Manning Design Landscape Architecture

Manning Design, LLC offers professional services for park and playground design, recreation master planning, waterfront design, streetscape design, healing garden and rain garden design, residential design and master planning.  Clients include cities, townships, golf courses, developers, and residential clients.

Manning Design, LLC is committed to providing personal attention to your project. Marlies Manning, ASLA, owner and licensed landscape architect, seeks solutions unique to your project by listening to your needs, seeking input from the users of the site, and by being inspired by the qualities of the project site. 

Manning Design, LLC will guide your project from the planning stage through construction, as the lead consultant or as part of a team. 

Please call 231-796-5978 to discuss your project, or email ManningDesignLA@gmailcom.

Manning Design can address your stormwater quality concerns with ecologically sensitive designs which may include rain gardens, bio-swales, and porous pavement. Marlies Manning has received advanced training in designing bio-infiltration best management practices for stormwater quality improvement.  Pictured is a highly successful rain garden located in Big Rapids, Michigan.  The garden was designed by Marlies Manning and implemented by the Big Rapids Garden Club for the City of Big Rapids.  Other rain gardens by Manning Design include the Twin Creek Rain Garden in Evart, MI; as well as several rain gardens in Grand Rapids, MI.

A personal favorite:

Healing Gardens

 Healing/Viewing Garden, Mecosta County Medical Center, Big Rapids, MI

Marlies Manning believes in the power of nature to heal the soul and mind.  Hospitals, churches, and private residences have implemented healing gardens designed by Marlies.

Healing/Viewing Garden,                                                Healing Garden                           

Port Huron Hospital,                                                         Private Residence

Port Huron, MI                                                                    Big Rapids, MI

Please visit my Project Portfolio for more examples of my work.