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Low Maintenance Landscape Design Ideas for reducing landscaping maintenance time and costs


Low Maintenance Landscape Design

Ideas for reducing landscaping maintenance time and costs





Low maintenance landscapes must be planned ahead of time. Many homeowners make the mistake of piecing their yard together here and there. This typically creates a landscape that requires more time and money to maintain than was anticipated. The best way to avoid this problem is to hire a professional landscape designer or architect to plan out your garden with reduced maintenance in mind.
Simplicity of DesignLandscaping experts agree that a simple design is the key to a low maintenance landscape. Christopher Starbuck, an Associate Professor for the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri Extension, says, "Simplicity is characteristic both of good design and low-maintenance landscapes. Eliminate frills such as statues and water features, or design them for easy care and maintenance." Let the landscaping professional that you choose to work with know up front that you would like a simple, low-maintenance landscape.
Low Maintenance PlantingAccording to Robert F. Brzuszek, an Assistant Extension Professor for The Department of Landscape Architecture at Mississippi State University, a low maintenance landscape must have the right size plant in the right place. If your designer keeps this in mind it will help you avoid constant pruning. Brzuszek also recommends planting in masses because plants are easier to care for and mow around when grouped. For the most success, mass plants with similar light, water and care needs.
MulchingSkip Richter, the director of the Travis County AgriLife Extension (Texas A&M), recommends mulching as a way to reduce landscape maintenance needs.
Benefits of mulching:
  • Acts as a weed barrier
  • Holds in moisture, which reduces watering
  • Releases nutrients into the soil
  • Improves the appearance of garden beds

Plantas junto ao mar bonitas todo o ano





Quem tem um jardim, uma varanda ou um terraço perto do mar sabe bem a dificuldade que é conseguir ter plantas bonitas e saudáveis ao longo do ano. Como lutar contra a natureza é sempre inglório o melhor é escolher plantas que se adaptem facilmente às condições existentes, nomeadamente vento muitas vezes carregado de salsugem (ar do mar), uma exposição solar intensa, temperaturas elevadas e secura, que com o aumento do vento aumenta a evapotranspiração provocando a secura das plantas.
Cuidados ao plantar
«No caso de o solo ser salino, podemos ter que fazer algumas correções adicionando enxofre para atenuar os efeitos do sal e poder utilizar uma maior gama de plantas. Antes de plantar, deve colocar matéria orgânica que irá ajudar na dissolução do sal e promove um melhor desenvolvimento das plantas. Nestas zonas, deve ter sempre o cuidado não só de regar como de manter o solo húmido nos dias a seguir à plantação», recomenda Teresa Chambel, arquiteta paisagista.
Barreiras de proteção contra os ventos
Sempre que possível é conveniente criar sebes altas corta-vento (no sentido dos ventos dominantes) com plantas resistentes que irão servir de barreira de proteção para as plantas mais sensíveis. «Esta sebe acabará por sofrer o primeiro embate dos ventos carregados de sal e pode até do lado do vento não estar muito bonita, mas cumpre a sua função de proteção. As plantas que mais utilizo nestas situações são as melaleucas, metrosideros, pitósporo, mióporo, lantana e alecrim», sugere Teresa Chambel.
Plantas mais adequadas ao ar do mar
Grande parte das plantas que podemos e devemos utilizar em zonas perto do mar são plantas da nossa flora mediterrânica, pois estão adaptadas às condições a que vão ser sujeitas, secura, ventos intensos e temperaturas elevadas. As plantas dunares são uma ótima escolha até para floreiras e varandas. Os catos e as suculentas como as agaves, aloés ou dracaenas são sempre uma opção segura pois estão preparadas para as situações mais extremas.
«Também utilizo muitas vezes gramíneas pois são resistentes à secura, não necessitam de muitas regas e em mancha fazem um efeito bonito. Gosto de as conjugar com alfazemas, alecrins e armérias. Da minha experiência selecionei algumas das plantas que tenho utilizado com mais sucesso nestas condições, parte delas são da flora mediterrânica», acrescenta a arquiteta paisagista.

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Our maintenance teams will look after the wellbeing of your plants and trees, keeping your garden clean and pleasant.
Our services comprise the fertilization of the lawn and flower beds, the use of phytosanitary products when needed, pruning shrubs, edges and trees, keeping always in mind the customer’s preferences.
The irrigation system control it is very important to us, and any malfunction it is immediately reported internally so it can be evaluated and the customer contacted. Any irrigation system repair will be carry out by our landscaping department.
Our maintenance customers can have special conditions when purchasing plants at our garden centre.
ECOSSISTEMAS Garden is proud on the trust relation established with its customers.

