Liz Krohn Landscape Architecture Portfolio - 2022 by Liz Krohn

LIZ KROHN 484•364•9200 elizabethmkrohn1@gmail.com

Landscape Architecture Portfolio

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” Frank Lloyd Wright

LIZ KROHN Summary

Relevant Experience

An ardent Landscape Architectural Designer with over 2 years of design and construction documentation experience. Seeking to make significant contributions to a landscape architecture firm with a mission to provide holistic, engaging, sustainable and inspiring landscapes in the public sector.

Landscape Designer • Bernardon

Education Temple University, Ambler, PA Master of Landscape Architecture, May 2020 LAF University Scholar ASLA Merit Award recipient GPA 3.96

Conferences:

My path to landscape architecture, though it has been a circuitous one, is a journey that I would not change for anything. Every step along the way has led to a greater love and passion that I have for reconnecting people with nature and striving for a more just world. This discipline perfectly unifies my loves for nature, service, education, social and environmental justice, and a desire to design and create something new. My hope for my portfolio is that it conveys my passions for landscape architecture and my vision for bringing about sustainable landscapes that benefit both people and local ecologies.

484•364•9200 elizabethmkrohn1@gmail.com 33 Downing Ave, Downingtown, PA 19335

West Chester, PA

• D esigning and documenting landscapes for a variety of multi-family apartment complexes and corporate campuses from site layout and schematic design through to construction documentation; Preparing illustrative concept images, both digitally and hand-rendered; Developing grading plans and construction details, including for podium courtyards; Generating planting plans with a focus on native plants; Regular communication/collaboration with clients, engineers, product manufacturers and Bernardon architects and interior designers; A nominated member of Bernardon’s Health and Wellness planning committee for its 70+ employees

March 2021 -

Landscape Designer • Refugia Design Build

Narberth, PA

• U tilized knowledge of native plants to design ecologically beneficial residential landscapes; Regularly communicated with home owners to achieve design goals; Took site measurements, made AutoCAD basemaps, and utilized Land F/X to communicate design; Further enhanced PA and NJ native plant knowledge

Landscape Design Vision Planner • Esperanza Health Center

present

May 2020 March 2021

Kensington, PA

• C ollaborated with Esperanza Health Center staff to enhance the streetscape and design vacant lots they purchased around their new health center; Conducted inventory and analysis of the neighborhood; Received community input through outreach events; Attended meetings with neighbors and the architects; Compiled a book to summarize the year’s work

Landscape Architect Intern • ForeSite Associates: Ecological Site Design, Water Resource Restoration, Sustainable Planning • Generated concept layout plans in AutoCAD for various developments in Delaware; Assisted with meadow seeding, plant ID, and restoration monitoring projects

August 2019 May 2020

New Castle, DE May – August 2019

Presented Urban Design Studio work at the PA-DE ASLA 2019 Annual Meeting

Freelance Landscape Designer • Cedar Run Landscapes

• Conducted site analysis, generated base maps, devised planting plans, and created rendered plans for a landscaping firm that has a focus on sustainable design practices

May 2019

St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia PA

Landscape Intern • Fallingwater/ Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

Mill Run,PA

achelor of B Science in Biology and Environmental Science, May 2015 Honors College/ Thesis Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Sigma Nu Honors Societies

North Wales, PA

Developed planting plans utilizing native plants; Developed plans for a • maintenance road using GIS Collector; Regularly collaborated with Director, Director of Operations, and the Horticulturist on staff; Performed maintenance gardening tasks

Volunteer Experience • Philadelphia Flower Show Sales Rep and Truck Driver (2018 and 2019) • ASLA Annual Meeting and Expo (2018) • M iddle School Teacher and Volunteer Fire Fighter through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest/Americorps - Northern Cheyenne Reservation, MT (2015 - 2016) • V olunteer Organic Farmer at Bethlehem Farm - Talcott, WV (2015)

