers to the Village

Dozens of different species of plants are going to adorn each entryway into the village.

If you see women out spray-painting around the "Welcome to Bayside" signs, don't call the police. They are marking, weeding and getting organized to plant over 500 plants at each entryway into the village.

"Part of this is having a nice, classy, elegant entrance into the village that's sustainable," Village Manager Andy Pederson said. "We've had the signs, we've just never had anything around the signs. This is just going to be amazing."

Each entryway to the village will be outfitted with a unique, artistic design thought out by members of the Greenscape Committee. Particularly the Brown Deer Road entrance, which is just finishing up construction, is being designed by Mike Bohlen, Bayside resident and owner of The Secret Garden, a landscape design and construction company in Bayside.

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"We have all of the planting beds researched, verified, salt tolerant, sun tolerant, plant tolerant, sustainable and ready to go," said Geri Olson, chairperson on the Greenscape Committee.

Bayside has five entryways into the village, including Brown Deer Road, Port Washington Road (South of Brown Deer Road), County Line Road and Port Washington Road intersection, Lake Drive and Brown Deer Road intersection and at Lion's Gates.

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"I think if they work, they are going to be beautiful," Olson said. "What we wanted to reach was sustainability, flow and visual pleasantries and make it inviting."

Pederson says the project of actually planting the 30 to 50 different species of plants will take about two weeks of early morning planting. The cost of this project is yet to be determined, as quotes are being solicited from many different nurseries. The funds for this work will come from money budgeted for forestry and landscaping. Work will begin the June 1.


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