Our garden Centre can work as truly source of inspiration to our customers who want to build or renew their garden.
We develop the project taking into consideration the needs and preferences of our customers. The final project will match your preferences and needs with our ideas, experience and know-how.
An easy garden or an ambitious project, we have the skills and capabilities to modulate the land, build stone walls, water features, stepping stones paths and sitting areas, pergolas and trellis, natural or artificial lawns, orchards and vegetable beds, and much more.



Located at the Nacional Road 125 at Odiáxere – Lagos, we have around 8 ha where you can find a wide variety of plants, shrubs and trees, including fruit trees, cactus, succulents and water plants.
On a pleasant environment, you can relax and walk around while you appreciate our plant collection. Our staff will be available to inform you about the characteristics of each specimen and advice you on the best choice regarding where to plant.
In addition to the plants and trees, you will find terracotta,ciment, glazed or plastic pots and planters, as well as furniture for your balcony or garden, and other elements and accessories which will contribute to increase joy at your gardem.

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Lafitte Greenway + Revitalization Corridor | Linking New Orleans Neighborhoods



  • Lafitte Greenway + Revitalization Corridor | Linking New Orleans Neighborhoods
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    The Lafitte Greenway, a 54-acre barren stretch of land once used as an industrial rail corridor, is poised to become a catalyst for change in the Crescent City.

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    The brownfield site known as the Lafitte Greenway crosses seven historic New Orleans neighborhoods. While the Greenway currently acts as a divider of these neighborhoods, the design and revitalization strategy aims to unite these communities on a common ground.

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    Between 1800 and 1900, the railroad and Carondelet Canal served as extensions of Bayou St. John that facilitated trade to the City. The bayou was channelized and tree canopy severely degraded, as this once rich ecosystem diminished due to urbanization.

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    As the area re-emerged as a potential Greenway, the design team investigated systems that speak to the restoration of history, hydrology and ecology. The Canal and railroad are revealed through the use of linear rain gardens and a multi-modal transportation network.

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    The Greenway trail weaves through fields, orchards, rain gardens, and recreational spaces, creating dynamic experiences across the site. The Greenway is transformed into a spine that not only connects neighborhoods, but provides distinction of design, function, context, and environmental responsibility.

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    An in-depth analysis of the New Orleans landscape typologies shows the diverse ecotones that bisect the Corridor and Greenway. Subtle changes in elevation inform the planting design that determines which types of plant species will thrive in this complex environment.

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    The immense amount of support for the design and construction of the Greenway resulted in a plan that was truly created by a collective effort from the City, stakeholders, community members, and the design team.

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    Research of the hydrology revealed that the Greenway is a high point and actually causes localized flooding of adjacent homes and businesses. Strategies to mitigate stormwater runoff include carving out recreation fields that double as natural stormwater reservoirs.

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    Portions of the historic canal are re-envisioned as recreational spaces and provide artistic opportunities to display ecological and historic processes. By capitalizing on existing infrastructures, the design achieves the goal of mitigating stormwater and increasing quality of life.

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    The historic alignment of the Canal is retrofitted as a rain garden with 100-percent native plant material. The design achieves environmental sustainability by restoring the native ecology and increasing habitat for wildlife, while providing essential recreation space for the community.

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    While there is some park space and neutral grounds for recreation, the area lacks sufficient programming and connectivity. A significant goal of the plan is to provide program elements determined by the local community while ensuring the safety of visitors.

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    Programmatic elements identified by Corridor residents are integrated into the park, achieving access to health and wellness. Open spaces are passively ventilated, providing areas of human comfort while also reducing vulnerability to environmental stresses.

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    The rich history and mix of neighborhood identities are reflected in the design strategy for the Greenway and recommendations of the plan. Instead of acting as a barrier of neighborhoods, the Greenway seeks to unite residents and foster community interaction.

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    Transforming the existing City-owned building into an open-air pavilion with community gardens and rainwater collection system offers new solutions for existing structures. Incorporating historic buildings within the Greenway achieves economic sustainability and provides meaningful gathering space for community events.

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    The plan responds to the needs of the community and replenishes the barren stretch of land into a lush Greenway. Most importantly, this plan capitalizes on underutilized public space, bringing the citizens of New Orleans together on a common ground.

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Project Statement
As one of the first revitalization projects since the devastation of 2005's Hurricane Katrina, the 3.1-mile linear Lafitte Greenway will become a vibrant, multi-modal transportation corridor linking residents to the heart of New Orleans, Louisiana. The landscape architect led a multi-disciplinary effort—incorporating public input, synthesizing many measurable objectives and working across a range of scales—to transform an old industrial rail corridor into a celebrated Greenway.
Project Narrative
This has legs and was done without a lot of budget. The information is conveyed clearly and logically. The cultural and environmental aspects are good. The documentation is excellent and the renderings are beautiful. It shows there was a lot of community involvement in New Orleans.

