Retiring into Resilience: A Landscape Master Plan for Lathrop Retirement Community

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Little Bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium

Lavender Hyssop, Agastache foeniculum

SLOPE

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Plants that can grow on a slope, with a strong root system, and are suitable for drought and occasional inundation Bee Balm, Monarda fistulosa

Green Headed Coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata

New England Aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Green Headed Coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata

Coreopsis, Coreopsis lanceolata

BASE

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Plants that have the highest tolerance for inundation and prefer a wetter environment, but PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION can survive drought

Great Blue Lobelia, Lobelia siphilitica

Common Winterberry, Ilex verticillata

Indian grass, Sorghastrum nutans

Tussok Sedge, Carex stricta

Big bluestem, Andropogon gerardii

Joe Pye Weed, Eupatorium maculatum

Boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum

BASIN

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TEMPORARY PONDING AREA NATIVE PLANTINGS

Plants that are specifically suited for the base OPTIONAL of detention basins, GEOTEXTILE (SIDES ONLY) which can tolerate comPEASTONE plete inundation SEPARATOR INLET PIPE

BIORETENTION SOIL (AT LEAST 6" DEEP)

GRAVEL BED EXISTING SOIL

OVERFLOW PIPE

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Not for construction. Part of a student project and not based on a legal survey.

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Ox Eye Sunflower, Heliopsis helianthoides

Golden Alexander, Zizia aurea

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata

Spring 2020

Foxglove beartonge, Penstemon digitalis

Northampton and Easthampton, Massachusetts

Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa

Lathrop Retirement Community Landscape Master Plan

Spotted Crane’s Bill, Geranium maculatam

PLANTING PALETTE

Plants that have a high drought tolerance and will experience little to no inundation

Eli Bloch and Allison Mason

BERM

and Detention Basins

Plants suited for each type of condition present in a swale, rain garden, or detention basin

Swales, Rain Gardens,

THE CONWAY SCHOOL

Planting Palette: Swales, Rain Gardens, and Detention Basins


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