Knob Hill Landscape and Horace Mann create natural ecosystem for schoolchildren
View from Horace Mann’s new wetland in Downtown Springfield.
Knob Hill Landscape Company has transformed a downtown Springfield fountain into an eco-friendly resource for schools.
The wetland is located at the financial services company, Horace Mann, and features more than 500 tons of mossy-sandstone boulders and a wetland the size of two standard in-ground swimming pools.
It will provide a space for school groups to learn about the ecosystem, native plants, and animals.
“Knob Hill is excited to be partnering on this project to build one of the largest natural ecosystems we’ve created,” said owner Landon Kirby.
Knob Hills is an award-winning landscape design company and certified Aquatics contractor.
“As this project matures and becomes a complete, self-sustaining ecosystem, it will be as if mother nature created it herself,” said Landon.
The 160,000-gallon ecosystem is recirculated through a wetland filtration system, which showcases native wetlands and promotes the health of the local aquatic ecosystem. It also includes a permeable paver patio to view the waterfall.
The project is set for completion in April.
The team at Knob Hill Landscape Company has more than four decades of industry experience, with outdoor living space design and construction services including patios, in-ground pools, outdoor kitchens, fireplaces, fire pits, water features, and foundation plantings.