March –

May August 2018

Skills AutoCAD Land F/X Revit SkecthUp Lumion Adobe Suite Microsoft Office

TABLE of CONTENTS Work Experience

Internships

Bernardon: Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design West Chester, PA • 2021 - present • Landscape Architectural Designer

Refugia: Landscape Design/Build Narberth, PA • 1 Year • Landscape Designer

Foresite Associates: Landscape Architecture Internship New Castle, DE • Summer 2019

Fallingwater: Landscape Internship Mill Run, PA • Summer 2018

Hand-Drafting

Capstone Esperanza Health Center: Campus Vision Plan Kensington, Philadelphia, PA • Year 3 • Capstone Project

Welcome Garden

Temple Amber Campus, Ambler PA

Ecological Community Parks

Fallingwater Construction Documents

Mill Run, PA 33

Mild to Wild: Brantwood Regional Park Cecil County, MD • Year 2 • Woodland Design Studio

Educating ‘Wet Lands’ Park: Farnham Regional Park Camden, NJ • Year 2 • Wetlands Design Studio

Educational Posters Examples Piedmont and Coastal Plain, PA and NJ • Year 3 • Native Plant Communities

Urban Design 55

Mosaic Park: Lehigh Viaduct and Riverwards Waterfront Philadelphia, PA • Year 3 • Public Lands Studio

Reimagining the Town and Gown: Diamond Street Corridor Philadelphia, PA • Year 1 • Urban Design Studio 3

BERNARDON

BERNADON

Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design Firm

Multi-Family Apartment Courtyard Working at Bernardon has honed the technical skills I started to learn in Temple’s program. The majority of the work in the Bernardon Landscape Architecture Department is designing and documenting interior second floor courtyards. Designing everything to be installed on a structural slab presents a number of challenges, including: limited soil depth due to structural loads and the design of the building; and ensuring that runoff drains properly so the courtyard does not leak to the floor below. This has allowed me and the landscape architecture team to devise creative solutions, such as, for this project in particular, locating planter walls (minimum 2’-0” in height) and researching and utilizing light weight roof top mediums. We also needed to be very precise when determining the best drainage system, since we had about 8 inches of rise and fall to slope to the slab drains and maintain a 1.5-2% slope across the courtyard.

3 - FMA 9 - CAP 5 - STL

15 - DGT 1 - CCJ 7 - RDV

17 - DMA 1 - CKC 3 - RDV

1 - CCJ 3 - PLN

3 - FMA 5 - DGT

6 - HVP

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-11 3/4"

15'-5"

3 - MMG 19 - DMA 6J- ALM 7 - LFZ 7 - PLN 14 - DGT

7 - STL 31 - DMA 20 - HVP

4 - STL 16 - TCC 9 - LMW VERTICAL 9 - GSM BOARDFORM

5 - STL 22 - HVP 3 - FMA

3 - STL 38 - CAP 1 - CCJ 11 - TCC

8 - HVP 6 - STL 9 - CAP

9 - DGT 9 - HVP 12 - TCC

FINISH

1 - IJD 10 - TCC 3 - IVN

15'-5" 15'-5"

15'-5"

8 G- HVP 6 - CAP 3 - STL 3 - ALM

25 - DMA 3 - IVN 4 - STL

15'-5"

1 - GSM 1 - LMW 1 - AMA 5 - DGT

6 - SHE

3 - RDV 10 - DGT 3 - LFZ 1 - IJD

POOL PLANTER, SEE ARCH

TW 17'-11 3/4" BW 13'-11 3/4" 15'-5"

4 - GWB 14 - HVB 14 - STL

VERTICAL BOARDFORM FINISH

POOL, SEE ARCH

FFE 14'-0"

PORCELAIN CLAD 6 - LMW PLANTER TYPE D

(TYP.)

3 - IVN 6 - PLN 8 - TCC 1 - IJD

4 - GSM 9 - PSU

COUNTER, SEE ARCH

9 - STL 3 - FMA

18 - TCC 11 - STL 12 - ALM

(TYP.)

