Landscape architecture for the way you live outside.

Milwaukee-area residential and urban design rooted in 25 years of practice.

Designed outdoor patio with fire feature by Insite Landscape

Our Design Philosophy

Outdoor room designed by Insite Landscape in Wauwatosa

We design outdoor rooms.

Not patios. Not yards. Rooms with walls of green, floors of stone, and ceilings of canopy. Every space we create is designed to be inhabited, not just admired.

Native hosta plantings in an Insite Landscape sustainable garden design

We work with your site, not against it.

Every slope, every tree, every drainage pattern is a design opportunity. We read the land before we draw on it.

Stone garden path designed for four-season interest by Insite Landscape

We think in seasons.

A landscape that only works in July is a landscape that fails eight months of the year. We design for the full Wisconsin calendar.

Projects that start with the site.

Elm Grove Residence outdoor living terrace with native border

Elm Grove Residence

Outdoor living terrace with native border

Shorewood Rain Garden stormwater management as designed landscape

Shorewood Rain Garden

Stormwater management as designed landscape

Bay View Courtyard urban pocket garden with stone and gravel

Bay View Courtyard

Urban pocket garden with stone and gravel

Wauwatosa Outdoor Room with kitchen fire feature and three-season plantings

Wauwatosa Outdoor Room

Kitchen, fire feature, and three-season plantings

Milwaukee Urban Infill site planning for mixed-use development

Milwaukee Urban Infill

Site planning for mixed-use development

Whitefish Bay Estate full-property design with four-season interest

Whitefish Bay Estate

Full-property design with four-season interest

Design services for residential and urban sites.

Landscape Architecture

Residential and estate-scale landscape design from concept through construction documentation.

Urban Planning

Site planning for mixed-use, townhome, and infill development projects.

Outdoor Rooms

Kitchens, fire features, terraces, and garden rooms designed as architecture.

Sustainable Design

Native plantings, rain gardens, permeable surfaces, and stormwater management that works and looks intentional.

Irrigation Design

Efficient, zone-specific irrigation matched to soil, sun, and plant need.

From conversation to construction.

01

Listen

Site visit. Conversation. We learn your site and your life before we draw a line.

02

Design

Concept sketches. Revisions. A design that responds to your site, your goals, and your budget.

03

Document

Construction drawings, planting plans, and specifications that make the design buildable.

04

Build

We work with trusted contractors or yours. We stay involved through installation.

Client Testimonial

Mike listened to what we wanted and then showed us what we did not know we needed. Our backyard is the room we use most now.

Tell us about your site.

We will tell you what we see.

Or call Mike directly: (414) 476-1204