April 15, 2014 2 3 Minimize Water Use Reduce Maintenance - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 San Bernardino Valley College Gymnasium Project Landscape Overview April 15, 2014

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3 • Minimize Water Use • Reduce Maintenance • Reconnect with Nature (AERIAL OF GLADE- “GREAT OPPORTUNITY”) • Outdoor Education

4 • Minimize Water Use ▫ Replacing Turf Areas with Native and Drought Tolerant Shrubs and Groundcover ▫ Efficient Irrigation Systems ▫ Approximately 50% Reduction

5 • Reduce Maintenance ▫ Majority Spreading Plants with Open Spacing ▫ Oak Woodland ▫ Natural Mulch Ground Plain ▫ Efficient Irrigation Systems

6 • Reconnect with Nature ▫ Small Seating Nodes ▫ DG Path ▫ Plant Diversity ▫ Attracting Wildlife ▫ Celebrating Natural Systems ▫ Tree Canopy

7 • Outdoor Education ▫ Natural Pond ▫ Biology Learning Gardens ▫ Outdoor Teaching Spaces

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9 Biology Teaching Garden Practice Lawn ‘Boardwalk’ Dry Stream / Bioswale Athletics Promenade Natural Pond Decomposed Granite Trail Seating Node Oak Woodland

10 Biology Teaching Garden Practice Lawn ‘Boardwalk’ Dry Stream / Bioswale Athletics Promenade Natural Pond Decomposed Granite Trail Seating Node Oak Woodland

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