—2013 Professional Awards Jury

The Site

The 54-acre Lafitte Greenway was once a former shipping canal and railroad right-of-way that connected the historic French Quarter to Bayou St. John and Lake Pontchartrain. The Lafitte Corridor is a 1,375-acre district that includes the Lafitte Greenway and a rich mix of residential, retail and industrial uses. The Corridor contains 13,583 residents and traverses a cross-section of the City reflecting 200-year settlement patterns ranging from the colonial-era settlement of the Vieux Carré to the mid-twentieth-century suburban neighborhood of Mid-City. Presently, this district contains a spectrum of socioeconomic conditions and racial compositions, creating a challenging context for community engagement.

The Challenge

The City of New Orleans retained a multi-disciplinary team to complete four comprehensive tasks: 1) the Lafitte Greenway Master Plan, 2) the Lafitte Corridor Revitalization Plan 3) construction documents for the Greenway and an 4) Operations and Maintenance Plan. This extraordinary effort required the design team to assess the role of the Greenway within the City as a whole, identify a revitalization strategy for the entire Corridor and create a detailed design for the implementation of the Greenway. The consultant team planned and designed at these three distinct scales but also advised on the important management, budget and operations of the Greenway.

Process

In planning and designing the Lafitte Greenway, the consultant team followed a rigorous process to ensure that the work resulted in extraordinary outcomes with measurable results. Understanding critical questions through five overarching design principles—History, Environment, Art, Community and Economics—was paramount to creating a project that was sustainable for the long term. These questions helped the team form goals that were Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Realistic and Time-based (SMART). For each SMART goal, at least one metric with an associated baseline existing condition was established by which success could be measured. Best practices, case studies and research from sources such as LEED® ND and American Forests were compared to establish benchmarks for each metric. This process resulted in a set of strategies that has been integrated into the design of the Greenway and the revitalization recommendations for the Corridor.

Garnering Community Support

The community engagement approach was inclusive of all segments of the New Orleans community, with specific focus on neighborhoods and organizations within the Corridor. The overall strategy involved a series of three public meetings, eight public presentations, over 75 stakeholder meetings, online surveys and Chip Game events with 12 constituent groups. The Chip Game was a collaborative exercise allowing the community to suggest types of park facilities and landscape treatments appropriate to the Greenway. The foundation of the game was developed through recommendations for park programming based on the Corridor's population of 13,583 residents. Chip Game results allowed the consultant team to develop a local park program standard which could be used as a guide for future park planning in the city. The Chip Game was played by various stakeholder groups of the Lafitte Greenway including the Friends of Lafitte Corridor, community members, and students from the local high school and elementary school.

Envisioning the Greenway

The overall design concept draws upon principles of historic ecology and builds upon the rich layers of the site's history while also taking into account community input and previous plans. The historic alignment of Carondelet Canal is marked by a mile-long bosque of bald cypress trees evocative of the Cipriére au Bois (Cypress Forest) that once covered the site. Within this grove is an ephemeral rain garden filled with stunning displays of native Louisiana iris, New Orleans' city flower. Rust stained bands of paving trace the location of train tracks once traversing the site. Plantings reflect the natural vegetation patterns of south Louisiana with swamp species that transition to bottomland hardwoods and upland species as the Greenway rises to the Metairie Ridge and natural level of the river.
The design creates synergies between existing community facilities and designed elements of the Greenway, providing open space for formal and informal activities. Geo-referencing of 18th century maps identified the location of the Carondelet Walk, a historic tow path of the Carondelet Canal. The new Carondelet Walk of crushed, recycled brick provides a secondary path within the park and a grand promenade, much as the original had done 200 years before. In addition to a fine walking surface, according to New Orleans tradition, a line of red brick dust wards away enemies and evil spirits! A new community garden is placed where the Lafitte community garden, once the longest continuously operated community garden in America, was located.

Sustainable Principles

The design for the Greenway incorporates sustainable design through green stormwater infrastructure, native plantings, adaptive re-use of existing buildings and the reduction of impervious surface. The Lafitte Greenway will be one of the first projects in New Orleans that creates measurable outcomes that aim to lessen the effects of urban heat island and increase stormwater management capacity. Specifically, the restoration of the natural edge conditions of Bayou St. John will encourage fish and wildlife habitat, support biodiversity and increase water quality. The reconfigured community space will provide a hill and amphitheater for local community festivals such as Bayou Boogaloo.

The Revitalization Plan

In addition, the landscape architects were called upon to lead an economic revitalization strategy for the surrounding Corridor. Strategies were developed for Safe Routes to School, for a dramatic expansion of the community gardening program which will exceed LEED® standards, and for the creation of nodal mixed-use development at major intersections. The landscape architects worked to ensure the Greenway was zoned as open space, thus avoiding use of the land for other purposes. A set of form-based development standards will supplement the City's new zoning ordinance to ensure orderly infill in response to this new civic asset. A Corridor-wide strategy for stormwater management will also address the district's historic flooding problems.