2 - COT 6 - GSM 8 - GWB 12 - PSU

5 - DGT 16 - HVP 3D - RDV 11 - STL 3 - FMA

1 - COT 4 - GWB

PORCELAIN CLAD PLANTER TYPE C

5 21 - HVP 5 - (TYP.) LMW 5 - PLN

5 - SPH 14 - STL

(TYP.)

1 (TYP.)

PERGOLA AND FIREPLACE, SEE ARCH

19 - DGT 3 - PLN 6 - STL

(TYP.)

3 - MMG 38 - TCC 43 - HVP 7 - DGT 7 - DGT PORCELAIN CLAD PLANTER WALL B

AS-108

3 - FMA 14 - TCC 8 - ALM 21 - HVP

1 - CCJ 14 - DGT

(TYP.)

PORCELAIN CLAD PLANTER WALL A

21 - HVP 1 - CCJ PORCELAIN

10 - TCC 3 - RDV

TW 15'-10 BW 14'-1"

(TYP.)

4 - BBA 13 - SSO 28 - BBA

7 - SSO 5 - BBA

6 - BBA 3 - IVN

15'-5"

TW 15'-10 BW 14'-1"

3 - RDV 17 - SSO

GR 13'-9 1/4"

15'-5"

TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-11 3/4" 13'-10 1/8" 13'-11 3/4" 13'-11GR 3/4"

TW 15'-0" TW 15'-8"

14'-10"

TW 15'-10" 14'-10" GR 13'-10 1/8" TW 15'-10" 14'-10" 13'-11 3/4" 3/4" 13'-11 3/4" BW 13'-11 14'-10" 13'-11 1/8" 15'-5"

GR 13'-6 1/2"

15'-5"

TW 14'-6"

14'-3"

3 - IVN 5 - SSO 5 - BBA

15'-5" 15'-5" TW 15'-0" BW 13'-7 3/4" 13'-9 1/8" GR 14'-10" 13'-9 1/4" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-11 3/4" GR 13'-10 1/8"

13'-11 1/8"

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-9 1/8"

14'-1" 7:1 MAX

7:1 MAX

CLAD PLANTER WALL A

12 - STL 68 - CAP 5 -BRDV 4 - IVN

41 - HVP 7 - DMA 1 - APA 9 - GWB 23 - STL

VERTICAL BOARDFORM FINISH 5

VERTICAL BOARDFORM FINISH

AMENITY KITCHEN, SEE ARCH

14'-10"

