Hyde Farm

H Y D E F A R M : M A S T E R P L A N

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H I S T O R Y & C O N T E X TChattahoochee Watershed

James Cooper Power and his wife Rosa Dodd Power build a log home near the Chatta-hoochee River in Cobb County, GA on what had recently been Cherokee Indian territory. That original log cabin still exists within the Hyde farmhouse. This is the farm that will even-tually become Hyde Farm. A Native American village was located just upstream from the farm. Those villagers were forced to leave during the Trail of Tears.

James Hyde, a Civil War veter-an, and his family move to the Mt. Bethel community of east Cobb County to assist James Power with the cotton crop.

James Hyde’s son, Jesse, is born on Lower Roswell Road in east Cobb County. The Hyde family continues to sharecrop with the Power family.

Jesse Hyde continues farming with his family, but also works on the construction of Morgan Falls Dam on the Chattahooch-ee River, one of Georgia’s first hydroelectric dam, completed in 1904.

The James Power homeplace with 135 acres comes up for sale in 1917. The devastating Chattahoochee River flood of 1919 helps reduce the price of the farm and enables Jesse Hyde to purchase what now becomes the Hyde Farm.

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JC and Buck continue farm-ing in the old time methods learned from their father and grandfather. Plowing with mules, hunting, growing sweet potatoes, corn, beans, okra, and potatoes, the Hyde broth-ers are largely self-sufficient.

Buck Hyde dies in 1987, bring-ing not only grief but a huge inheritance tax burden to the Hyde family. In order not to lose the farm, JC Hyde sells 40 acres of the family’s be-loved bottomlands in 1993 to the Trust for Public Land for eventual inclusion in the Chat-tahoochee River National Rec-reation Area.

JC Hyde dies at home in early March 2004. His legacy, be-yond the wisdom and gentle-ness that he shared with so many of us, is the farm, still as it has been for decades, a beautiful living treasure that deserves protection and pres-ervation.

Through cooperation with the Trust for Public Land, the Chat-tahoochee River National Rec-reation Area, and with help from many friends, Hyde Farm will be preserved in its entirety, protecting the Chattahoochee watershed, sharing its beauty, green space, history, recre-ation and wildlife habitat for generations to come.

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2011 & BEYOND

1930’s-1980’s

2004

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ATLANTA

As Cobb County has developed rapidly in the wake of Atlanta

sprawl, Hyde Farm exists as a very rare gem untouched by the con-

crete jungle. Though physically unchanged, some of the life of

Hyde Farm has slipped away. It is time for the farm to play a dy-

namic role in the community that it once shaped.

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Plentiful educational and therapy centers in the county provide Hyde Farm an excellent oppor-tunity to affect individuals first hand. These personal experiences may help form bonds between the land and community that will not be easily broken.

E B B & F L O W O F A C T I V I T Y O N H Y D E F A R M

SCHOOLS THERAPY/REHAB FARMERS MARKETS

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G O A L S F O R H Y D E F A R M- Reconnect the Farm to the Modern Community - Add Structure to the Educational Program- Provide a Unique and Beneficial Experience- Create a Plan for Hyde Farm to Thrive for Generations to come

G U I L D S Y S T E M

T R A I L N E T W O R K The trail network of Hyde farm contains multiple levels of paths ranging from the ADA accessable purple path, to the more

challenging chattahoochee trail.

Mulberry Guild Berry Guild

Pavillion &Water Cistern

Almond Guild

Viewshed

Inspired by the unique landscape and strong ethics of the Hyde family, the guild system attempts to add diversity to the site in the forms of natural systems, wildlife, and culture. Cultivating this diversity could well lead to meeting the needs

and playing an active role in the modern community.

V I E W S H E D D I S C U S S I O N S

P R E S E R V E D S I T E

The purple path culminates in the preserved site loop, and contains four viewsheds intended for groups to pause and discuss methods once practiced on Hyde Farm.

Apple Orchard

Orchard & Trade with Native AmericansWork & Innovation

Lifestyle & CommunityFarming Practices & Demonstration

Existing Trees

Mixed Wildflowers

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Perennial Plantings

Hyde Home

Work Shed

Historic Agriculture

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In the replanning of Hyde Farm comes an excellent opportunity to couple technology and history in ways that simply were not possible before. As the capabili-

ties of augmented reality increase, it is possible to incorporate i-phone hotspots into each viewshed so that one may see the landscape as it once was, and compare to the existing functions. This could be an

excellent method of

P R E S E R V E D S I T E

A S N A P S H O T I N T I M E

D E T A I L S P E C I F I C A T I O N SConstruct ion & Plant ing

RAM PUMP DIAGRAMSCALE: 1/2” = 1’- 0”SECTION CUT

Spillway From Pond

Catchment Basin

2” Steel Pipe

2” Check Valve2” One Way Valve

Air Chamber1” Line To Cistern

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4’8’

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1’

1’-10”

H O2

1” Line From Ram Pump

Corrugated Tin Roof

2”x 6” Wood Joists

6”x 6” Posts

Inlet From Ram Pump

10’-6”

10’-6”

10’-6”25’

6’

2’

3’

7’ 7’-6”9’

SCALE: 3/16” = 1’- 0”SECTION / ELEVATION21

Morus alba x M. rubra


6-10” alfalfa mulch

Helianthus tuberosa

Helianthus tuberosa

Brace against wind

20% Compost + original soil

Botanical Name Common Name

FIRST YEAR MULBERRY GUILD

Qty SpacingSize

Silk Hope Mulberry

Muscadine

Alfalfa seed

tubers

1 gal

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36

450

80 lb

B&B, 3’ tall

18” oc

6’ oc

15 lb/acre

12’ oc

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By utilizing the basic and practically ancient technology of the Ram Pump, the upper ter-races of Hyde Farm can be irrigated without

the use of any power. The Ram Pump uses only gravity to pump a smaller amount of

that water up the hill to the water cistern at the highest point of the site.

RAM PUMP DIAGRAMSCALE: 1/2” = 1’- 0”SECTION CUT

Spillway From Pond

Catchment Basin

2” Steel Pipe

2” Check Valve2” One Way Valve

Air Chamber1” Line To Cistern

5’

4’8’

11

1’

1’-10”

H O2

1” Line From Ram Pump

Corrugated Tin Roof

2”x 6” Wood Joists

6”x 6” Posts

Inlet From Ram Pump

10’-6”

10’-6”

10’-6”25’

6’

2’

3’

7’ 7’-6”9’




6-10” alfalfa mulch

Helianthus tuberosa

Helianthus tuberosa

Brace against wind

20% Compost + original soil

Botanical Name Common Name

FIRST YEAR MULBERRY GUILD

Qty SpacingSize

Silk Hope Mulberry

Muscadine

Alfalfa seed

tubers

1 gal

36

36

450

80 lb

B&B, 3’ tall

18” oc

6’ oc

15 lb/acre

12’ oc

2’

2’-6”

3’

4’

4’

1’1’

1’


3/4” x 8” Cedar Planks

3/4” x 10” Cedar Plank Edging

3” Bedding coarse(#8 aggregate)

6” Draining coarse(#6 aggregate)

2’ Bench

Benches

2” Steel pipe

4’

8”

10”3’

PATHWAY & GATHERING AREA DETAILSCALE: 3/8” = 1’- 0”SECTION / PLAN

STRUCTURAL INVENTORY

PATHWAY SECTION

GATHERING AREA

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3’- 8’ Cedar planks

Stone dust surface

3/4” Cedar plank edging

Douglas PardueRusty Simpson

Melissa TuftsMorning Washburn

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