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Landscaping in a Sustainable Fashion
In general, the landscaping on campus is designed with looks in mind rather than sustainability. We plan to take new parts of campus that are lacking in beauty and give them new life in a bee-friendly, native, sustainable way. We hope to increase the beauty, reduce the need for maintenance, reintroduce native species, and create an appealing texture to the landscape.
Blueberry Patch
The space across from the soccer fields, before you get to the Great Lawn will soon be transformed into a blueberry patch of sorts. We will be filling in some of the gaps between large trees with some serviceberry trees. Then, we will create several sections of plants in front of the treeline. Each section will have a widely-spaced line of highbush blueberries. Then, around these bushes, in a bit of a scalloped pattern, there will be smaller perennial plants, possibly beebalm.
The goals in this project are to provide some nectar-producing plants to help our campus bees; since we are adding plants, we plan to ensure that these species are native and low maintenance. We hope to create a beautiful space that can last without much effort or resources. Additionally, from a beauty perspective, we hope to add some color and smooth out the jagged, sharp tree line.
The goals in this project are to provide some nectar-producing plants to help our campus bees; since we are adding plants, we plan to ensure that these species are native and low maintenance. We hope to create a beautiful space that can last without much effort or resources. Additionally, from a beauty perspective, we hope to add some color and smooth out the jagged, sharp tree line.