Machine in the Garden

Machine in the Garden

Project Team
Landscape Architecture: Kathy Poole, POOLE DESIGN, LLC Client: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (which is part of the Smithsonian Institution) Architects and Engineers: EwingCole Contractor: Hensel Phelps Civil Engineer: Alpha Planting Contractor: Ruppert Landscape
Project Description

This project integrates several different BMPs techniques to treat site runoff from the SERC Mathias Laboratory. The required design criteria were significantly exceeded to provide a more complete and sustainable ecosystem on the property. In addition, the design adds aesthetic and artistic value to the site. Creative features include capture and treatment of water from the fire protection system, and also the use of captured rooftop runoff to sustain micropool levels or irrigate system plantings during dry periods.
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Best Innovative BMP

This category recognizes nontraditional and creative solutions for the management or mitigation of stormwater at a site.

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