15'-5" 14'-10" TW 15'-0" TW 15'-0" TW 15'-10" GR 13'-9 1/4" 14'-10" GR 13'-10 1/8" TW 15'-8" TW 15'-10" 15'-5" 14'-10" BW 13'-11 3/4" 13'-10 1/2" 14'-10" 15'-5" TW 15'-10" 14'-10" TW 15'-10" 15'-5" 15'-5" 13'-11 3/4" BW 13'-7 5/8" GR 15'-5"TW 15'-10" TW 15'-8" BW 3/4" 15'-5" 14'-10" TW13'-11 15'-0" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-9 1/8" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-8" 13'-6 1/2" 13'-8" GR 13'-9 1/4" 14'-10" TW 15'-10" 15'-5" 14'-10" BW 13'-8 3/8" GR 15'-5" 13'-11 3/4" GR 15'-5" 15'-5" 13'-10 1/2" 13'-6 1/2" 13'-10 3/8" TW 15'-0" TW 15'-10" 14'-10" TW 15'-10" 15'-5" 15'-5" 13'-6 13'-8 7/8" 1/4" BW 13'-7 5/8" 15'-5" TW 15'-8" BW 13'-11 3/4" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-8" GR 13'-8" 13'-8" 14'-10" TW 15'-10" 13'-8 7/8" 15'-5" TW 17'-10 1/8" 14'-10" BW 13'-8 3/8" GR 13'-7 1/2" FFE TW 17'-10 1/8" 13'-11 3/4" GR 13'-6" GR 15'-5" 13'-6 1/2" BW 13'-6 5/8" 13'-10 3/8" 14'-0" TW 17'-10 1/8" TW 15'-0" TW 15'-10" 14'-10" 13'-6 7/8"GR 13'-7 1/4" 13'-8 1/4" TW 17'-10 1/8" TW 17'-10 1/8" BW 13'-8 1/4" 13'-6" 13'-6" GR 13'-5 1/8" 13'-6" GR 13'-5 1/8" GR GR 13'-8" 15'-5" 13'-6" 13'-6 7/8" 13'-6" 13'-8 7/8" TW 17'-10 1/8" 13'-7 1/2" 13'-6" FFE TW 17'-10 1/8" GR 13'-6" 13'-6" TW15'-5" 15'-10" TW 15'-10" TW 17'-10 1/8" 14'-0" BW 13'-6 5/8" BW 13'-10" BW 13'-11 3/4" TW 17'-10 1/8" BW 13'-8 5/8" TW 17'-10 1/8" 13'-6" TW 15'-10" GR 13'-7 1/4" TW 17'-10 1/8" TW 17'-10 1/8" TW TW 17'-10 17'-10 1/8" 1/8" TW 17'-10 1/8" GR 13'-4" BW 13'-8 1/4" 13'-6" 13'-6" GR 13'-5 13'-6" 13'-5 1/8"GR 13'-5 GR 13'-5GR 7/8" 7/8" 1/8" GR 13'-5 1/8" 15'-5" GR 13'-10 1/8" 15'-5" 13'-6"TW 17'-10 1/8" 13'-6 7/8" 13'-6" 15'-5" 13'-6" 15'-5" 13'-6" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" 13'-6" TW 17'-10 1/8" 13'-6" BW 13'-10" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-11 3/4" BW 13'-8 5/8" TW 17'-10 1/8" 15'-5" 13'-6" 13'-10 3/4" BW 13'-10" TW 17'-10 1/8" TW 17'-10 TW 17'-10 1/8" GR 13'-4" 13'-7 1/2" 1/8" GR 13'-5 7/8" GR 13'-5 7/8" GR 13'-5 1/8" 15'-5" 13'-10 1/8" 13'-8 1/2" TW 17'-10 1/8" 15'-5" TW 15'-10" 13'-6" 15'-5" TW 15'-10" 13'-6" 15'-5" BW 13'-11 3/4" 13'-6" TW 15'-10" 15'-5" 13'-9 1/8" 13'-10 3/4" BW 13'-10" 15'-5" TW 17'-10 1/8" 13'-7 1/2" GR 13'-6 5/8" 13'-8 1/2" 13'-9 7/8" TW 15'-10" 13'-6" 15'-5" BW 13'-11 3/4" 15'-5" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" 13'-8 1/4" BW 13'-8 1/2" BW 13'-11 3/4" BW 13'-10 3/8" 13'-9 1/8" TW 15'-10" 15'-5" 15'-5" TW 17'-10 1/8" BW 14'-1 3/4" 13'-10 7/8" 15'-5" GR 13'-6 5/8" 15'-5" 15'-5" 15'-5" 13'-9 7/8" TW 15'-10" BW 14'-0" 15'-5" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-10 3/8" 13'-8 1/4" BW 13'-8 1/2" 13'-11 3/8" BW 13'-11 3/4" GR 13'-6 5/8" 15'-5" TW 15'-10" 13'-9 7/8" BW 13'-10 3/8" 15'-5" TW 15'-10" BW 14'-1 3/4" 13'-10 7/8" 15'-5" 15'-5" BW 13'-10 1/4" 15'-5" 15'-5" TW 15'-10" 15'-5" 15'-5" 15'-5" BW 13'-9 7/8" TW 15'-10" 13'-9" TW 15'-10" BW 14'-0" TW 15'-10" BWTW 13'-10 1/8" 15'-5" 15'-5" 15'-5" 15'-10" 13'-11 3/8" GR 13'-6 5/8" 15'-5" 13'-9 7/8" BW 13'-10 3/8" 13'-9 1/2" 15'-5" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" 15'-5" 15'-5" BW 13'-9 3/4" BW 13'-10 1/4" 15'-5" 15'-5" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" 15'-5" TW 7/8" 15'-10" BW 13'-9 BW 13'-9" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-9" 13'-9" 15'-5" BW 13'-9 1/2" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-8 3/4" 15'-5" BW 13'-10 1/8" 15'-5" 15'-5" 15'-5" 13'-9 1/2" TW 15'-10" 15'-5" TW 15'-10" 15'-5" BW 13'-7 1/2" BW 13'-9 3/4" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" 15'-5"BW 13'-7 1/8" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-9" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-9" TW 15'-10" 15'-5" 15'-5" BW 13'-9 1/2" 15'-5" BW 13'-8 3/4" 15'-5" BW 13'-6 7/8"

