Ecological Landscape Design Portfolio

Beth Batchelder

ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN PORTFOLIO

509.528.9869 | beebatchelder@gmail.com www.issuu.com/bbatchelder

Beth Batchelder As a graduate of The Conway School, Beth’s mission is to make a difference through the field of ecological landscape design and planning. With experience in residential planning, native habitats, brownfield remediation and city recreation planning, Beth is interested in sustainable planning and design at both small and large scales. Her previous experience in management, administration, and design also helps give her skills to work with the public in customer service as well as managing community-driven processes. She brings these skills and more to the table as she helps to bring forth change that will lead to a better future.

Table of Contents Projects

Pollinator Corridor: Portland, Maine............................................................ 1

Residential Design: Amherst, Massachusetts............................................... 3

Brownfield Park Plan: Chicopee, Massachusetts.......................................... 5

Design Process Examples

Final Designs................................................................................................... 7

Conceptual Designs....................................................................................... 15

Analyses.........................................................................................................

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Existing Conditions........................................................................................20

Pollinator Corridor

Integrating pollinator habitats into everyday landscape Portland, Maine

Designers: Beth Batchelder, Molly Burhans & Cary White  See Full Report

Project Summary

This plan provides detailed recommendations, using everything from their front stoops to their city’s highways, that demonstrate how pollinator habitat can be incorporated in the urban and suburban spaces in ways that have ecological integrity and provide lasting benefits to residents and visitors.

Optimizing the cityscape for pollinators

The proposed corridor showing social and ecological benefits.

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Assist in the conservation of the native species of Southern Maine; Educate the public about the importance of pollinators; Help urban residents build a sense of connection with their region’s natural heritage; Encourage healthy and diverse urban ecosystems.

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Front yard showing vision for increased pollinator habitat.

Designs to help visualize habitat possibilities

Planting plan for residential yard.

Residential section showing enhanced habitat.

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Residential Design

Transforming outdoor space for beauty and sustainability Project Goals: • Improve stormwater management and stop flooding in the basement and carport; • Create usable outdoor spaces by increasing privacy, beautifying vegetation and improving safety of paths around the back side of the house; • Site a chicken coop.

Illustration of house as seen from street

Amherst, Massachusetts Designer: Beth Batchelder  See Full Report

Project Summary

This Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired house is on a 0.7-acres rectilinear lot with a slight incline which channels stormwater from the adjacent road into the home’s carport and basement. The yard contains many invasive exotic plant species, making the landscape difficult to maintain. The owners wanted a plan that addressed the issues while maintaining the native wooded aesthetic.

Circulation

Slopes

Sun-Shade

Analyses

Multiple analyses informed the final design

Drainage

Views

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Terracing Driveway

Deck

House

Fire Pit Rain Garden Deck Orchard

Chicken Coop Tree House

Native Plantings

Zip Line

Rain Garden

Final Plan

Incorporating stormwater management and enhanced wildlife habitat while increasing usable space

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Brownfield Park Plan

Converting a former industrial area to a community park Chicopee, Massachusetts

Designers: Beth Batchelder & Rachel Lindsay  See Full Report

Project Summary

Part of Chicopee, Massachusetts’ industrial past, Delta Park is the site of two former plants that were removed in the early 2000s, leaving this brownfield site closed to the public. Since the closure, the park’s delta ecosystem has been allowed to re-establish and the City of Chicopee’s Planning Department is looking to design park space for passive recreation, making this space a vital park to the surrounding community.

Project Goals: • Design passive recreation opportunities for the public; • Connect to the proposed Connecticut Riverwalk and Bikeway; • Protect and improve wildlife habitat and ecosystems on the highly disturbed area.

Delta Park looking west from Chicopee Center.

Final Design Elements

Proposed design for former steam plant site.

