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Joane Slusky, ASID, Associate ASLA

Company: Juno solutions, Llc
Huntington Woods, MI 48070-1047
Phone: (248) 547-3775
Email: joane@junosolutions.us
Website: junosolutions.us

Designer Profile

As a landscape designer, I work with property owners designing gardens, patios, walkways and unique outdoor features. I strive to enhance and preserve the natural systems of a site by using native plants and local construction materials. I design landscapes in a way that minimizes the human impact on the earth using sustainable practices. My specialty is to combine the unique feeling of an interior space with an outdoor environment using durable and weather resistant materials.

I earned a master's degree in landscape architecture from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in Interior Design. I also studied horticulture at Oakland Community College and in Michigan State University's Master Gardener program.

Services Offered

Transform your outdoor space with creative solutions that will enrich the quality of your outdoor living. Individual and comprehensive designs for all types of gardens and outdoor rooms are a specialty.

Nature and architecture are connected through the study of each component and its function on the site.

Comprehensive design services in Southeast Michigan includes site design, patio and walkway layouts, planting plans,
lighting design, Holiday light design, exterior furniture, custom built garden pergolas, arbors and art.

Enhance and preserve the natural features of your site through the use of local materials, native plants, and sustainable designs. Learn how to incorporate sustainable solutions such as rain gardens
and reduce the human impact on the earth.

Awards & Publications

Michigan American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) 2011 Emerging Professional of the Year
Huntington Woods Project: 2008 Beautification Award

Outdoor Cooking: This cooking area creates a dramatic outdoor living experience. Unilock’s dimensional stone supplied the perfect base for the stainless steel grill and burner. The new wall cabinet conceals the electrical panels and water spigot and hose while the counter houses the cooking utensils, trash and kindling. The cabinet doors were made to match the existing garage door. Soft illumination allows evening enjoyment of the new patio and cooking area. Location: Huntington Woods, Michigan
2008 Beautification Award: This new patio expands the outdoor entertainment space while also encouraging circulation to the lawn area. Many existing plants were relocated and incorporated with new plantings. The paver colors were selected to coordinate with the house brick, trim paint and other existing paving materials. Location: Huntington Woods, Michigan
New plants are coordinated with existing plants for full effect fall colors. Location: Southfield, Michigan
Photo overlay showing existing home with new plants and walkway. Location: Berkley, Michigan
SEPARATION BY PATHWAYS Pathways were used to separate the tended areas from the more wild areas. They also provided dry ground for pedestrian circulation. The downspouts were connected to underground pipes and the water was directed to new french drains. Location: Southfield, Michigan
RAIN GARDEN SOLUTION An infiltration swale covered with flagstone paving and stone pebbles handled the roof and neighbor’s run-off and minimized potential erosion problems. A sub-surface perforated pipe directed the water to the rain garden. Twenty-four inches of clay was removed and replaced with sand and compost in the rain garden. Twenty-four inch deep vertical mulch columns lie beneath the rain garden fill for additional drainage. Red-twig dogwood shrubs were planted in front of the dining room bay window for privacy. Lilyturf and geraniums were planted as a ground cover along the driveway on the south side instead of lawn to blend into the neighbor’s front perennial yard. Location: Birmingham Michigan