69 - CAP 8 - DGT 3 - LFZ

15'-5"

TW 15'-10"

TW 17'-11 3/4" GR 13'-6 1/2"

TW 17'-11 3/4" BW 13'-11 3/4"

15'-5" 14'-1"

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-7 1/2"

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-7 1/8"

TW 14'-6" GR 13'-5 1/8" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-6 7/8"

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-6 7/8"

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-6 1/8"

15'-5" GR 15'-5" 14'-3" 13'-5 1/8" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-6 7/8" BW 13'-6 1/8"

TW 14'-6" TW 14'-6" GR 13'-5 1/8"

GR 14'-3" 13'-5 1/8"

14'-3" N N

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-11 3/4"

TW 15'-10" 13'-8 3/8" TWBW 15'-10" GR 13'-7 1/2"

15'-5" 13'-8"

POOL COPING 13'-8"

15'-5"

13'-11 3/4" TW 15'-10" FFE 14'-0" 15'-5"

FOUNTAIN, SEE ARCH

1 - CKC 17 - TCC 5 - HVP

TW 15'-10" GR 13'-6 7/8" 15'-5"15'-5" TW 15'-10" TW 17'-11 3/4" GR 13'-6 1/2"

15'-5"

TW 15'-0"TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" 3/4"13'-7 1/2" 13'-9 1/8" GR 13'-7 1/2" 13'-5BW 1/2"13'-7GR

TW 15'-0" BW 13'-6 7/8" 13'-8" 14'-10"

POOL COPING 13'-8"

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-9"

15'-5"

5 - DGT 1 - LMW 1 - AMA 1 - GSM

1 - APA

14'-10"

TW 15'-10" GR 13'-6 7/8"

15'-5"

14 - DGT 3 - LMW 4 - DGT

1 - CKC 17 - TCC 4 - DGT

TW 15'-0" BW 13'-6 7/8"

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-9"

15'-5"

TW 15'-10" GR 13'-7 1/2"

15'-5"

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-6 1/4"

15'-5"

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-9" 15'-5"

15'-5"

GR TW13'-4" 15'-10" 13'-5 1/2"

GR 13'-4 1/4"

FFE 14'-0" TW 15'-10" BW 13'-11 3/4" TW 15'-10" FFE BW 13'-11 3/4" 15'-5" 14'-0"

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-8 3/8"

15'-5"

15'-5" 15'-5"

GR 13'-4"

TW 15'-10" TW 15'-10" BW BW 13'-6 1/4"3/4" 13'-4

3 - DGT 6 - AMA 14 - DGT 3 - GSM

10 - DGT 3 - LFZ

GR 13'-4"

GR 13'-4 1/4"

15'-5"

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-9"

15'-5"

GR 13'-4"

TW 15'-10" BW 13'-4 3/4"