Implementing the Vision

As the Greenway will employ the most extensive use of green infrastructure and native plant material in the City's history, it is not sufficient to merely build the Greenway; there must also be a strategy for its operation and management. New Orleans is unique among American cities in that park operations are divided between two entities: Parks and Parkways and the New Orleans Recreational Development Commission. It was necessary, therefore, for the landscape architect to prepare a maintenance budget and protocols as well as to negotiate the management of the Greenway between these two entities. In addition, although it is estimated to cost $35 million to construct the Greenway, these two entities have only $6.5 million dollars available for construction. Thus, in a severe climate of fiscal austerity, the landscape architect was also called upon to develop a partnership program in which various civic groups could develop and fund portions of the project.

Measuring Success

Working within a holistic, sustainable design framework, the landscape architects created a system of performance metrics, baseline measurements and benchmarks in the categories of history, environment, community, economics and art which far exceed those of LEED® or Sustainable Sites. A number of positive outcomes will be achieved. For example, restoring the historic Cypress tree canopy will result in an increase from three-percent to 46-percent tree canopy coverage. One-hundred percent of the storm water falling on-site during the 10-year storm will be captured without the use of pipes, thus lessening the load on New Orleans' already overtaxed stormwater system and reducing subsidence. Finally, through the use of 100-percent native plant material, wildlife and bird populations are projected to quadruple.

Future

The plan successfully responds to the needs of adjacent communities and it replenishes the barren stretch of land into a lush, vibrant Greenway. Most importantly, this plan gives back to the City of New Orleans and capitalizes on underutilized public space, bringing the citizens of New Orleans together on a common ground. By taking a comprehensive approach to analysis and implementing a robust planning process, the Lafitte Greenway considers all voices of the people and breathes life into an iconic Greenway.
Project Resources

What’s Out There to Include National ASLA Design Award Winners

Nasher Sculpture Center

The What’s Out There (WOT) database of the nation’s designed landscapes has grown considerably since its launch four years ago. State-specific initiatives have added more than 150 sites in Maine and similar efforts are underway for Texas and Virginia – there are currently more than 1,500 sites, 10,000 images and 750 designer profiles in the database.

More recently, Postmodernist was added as a landscape design style and WOT has been optimized for smartphones and similar mobile devices (it even includes GPS-enabled What’s Nearby function that locates all landscapes in the database within a 25-mile radius of a given location). Now, ASLA Design Award-winning projects will also be included, a move spurred in part by threats to more recent works of landscape architecture and architecture (think of the current controversy with MoMA’s building expansion plans).
Byxbee Park

Lakewood Cemetery
(upper): Byxbee Park's shell path and teardrop shaped berms, both of
which have been altered; photo by Peter Richards, 1991. (lower):
Lakewood Garden Mausoleum at Minneapolis's Lakewood Cemetery,
designed by Halvorson Design Partnership, Inc. and recipient of the
2013 ASLA Award of Excellence in Design; photo courtesy Coldspring.

SinceWhat’s Out There was established in 2009, the criteria for inclusion has largely been limited to works designed and built prior to 1976 (the nation’s Bicentennial); places eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places or designated as a National Historic Landmark; or landscapes completed by someone whose career is complete. But unfortunately there are many sensitive, threatened landscapes that would benefit from the exposure that What’s Out There can provide but that don’t fit the criteria. For example, the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, TX, designed by Peter Walker & Partners and recognized with a Design Award of Honor in 2004, is being bombarded by reflected light from its glass-clad neighbor, Museum Tower. And just last year, Byxbee Park in Palo Alto, designed by Hargreaves Associates with artists Peter Richards and Michael Oppenheimer and recipient of an Honor Award in 1993, was irrevocably altered when many of the park’s iconic teardrop-shaped hillocks were shaved down and a shell-paved path was removed for easier maintenance.
So after consultation with area experts, the CEO Roundtable (a group of firm leaders who meet regularly to share insights into the changing issues that affect the profession of landscape architecture), and TCLF Board members who are practicing landscape architects, TCLF decided to include all built, US-based national ASLA Design award-winning projects in the database. TCLF staff will begin with the most recent years and work backward through ASLA’s official list of recipients, which dates back to 1981.
“The future of our designed landscape legacy depends on informed stewards,” said TCLF Board Member and landscape architect Mario Nievera, a Palm Beach- and New York-based practitioner who served on the National ASLA Professional Awards Jury between 2011 and 2013. “Each addition to What’s Out There is yet another valuable resource for stewards.”
What’s Out There was conceived as a living, growing database, and further refinements and additions are often being explored. If there is something else you think we should consider, please contact What’s Out Thereprogram manager Courtney Spearman with your feedback, thoughts and ideas.