Blue Skies Landscaping Program is an operation providing a full range of landscaping services in the Milwaukee area. Blue Skies Landscaping staff install and maintain landscapes, green infrastructure, gardens and fruit trees, maintain the Walnut Way campus, and execute landscaping contracts on all types of properties, including residential, municipal and commercial.
Blue Skies focuses on our greatest assets – our people. We offer job training in landscape horticulture for staff. The program provides job training and employment for individuals who have traditionally faced employment barriers and those seeking to build skills in a growing trade area.
The program also provides a sustainable source of earned income for Walnut Way and serves as a powerful vehicle for individual and community transformation. The impact extends beyond traditional job training programs as residents of the community are employed to help renovate once-vacant properties into community assets and serve as mentors to neighborhood youth who witness us working to lift up Lindsay Heights.
A Look at Our Work
Jeremy Davis
Environmental Specialist
BBA, MUP
National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) Certified Instructor
National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP) Certified
35-hour Green Infrastructure Training (Water Environment Federation approved)
Certified Pesticide Applicator, 3.0 Turf & Landscape + 5.0 Aquatic & Mosquito
SAWW (Safety and Woods Worker) Training Level 1 Certified
First Aid CPR AED Certified
I am a grower and lover of the outdoors. I love the challenge of hard work and the uniqueness of each work day. I enjoy watching the development of our team and the transformation of spaces in our neighborhood and all over Milwaukee.Joined Walnut Way in 2010
Aton Fox
Environmental Stewardship Program Assistant
Certified Public Notary
National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP) Certified
35-hour Green Infrastructure Training (Water Environment Federation approved)
Resident Preferred Program (RPP) Certified
I started working with Walnut Way as an intern for the Growing Youth Leadership program. Through the program, I learned and developed the skills I now use as the Environmental Programs Assistant. I hope to see growth in the people and places Walnut Way works with, myself included.Joined Walnut Way in 2015
Jacob Liptack
Blue Skies Maintenance and Operations Supervisor
Certified Pesticide Applicator, 3.0 Turf & Landscape
Certified Equipment Operator (Mini Excavator, Track Loader)
National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP) Certified
35-hour Green Infrastructure Training (Water Environment Federation approved)
SAWW (Safety and Woods Worker) Training Level 1 Certified
I am a Supervisor and Horticulturalist with Blue Skies Landscaping. Born and raised in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood, I love to see the beautification that landscaping brings to our community.Joined Walnut Way in 2014
Jevon Prowell
Blue Skies Landscape Technician
Certified Equipment Operator (Mini Excavator, Track Loader)
35-hour Green Infrastructure Training (Water Environment Federation approved)
Resident Preferred Program (RPP) Certified
SAWW (Safety and Woods Worker) Training Level 1 Certified
First Aid CPR AED Certified
In 2014 I joined the Blue Skies Landscaping team. I love working with my hands and meeting lots of people. As I always say, “We don’t just do landscaping, we do it all!”Joined Walnut Way in 2014
Carlos Lathan
Blue Skies Landscaping Crew Member
Resident Preferred Program (RPP) Certified
35-hour Green Infrastructure Training (Water Environment Federation approved)
Working for Walnut Way has helped me to gain knowledge, develop work skills, and prepare me for my future by learning different job trades and keeping me focused in the right direction.Joined Walnut Way in 2017
Jermaine Wilson
Blue Skies Landscaping Crew Member
National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP) Certified
35-hour Green Infrastructure Training (Water Environment Federation approved)
Resident Preferred Program (RPP) Certified
SAWW (Safety and Woods Worker) Training Level 1 Certified
My name is Jermaine; I’ve been in Lindsay Heights since I was 14. Working with Walnut Way has been a complete life-changer. During my time here, I received recognition from MMSD for being the 12th person in the state with the NGICP green infrastructure certification. This job–I mean lifestyle–is me!Joined Walnut Way in 2018
Henry Hopkins
Blue Skies Construction Crew Lead
Certified Equipment Operator (Mini Excavator)
National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP) Certified
35-hour Green Infrastructure Training (Water Environment Federation approved)
Resident Preferred Program (RPP) Certified
I am a hard worker and person who works to the best of his abilities. I love the outdoors and working with my hands. I am very friendly and easy to get along with. I am a big guy with a big heart.Joined Walnut Way in 2018
Hannah Dee
Blue Skies Landscaping Technician
First Aid CPR AED Certified
Certified Pesticide Applicator, 3.0 Turf & Landscape
Associate of Landscape Horticulture
I enjoy working for Blue Skies Landscaping because I have the opportunity to maintain greenspaces that can be enjoyed by all. I believe that Milwaukee is headed for a renaissance, and I am fortunate to play a small roll in that. Being able to transform overlooked areas into beautiful and useful places is a blessing.Joined Walnut Way in 2019
Steve Fleckenstein
Blue Skies Landscaping Crew Member
Resident Preferred Program (RPP) Certified
I’m from Milwaukee and am a great chess player and family orientated. I’m working with a great team of individuals that want to make a better Milwaukee and enjoying the awesome work that we complete.Joined Walnut Way in 2019
Jeffery Robinson
Blue Skies Landscaping Crew Member
Resident Preferred Program (RPP) Certified
35-hour Green Infrastructure Training (Water Environment Federation approved)
I am from Milwaukee and I enjoy working outside and seeing the work that me and my crew have done. I love going on hikes, going out with friends, and working.Thank you for taking the time to read this.Joined Walnut Way in 2019
Desmond Parker
Blue Skies Landscaping Crew Member
Resident Preferred Program (RPP) Certified
.I’m Desmond and I’m from the Lindsay Heights area of Milwaukee. I enjoy being active and physical with a little quick thinking. I am laid back, but I get the job done. I’m 21 years old, a high school graduate and take pride in my work ethic.
Joined Walnut Way in 2019
Tyriek Foster
Blue Skies Landscaping Crew Member
Resident Preferred Program (RPP) Certified
I’ve stayed on the south side of Milwaukee for half of my life. I enjoy the consistent work and being outdoors, as well as learning all aspects of landscaping such as planting and using landscape tools. I am a hard worker. Whenever I do work, I do it in detail. I enjoy playing and watching basketball. I love food, and I can cook all types of meals.Joined Walnut Way in 2019
Current/Upcoming Projects
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Headquarters
New landscape installation at front of facility
Lindsay Heights Green Infrastructure
in partnership with MMSD and Fund for Lake Michigan
City of Milwaukee Parking
Burleigh lot revitalization
Greater Galilee Baptist Church
Green Infrastructure Installation, phase II
MIAD Plaza – Third Ward, Milwaukee
Green Infrastructure Installation
