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
Meet Our Team
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)
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
Certified Equipment Operator (Mini Excavator, Track Loader)
National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP)
35-hour Green Infrastructure Training (Water Environment Federation approved)
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
Tony Velez
Blue Skies Construction Supervisor
Certified Equipment Operator (Mini Excavator, Track Loader)
Small Engine Repair, Milwaukee Area Technical College
35-hour Green Infrastructure Training (Water Environment Federation approved)
Resident Preferred Program (RPP) Certified
I am a strong family-oriented individual who loves working with my hands and in my neighborhood. I have a huge heart of promise with ears to listen. I love building areas that were left behind to fail, producing life and beauty to landscapes around Lindsay Heights, Bronzeville and for many other partners. God is good all the time.Joined Walnut Way in 2015
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
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 Crew Member
Resident Preferred Program (RPP) Certified
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 Crew Member
National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP) Certified
35-hour Green Infrastructure Training (Water Environment Federation approved)
Resident Preferred Program (RPP) 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 Landscape Technician
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
Derrick Williams
Blue Skies Landscape Technician
Certified Pesticide Applicator
National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP) Certified
35-hour Green Infrastructure Training (Water Environment Federation approved)
Resident Preferred Program (RPP) Certified
I am a crew member with Blue Skies Landscaping. I like working outdoors. I first started working in conservation in 2012. I love taking nature photographs. Check out my photos on Instagram: adroit_nature Joined Walnut Way in 2018Current/Upcoming Projects
The Griot
Landscape Installation
Lindsay Heights Green Infrastructure
in partnership with MMSD and Fund for Lake Michigan
Sherwin Williams Paint Store
Walker’s Point
Alice’s Garden
Rainwater Harvesting Project
Greater Galilee Church
Green Infrastructure Installation
MIAD Plaza – Third Ward, Milwaukee
Green Infrastructure Installation
