buffer park sustainability landscape PLANTS & WILDLIFE - - PDF document

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WORKSHOP #3 | MAY 11, 2013 | MIA LEHRER + ASSOCIATES

buffer park

Workshop #3

What we heard

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key comments sustainability landscape programs general

NEIGHBORHOOD PREFERRED FEATURES: Trees Native Plants & Local Fauna Noise Reduction Measures Exercise Equipment Clean Trees That Do Not Litter Safety

A PARK FOR:

CONSENSUS ADVOCATE

38%

21.5% 20.5%

14%

6%

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

PLAY

SPORT

CULTURE

HERITAGE REFLECTION

PLAZA EVENT SPACE

5.CULTURE

3.PLAY

DISCOVERY PLAY

WATER PLAY A

PICKLE BALL

2.ECOLOGY

ENVIRONMENTAL EDU- CATION

NATIVE PLANTS DEMONSTRATION GARDEN BUTTERFLY GARDEN

4.SPORT

EXERCISE

PING PONG TABLES JOGGING PAT P H

• 1. COMMUNITY

OFF LEASH AREA

COMMUNITY LAWN GARDEN CLUB

COMMUNITY GARDEN

PICNIC AREA

OUTDOOR YOGA

PLANTS & WILDLIFE

TREES FOR SHADE

ENERGY

DECOMPOSED GRANITE

MATERIAL

NATIVE GRASSES

WATER

STORMWATER TREATMENT

ALLEE CALIFORNIA NATIVE TOPOGRAPHY

WEEKDAYS

50%

WEEKENDS

50%

WHEN WILL YOU GO TO THE PARK? WHO WILL YOU GO TO THE PARK WITH?

Friends and Family Family Friends

13% 6% 54% 27%

Alone

53% 30% 17%

HOW FAR DO YOU LIVE?

0-1

BLOCK

1-3

BLOCK

>3

BLOCK

82%

WALK BIKE OTHER DRIVE

14% 0% 4%

HOW WOULD YOU GET THERE?

59%

YES NO MAYBE

33% 8%

WILL YOU COME WITH YOU PETS?

NEIGHBORHOOD NON-PREFERRED FEATURES: Skate Boarding Benches Bathrooms Parking

DECEMBER 18,2012

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WORKSHOP #3 | MAY 11, 2013 | MIA LEHRER + ASSOCIATES

buffer park

Workshop #3

What we heard

layouts

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TABLE #1 TABLE #2

Community Garden called Learning Garden with food preparation area Suggest gathering space at end of Yorkshire (on axis) Play and Learning Garden at Dorchester Some buffer trees along Stewart Don’t want park to be inviting to more people - should be about buffering - no school tours Materials: high trees, bamboo, granite No big dog park / small dog park or none at all (suggested at Dorchester) Small exercise area - linear path with equipment points Discovery Play next to Gather Check on BBQs Bouldering and grading to create topography Bike racks #1 Priority is buffering along Maintenance Yard to mitigate noise and filter dust - Bamboo suggested as plant material Amenities are secondary 75% of this project should be about blocking negatives from Maintenance Yard Winding path with varying widths - narrow in narrow points and wider in wider points If ficus trees are used do so along street so half the litter falls on street No concrete sidewalk

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Exercise equipment incorporated into a “looping” trail system (10-15 equipment spaces around edge) Play next to Gather for people to a place to watch and relax while kid’s play Pathways between allees of trees Preference for an unconventional sidewalk 10’ sidewalk seems too large Plant low planting around play areas Concerns about the width variation throughout park Learning Garden instead of a Community Garden (precedents in Inglewood, CA) What does the sound wall look like? Screening the maintenance yard as much as possible

TABLE #1

comments

MARCH 6, 2013

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WORKSHOP #3 | MAY 11, 2013 | MIA LEHRER + ASSOCIATES

buffer park

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A park for:

• 1. buffer
• 2. sustainability
• 3. community
• 4. exercise

EXERCISE 0.5 mile jogging path 0.25 mile jogging path exercise stations WATER watershed garden water filtration TOPOGRAPHY upper garden lower garden VISUAL BIODIVERSITY bird sanctuary polinator orchard LEARN demonstration garden garden lab GATHER community pavillons flexible plaza tree canopy bird tower

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WORKSHOP #3 | MAY 11, 2013 | MIA LEHRER + ASSOCIATES

buffer park

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#1 #2

polinator

• rchard

A learning garden

#1- THE DEMONSTRATION GARDEN #2- THE GARDEN LAB

Learn about the california planting community:

• Mountain
• Meadow
• Coastal scrub

Identify traditional use of plants by specific cultures. Examples:

• Aloe
• Sage
• Lavender

OPTION B

CALIFORNIA PLANTING COMMUNITIES GARDEN

OPTION A AN ETHNOBOTANY GARDEN

A POLINATOR ORCHARD HOW IT MIGHT WORK

• A bi-annual or quarterly gardener would be in charge of programming the garden with the City and the community and work on plant material
• selection. This could be a community member, a master gardener, a farmer, an artist, a non-profit organization etc...One concept would be to have master

“farmers” grow, manage, maintain the garden for a fixed period of time. As part of this concept the master farmer would provide a limited number of gardening/ raw cooking classes to the community helping them to implement the concepts of the learning garden into their own backyards.

• The community would participate in the community events, participate in planting, picking and maintenance days.
• Extra fruit would be harvested by an organization such as “food forward” or “fallen fruit” and donated to a non-profit or food bank. The Community

(neighborhood) will have an opportunity to harvest fruit for their use prior to the organization’s assistance with the fruit harvesting.

• The garden could be fenced if necessary

GROWING BEDS

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