Wetland Restoration Walking Tour Mequon Members Only
Mequon, WI
Members Only Registration Required Home/Private Garden Tour Nature Walk/Hike Lots of Physical Activity
When I bought the 20 acres back in 1979, there were no trees, native plants, wetlands or ponds. It was a plowed up agricultural farm field. No wildlife found habitat to call it home. The land was tilled for drainage. Over the course of those years trees were planted, drain tiles removed, wetlands restored and ponds were installed, and native plants were seeded.
Now there is a very large variety of plants (even hemiparasitic plants), insects, birds, and animals that find food and habitat to reproduce. All native plants are a host for different species to thrive. I have a large number of cavity nesting bird boxes up for bluebirds, chickadees, tree swallows, kestrels, and wood ducks. Canada geese, sandhill cranes, green herons, snapping and painted turtles, mink, muskrats, snakes, hawks, and many other species find food, shelter, and reproduce on this property. It is truly a restoration success. I look forward to showing it to you!