Landscape ConceptsWest Campus

Doug Wade, ASLA

Landscape ArchitectAugust 10, 2004

Del Mar College

2003 Bond Improvement Plan

Proposed Naturalized

WKMC Architects, Inc.

Goals:Lower Initial CostsLess nursery grown

stockLess irrigation Less site preparationLess chemicals Less labor on installation

Goals:

Lower Long Range CostsSimplifying maintenanceReducing

Mowing & trimmingAir contaminates & toxic

particulatesConserving waterMinimizing fertilizers/insecticides

Provides:

Uncluttered, natural look

Enhanced Architectural Lines

More $ available for High-Use Zones

User Friendly

Natural Landscape

withSelective

Maintenance

Selective Mowing

Native grasses

Entrance Sign…selective mowing

Indigenous Material

Mass Plantings

Mass Effect with no controlled

edge

Massed Effect with controlled edge

Selective Mowing…..

Multi-Use…

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POSSIBL

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Proposed Natives

for Del Mar College

West Campus

Acacia berlanderi

Guajillo

Acacia famesiana

Huisache

Acacia greggii

Catclaw

Acacia rigidula

Blackbrush

Cordia boissieri

Wild Olive

Pithecellobium ebano

Ebony

Parkinsonia aculeata

Retama

Parkinsonia texana

Palo Verde

Prosopis glandulosa

Mesquite

Bambusa ventricosa

Sophora secundiflora

Mt. Laurel

Landscape ConceptsDel Mar College-West Campus

Proposed natural

WKMC Architects, Inc. Doug Wade, Landscape Architect

….”the positive aspects of landscaping naturally far outweigh the negative perceptions…native plants are genetically adapted to local biotic conditions and thus are more inherently resistant to local pest problems than exotic, cultivated species.” John Ingram