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Revision as of 18:15, 24 October 2012
see also gardens
Contents
Design Studio
Site Data
- We started by trying to gather data. First, we measured the space for our potential gardens:
- Front, strip between truck well and patio:
- length, from drainpipe to sidewalk: 16 ft, 3 in
- width: 1 ft
- length, drainpipe back to building: 32 ft, 7 in
- width: 1 ft
- Full front of building:
- length: 64 ft, 7 in
- left of door: 18 ft, 7 in
- right of door: 43 ft
- door: 3 ft
- width: 8 ft, 1 in
- length: 64 ft, 7 in
- Alley
- length (to our property line): 135 ft, 2 in
- 3 ft and 5 ft beds
- Back of building:
- length: 122 ft
- width: 9 ft to our property line
- Back of building wall:
- 4 window openings
- 2 ft, 8 in between windows (4 sections)
- Front, strip between truck well and patio:
Site Realms
Plant Lists
- Historical plants, native and non-native
- Plants for the front garden
- Plants for the alley gardens
- Plants for the back gardens
- Plants for parking lot
- Plants for permeable pavers
- Master Index of Plants for the Green Garage
Other Design Elements
- wrought-iron fence
- bench or table
- flagpole
- notice kiosk
- trellises
- rain barrels
- fairy door
- permeable pavements
Maintenance
- Maintenance involves:
- watering regularly
- weeding
- picking up garbage
- splitting plants and planting sprouts elsewhere
- keep record of plant health
- deadheading and otherwise cutting some plants down when blooms are done
- cleaning out and refilling bird bath
- managing rain barrels, if necessary
- Gardens involved:
- front and parking lot
- alley
- back
- rooftop garden
- greenhouse
- Other intern tasks:
- Help design rooftop garden area
- Work on Phase II of alley design and help plant (groundcovers, replacement plants, location of vines)
- Help design garden education program for the public
Time involved: approx. 20 - 25 hours per week
Resources
- Steppables
- Hortech, a Michigan ground cover supplier
- Sustainable Sites
- Michigan Native Plant Producers Source Guide
- Green Alley Project page
- Michigan Plants Database Search
- MSU Extension Center
- Mary Ann's Michigan Trees and Shrubs
- Fairy Doors
- C. Alexander - A Pattern Language (garden related sections)
- C. Watts - Eco-yarding
- Michigan Native Plants - book
- Parking Lot Design
- Artful Beekeeping Metro Times, Sept 2008. Developing apiaries and beekeeping on vacant lots in Detroit.
- Green Roof Living NYT
- North Branch Nursery More about North Branch Nursery including directions (american elm)
- Wildtype Plants Mason, MI
- Native Plant Nursery Ann Arbor, MI
- jewelweed
- About clover as a ground cover
- Possible clover seed supplier
- Michigan invasive species list
- Midwest Invasive Plant Network
- Fencing
- Reclaimed wrought iron fence NJ Supplier of reclaimed wrought iron fence.
