Location: Stillwater, Washington County
Minnesota
Year: 2000 Completion
Developer: Bob Engstrom, Robert Engstrom Companies
Planner/Designer: Jack Buxell, J Buxell Architecture
Development Size: 256 acres
Number of Units: 58 single family detached units
Open Space: 0.3%
Cloverdale Farm case study document
Cloverdale Farm is a conventional development located 30 miles northeast of St. Paul Minnesota between the Lake Elmo Village Center and the City of Stillwater. It was built between 1994 and 2000. Lots are large, and virtually all of the land is parceled and owned privately. This has provided an opportunity for the developer (also the developer of the Fields at St. Croix) to test the ability to preserve a prairie landscape on privately held suburban lots.
Clustering of home sites was not permitted under the local code. To preserve the land in this development, a covenant was enacted that required homeowners to landscape half of their lots in a natural state. Most homeowners chose prairie restoration to fulfill their obligation. Working together, the developer and homeowners were able to create contiguous stands of restored native prairie throughout the development.