1 - APA 15 - STL 3 - GWB

5 - ALM 8 - STL 19 - CAP

34WIRE - CAP TRELLIS, 16SEE- ARCH HVP

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59 - HVP 38 - TCC 10 - DMA

9 - LFZ

10 - HVP 5 - IVN

8 - STL 7 - PLN 6 - DGT

SECOND FLOOR COURTYARD HARDSCAPE - EAST SECOND FLOOR COURTYARD LANDSCAPE PLANPLAN - EAST A

4'0'

8'4'

4'0'

8'4' 16'

8' 16' 16'

16'

SCALE : 1/8" = 1'-0"

SECOND FLOOR COURTYARD GRADING PLAN - EAST 2

SECOND FLOOR COURTYARD GRADING PLAN - EAST 0'

= 1'-0" : 1/8" = 1'-0" SCALE : 1/8"SCALE

SECOND FLOOR COURTYARD GRADING PLAN - EAST SCALE : 1/8" = 1'-0"

8' 16'

16'

Work Experience 8 11

BERNADON Multi-Family Apartment Courtyard The details below for the same courtyard will serve as a precedent for interior second floor courtyards Bernardon designs and documents in the future. They illustrate the style and reinforcement of the planter walls, the walking surface in relation to the slab drains, aggregate and drainboard, and the pergola and trellis I developed with one of the Bernardon architects.

Work Experience 10

BERNADON Corporate Courtyard Design This design was for a lab that is expanding their building footprint, which will create a second interior courtyard. I generated and presented the designs for the new and existing courtyards that served the client’s desire to have additional outdoor seating areas, places for relaxation, and a space for all staff gatherings. For this project I worked with the project manager to develop a quality design that could be achieved within the client’s budget.

The New Administrative Wing Courtyard is an extension of their new breakroom, which has storefront windows that provide a view at the outdoor seating area, a requested zen garden, and a dedicated pergola and art installation. The Existing Courtyard Redesign is visible through storefront windows from the main entrance and has become the primary outdoor collaborating space, as well as the space for all staff meetings.

Below is one of the image boards from the final presentation showing rendered plan views of the courtyards that were created with hand-drawings, CAD and Photoshop.

NEW ADMINISTRATION WING COURTYARD

EXISTING COURTYARD REDESIGN

EXISTING COURTYARD REDESIGN 2” RIVER STONES BENEATH ROOF OVERHANG PERGOLA

DECOMPOSED GRANITE ORNAMENTAL GRASSES (#2 Cont.)

LOW MOW LAWN (SEEDED)

2” RIVER STONES BENEATH ROOF OVERHANG

2 FREE STANDING CEDAR BENCHES (5’L)

SHRUBS (36”H MIN.)

2 FREE STANDING CEDAR BENCHES (5’L)

Powder Coated Steel DNA Sculpture, 6’H, 2’W Concrete Base

ZEN GARDEN (PEA GRAVEL, 2x2’ BOULDERS, 4’x2’ STEPPING STONE) MOVABLE TABLES (1.5’ DIA.)

SHRUBS (24”H MIN.) ORNAMENTAL GRASSES (#2 Cont.)

SHRUBS (24”H MIN.)

SHRUBS (36”H MIN.)

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES (#2 Cont.)

FREE STANDING BENCH (5’L)

SHRUBS (36”H MIN.)

MOVABLE TABLES AND CHAIRS

FREE STANDING BENCH (5’L)

2” River Stones

Pea Gravel Zen Garden, 2 Small boulders (2’x2’)

MOVABLE TABLES AND CHAIRS

BROOM FINISH CONCRETE

SUN SHADES ANCHORED TO BUILDING FACADE

STAMPED CONCRETE SMALL TREE (B&B, 3” Cal.) LOW GROWING PERENNIALS (#1 Cont.)

