Landscape Concepts West Campus Doug Wade, ASLA Landscape Architect August 10, 2004 Del Mar College...
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Landscape Concepts West Campus Doug Wade, ASLA Landscape Architect August 10, 2004 Del Mar College 2003 Bond Improvement Plan Proposed Naturalized WKMC Architects, Inc.
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Landscape ConceptsWest Campus
Doug Wade, ASLA
Landscape ArchitectAugust 10, 2004
Del Mar College
2003 Bond Improvement Plan
Proposed Naturalized
WKMC Architects, Inc.
Goals:Lower Initial CostsLess nursery grown
stockLess irrigation Less site preparationLess chemicals Less labor on installation
Goals:
Lower Long Range CostsSimplifying maintenanceReducing
Mowing & trimmingAir contaminates & toxic
particulatesConserving waterMinimizing fertilizers/insecticides
Provides:
Uncluttered, natural look
Enhanced Architectural Lines
More $ available for High-Use Zones
User Friendly
Natural Landscape
withSelective
Maintenance
Selective Mowing
Native grasses
Entrance Sign…selective mowing
Indigenous Material
Mass Plantings
Mass Effect with no controlled
edge
Massed Effect with controlled edge
Selective Mowing…..
Multi-Use…
POSSIBL
POSSIBL
EE
Proposed Natives
for Del Mar College
West Campus
Acacia berlanderi
Guajillo
Acacia famesiana
Huisache
Acacia greggii
Catclaw
Acacia rigidula
Blackbrush
Cordia boissieri
Wild Olive
Pithecellobium ebano
Ebony
Parkinsonia aculeata
Retama
Parkinsonia texana
Palo Verde
Prosopis glandulosa
Mesquite
Bambusa ventricosa
Sophora secundiflora
Mt. Laurel
Landscape ConceptsDel Mar College-West Campus
Proposed natural
WKMC Architects, Inc. Doug Wade, Landscape Architect
….”the positive aspects of landscaping naturally far outweigh the negative perceptions…native plants are genetically adapted to local biotic conditions and thus are more inherently resistant to local pest problems than exotic, cultivated species.” John Ingram
