April 15, 2014 2 3 Minimize Water Use Reduce Maintenance - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
April 15, 2014 2 3 Minimize Water Use Reduce Maintenance - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
1 San Bernardino Valley College Gymnasium Project Landscape Overview April 15, 2014 2 3 Minimize Water Use Reduce Maintenance Reconnect with Nature (AERIAL OF GLADE- GREAT OPPORTUNITY) Outdoor Education 4 Minimize
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- Minimize Water Use
- Reduce Maintenance
- Reconnect with Nature
- Outdoor Education
(AERIAL OF GLADE- “GREAT OPPORTUNITY”)
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- Minimize Water Use
▫ Replacing Turf Areas with Native and Drought Tolerant Shrubs and Groundcover ▫ Efficient Irrigation Systems ▫ Approximately 50% Reduction
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- Reduce Maintenance
▫ Majority Spreading Plants with Open Spacing ▫ Oak Woodland ▫ Natural Mulch Ground Plain ▫ Efficient Irrigation Systems
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- Reconnect with Nature
▫ Small Seating Nodes ▫ DG Path ▫ Plant Diversity ▫ Attracting Wildlife ▫ Celebrating Natural Systems ▫ Tree Canopy
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- Outdoor Education
▫ Natural Pond ▫ Biology Learning Gardens ▫ Outdoor Teaching Spaces
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Biology Teaching Garden Practice Lawn ‘Boardwalk’ Dry Stream / Bioswale Athletics Promenade Natural Pond Decomposed Granite Trail Seating Node Oak Woodland
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Biology Teaching Garden Practice Lawn ‘Boardwalk’ Dry Stream / Bioswale Athletics Promenade Natural Pond Decomposed Granite Trail Seating Node Oak Woodland