With a great admiration for the English countryside, the owners of a private residence in the Northern Kettle Moraine region of Wisconsin sought to replicate that setting within their own landscaping. To achieve the desired effect, an abundance of granite was used to create dry stack wall fences and pathways throughout the property.
The stone employed for the walls was chosen to mirror the architecture of the renovated fieldstone house and barn, which were built in the mid-1800s, according to Dan Stukenberg of Daniel?s Landscaping, who was the project?s landscape architect and installer. Seven separate grades of granite were used for the construction of the walls, which totaled close to 1,500 feet in length. Additionally, turn-of-the-century reclaimed granite pavers were employed for pathways and borders along the walls.