Garden for the Environment Urban Backyard

Karen, Keith, Meghan, Nathan, Stacey

Introductions

• What each of us worked on

Our Site

• The GFE is used for– Neighbors walk by– Homeless people sleep– Education about gardening & composting

(map)(photograph)

Our Site

(pictures & names of plants)(pictures & names of plants)

What is an Urban Backyard?

• Shows visitors how they could apply permaculture to their urban backyards

• Pretty, functional– Food– Somewhere to sit

What to Keep or Improve

• Wheelchair accessibility– 4 feet paths

• Community space• Homeless friendly

– Discourage them from sleeping on plant beds

• Low maintenance

Timeline of the GFE

• History (SLUG?)

• Future plans & funding

The Design Process

Microclimate

(microclimate map)

(talk about microclimate…)

Zones & Sectors

(zone sector map)

(talk about zones - 4

talk about sectors)

Surveying as Input to the Design Process

• We wanted to see what people wanted out of the GFE, or what they liked about it

• We’re designing a model permaculture backyard, but we’d like to design it in a way that our visitors would still like to visit

• A traditional charette wouldn’t work because people probably wouldn’t come - they are only visitors

Surveying as Input to the Design Process

• (pass around copies of survey)

• We wrote a survey; online

• We will use this feedback to modify our design if necessary, and to decide on plant selection

The Permaculture Ethics’ Influence on the Design

• People Care– This garden should be a space for people– The garden should educate people about the earth

• Earth Care– Educating people about the earth may encourage

them to start caring for the earth more

• Fair Share– The garden is for the community

Desired Plants

• We all came up with ideas for plants we wanted

• Stacey filled in the rest

Desired Plants

(pictures & names of desired plants)(pictures & names of desired plants)

Our Designs

Path & Bed Designs

(a design)

(talk about what we like about the design…)

Path & Bed Designs

(another design)

(talk about what we like about the design…)

Path & Bed Designs

(yet another design)

(talk about what we like about the design…)

The Refined Design

(our refined design)

(talk about what we like about the design, why we refined it this way)

The Refined Design

(our refined design with plants)

(talk about why the plants are where they are)

(pass out this design on paper?)

The Final Design

(our final design with plants)

(talk about changes)

FINISH ME

• FINISH:

• - how to get involved with GFE

• - strawberry tower demo