Landscape Concepts West Campus Doug Wade, ASLA Landscape Architect August 10, 2004 Del Mar College 2003 Bond Improvement Plan Proposed Naturalized WKMC.

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Landscape Concepts West Campus Doug Wade, ASLA Landscape Architect August 10, 2004 Del Mar College 2003 Bond Improvement Plan Proposed Naturalized WKMC Architects, Inc.

Goals: Lower Initial Costs  Less nursery grown stock  Less irrigation  Less site preparation  Less chemicals  Less labor on installation

Goals: Lower Long Range Costs  Simplifying maintenance  Reducing Mowing & trimming Air contaminates & toxic particulates  Conserving water  Minimizing fertilizers/insecticides

Provides:  Uncluttered, natural look  Enhanced Architectural Lines  More $ available for High-Use Zones  User Friendly

Natural Landscape with Selective 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…

POSSIBLE 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 Concepts Del 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