Proposed bridge across Chicopee River Design Portfolio: Beth Batchelder beebatchelder@gmail.com

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Final Design

Phase 1

Phased approach to design implementation

Phase 2 Phase 3

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Design Process Examples

Final Design Examples

Woodland Planting Plan Native Habitat Planting Plan Amherst, MA Fall 2014 Hand-drawn Illustration

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Final Design Examples

Outdoor Culinary Arts Classroom

Perspective A A view through the arbor-lined walkway filled with vegetables

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Compost

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Perspective A

3’ H Raised Bed Annual Herbs

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Raised garden beds adjacent to a large garden bed VO

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Outdoor Culinary Arts Classroom Lynnwood, WA

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Spring 2014 Hand-drawn Illustration MA (3)

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4’ Split Rail Fence

Ground Veggie Bed

Fire Lane Annual Chard

Tool Shed

6’ H Open Decorative Fence Panels

MG (Espaliered)

PP

Section A

VO

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Seating +18”

North Entrance

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3’H Raised Annual Veggie Beds

Legumes

Legumes

MM VL (2)

VL (2) AJ

8’ H Arbor

Mulch Paths

4’ Trellis Tomatoes Annual Herb (Parsely)

20x10 Covered Teaching Kitchen

Annual Squash

AJ

3’H Raised Annual Veggie Beds

Chard

Wall

Sink

3’H Raised Beds

Permeable Paving Path

BBQ

Seating

8’H Arbor RC (4 in each bed) On Trellis with Strawberry UnderPlanting in 3’H Raised Beds

Raised Counter Legumes

Tomatoes

AJ

Legumes

VL (2)

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3’ H Raised Bed Annual Herbs LL

Cucina Sole Garden LL

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Path

3’H Raised Annual Veggie Beds

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Main Entrance

Perspective A

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Final Design Examples

Backyard Entertainment Space

House

Fence Deck Fountain

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BBQ

Section B

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Hemlock

Path

Perspec

Residential Design Shoreline, WA Winter 2013 Hand-drawn Illustration

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Garage

Perspective A A view of the twotiered deck shows great entertaining space.

ctive A

Section B This sketch shows the elevation change in the redesigned back yard.

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Final Design Examples

Xeriscape Desert Garden

Potted

Retaining Wall

House

Pots Patio

Potted

Pots

Pots

Plant List

Richland, WA

Winter 2014 Hand-drawn Illustration

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Plant

Common Name

A. Lagerstroemia indica 'Monhid'

Petite Orchid™ Crape Myrtle

B. Lagerstroemia indica x faueri 'Arapaho'

Arapaho Crape Myrtle

C. Albizia julibrissin 'Summer Chocolate'

Summer Chocolate Mimosa Tree

D. Yucca gloriosa 'Variegata'

Variegated Spanish Dagger

E. Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'

Color Guard Adam's Needle

F. Nassella tenuissima

Mexican Feather Grass

G. Helictotrichon sempervirens

Blue Oat Grass

H. Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'

Elijah Blue Fescue

I. Gazania linearis 'Colorado Gold'

Colorado Gold® Treasure Flower

J. Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote Blue'

Hidcote Blue English Lavender

K. Salvia (microphylla x greggii) 'EGGBEN005'

Heatwave™ Blaze Sage

Final Design Examples

Rain Garden Design

Lynnwood, WA

Spring 2014 Hand-drawn Illustration

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Conceptual Design Examples

Expanded Use for a Corner Yard

Option A Lynnwood, WA Spring 2014

House

Perspective B

Patio

Elevation A

Elevation A

View through privacy screening to the terrace surrounded by raised garden beds

Perspective B

View to the fountain and privacy screen Design Portfolio: Beth Batchelder beebatchelder@gmail.com

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Perspective B

View to seating area at walkway’s end

Elevation A

Option B Lynnwood, WA Spring 2014

Elevation A

View to raised deck with arbor and privacy hedge

Perspective B

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Analyses

Sun-Shade Analysis

By: Beth Batchelder October 29, 2014

Program: SketchUp Project: Red Gate Lane (Page 3)

Basement Swale

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>25%

15-25% 5-10%

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Storm Drain

Red Gate Lane

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Slope Analysis Hand-drawn Illustration Project: Red Gate Lane (Page 3)

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RED GATE LANE WOODLAND

10-15%

GIS Analyses

Program: ArcGIS Project: Portland Pollinator Corridor (Page 1)

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Analyses

Summary Analysis

Program: InDesign Project: Red Gate Lane (Page 3)

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Existing Conditions DRIVEWAY

GARAGE

+3’-0”

FENCE GAS

HOUSE

PATIO

RETAINING WALL

PATH

KITCHEN IVY HEDGE

DECK BBQ

HB

POWER LINES

Base Mapping

+4’-4”

HEMLOCK

Hand-drawn Illustration Winter 2013

MOVABLE FENCE

PLANTING BED

POWER POLES

Surveying & Topography

Program: AutoCAD Project: Red Gate Lane (Page 3)

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