Hayfields
Gardens
Seating
Stormwater from the culvert is directed into a vegetated swale along the edge of the pad for treatment before being routed to the large southern drainage. The event area is screened from the lower parking area by vegetation and events are no longer interrupted by vehicles. This design also highlights views of the river and fields by creating rest areas at scenic viewpoints.
Barn Farm House
Parking
Parking Farmers' Market Vegetated buffer 0
75
Parking
Bioswale
Enter/ Exit
Pros:
Cons:
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• Reduced parking capacity • Reduced access to maintenance area • Limited visitor access to lower fields
Reduces impact to grass-nesting birds and increases habitat Arrival focused on farmhouse and gardens Reduced potential for vehicle-pedestrian conflict Reduces flooding risk in high-use area by redirecting runoff Treats stormwater Reduced impacts to mature trees Events are not interrupted by cars
150 ft
Not for construction. Part of a student project and not based on a legal survey.
Spring 2022
3 Round Top Lane, Damariscotta, ME 04543
Ice cream
Enter/Exit
Round Top Farm Comprehensive Plan
This orientation allows much of the former entry space to be converted to accessible paths and demonstration/education gardens, which connect to the existing beds to the north. Additional landscaping around the farmhouse and along Main Street provide habitat, aesthetic value, and screening from the road. The old ice cream shack is moved slightly to the west to act as an off-hours information center for visitors.
Designed For: Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
The primary driveway leads to a small parking area in front of the farmhouse. Part of the southern driveway is moved across the corner of the pad area to reduce compaction on the roots of the mature trees around the farmhouse. An additional small parking lot is constructed adjacent to the pad. This reduces the need for people to navigate around traffic because people can get to the farmers' market without crossing a road.
Designed By: Veronica Chudik & Hope Matis
new accessible spur trail leads to an overlook area along the ridge north of the solar array. This design maintains the existing entrance and location of the farmers market, but it separates accessible paths from from vehicle traffic by converting most of the northern driveway to a pedestrian zone.
Design Concept 1
The first design concept seeks to restore hydrologic function and enhance wildlife habitat by allowing existing vegetative buffers along waterways to expand through natural succession. Human access to the lower fields is limited to the existing mowed path network to reduce disturbance to ground-nesting birds, but a
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Design Concept 1: For the Birds
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