4 FREE STANDING CEDAR BENCHES (5’L) BROOM FINISH CONCRETE STAMPED CONCRETE

BROOM FINISH

Cedar CONCRETE Free Standing Benches (5’L)

SUN SHADES ANCHORED TO BUILDING FACADE

Metal and Composite Wood Pergola

Sun Shade Anchored to Building Facade

STAMPED CONCRETE

DNA SCULPTURE

DELAWARE PUBLIC HEALTH L COURTYARD PLA

SMALL TREE (B&B, 3” Cal.)

SHRUBS (24”H MIN.)

30 SUNNYSIDE RD, SMYRNA JULY 21, 2021

LOW GROWING PERENNIALS (#1 Cont.)

SMALL TREE (B&B, 3” Cal.)

Patio Seating with Collapsible Umbrellas

Stamped Concrete

Key Map

DELAWARE PUBLIC HEALTH LAB EXPANSION DELAWARE PUBLIC HEALTH LAB EXPANSION

Key Map

Work Experience 12

BERNADON Apartment Site Layout The Bernardon Landscape Architecture Team also works on site layouts for new developments. For this former corner field in West Virginia, we prepared and presented 3 series of schematic designs, first starting conceptually with paper apartment cut-outs taped to a basemap and traced with marker (Schemes 1.A – 1.C). From the feedback we received we further refined those concepts in CAD and developed the concepts with the required units, parking, and a connected and central greenway (Schemes 12 and 13). Some fun design challenges for this site were finding enough parking that was local to each respective apartment building and working with the existing central ridge and the steep grade near the east portion of the site. The final designs ultimately were structured around the geological features, and are what will make this complex’s greenway particularly unique and interesting to explore.

Schematic Design 1.A

Schematic Design 12

Schematic Design 1.B

Schematic Design 1.C

Schematic Design 13

Work Experience 14

REFUGIA

Deck

Weltevree Outdoor Oven for Deck

Outdoor Cedar Shower

English Hurdle Fence

Espalier Fence

Custom Benches by Fire Pit

Well/ Bubbler Option

Family Residence From working at Refugia, a design/build firm specializing in residential design with a mission to “Bring Nature Home” (guided by Doug Tallamy’s book), I was able to expand my knowledge of ecological planting design. This was done through mentorship with Refugia staff as well as planting with the landscape team once a week. When not planting I was meeting with clients, discussing their design goals, visiting their property, taking measurements and photos, and generating a basemap. Then I would present two rounds of designs with each client, making sure their design goals were being achieved, and leading them in the right direction to achieve the most ecologically beneficial design.

feet

SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"

This project was for a client that wanted a garden to grow food for the family restaurant, a pollinator meadow, spaces for their young children to run and explore, and a number of spaces for respite. What made this project unique from other Refugia projects is that the expansion to the house was under construction at the time of the design process, and we were able to coordinate with the architect to compliment the new addition to the house with our porch layout and planting design. This overall site plan shows the meadow and planting bed areas in yellow and the lawn paths in green. 0

SITE DETAIL OPTIONS Deck

feet

SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"

Weltevree Outdoor Oven for Deck

Outdoor Cedar Shower

Ennglish Hurdle Fence

Espalier Fence

Custom Benches by Fire Pit

Well/ Bubbler Option

SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"

Pool

Hammock Grove

Playhouse/Fort

Mandala Garden

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Deck

Weltevree Outdoor Oven for Deck

Outdoor Cedar Shower

English Hurdle Fence

Espalier Fence

Custom Benches by Fire Pit

Well/ Bubbler Option

Work Experience 16

ESPERANZA HEALTH CAMPUS

ESPERANZA HEALTH CENTER Esperanza Health Center Campus and Community Outreach For my capstone project at Temple I had the privilege of collaborating with Esperanza Health Center on their new campus design. With three locations in Philadelphia, Esperanza Health Center is a ministry that provides holistic health care to the Latino and under-served residents in the city. In October of 2019, Esperanza opened their new health clinic at Kensington and Allegheny Avenues for appointments. Planning for the future, Esperanza purchased a number of vacant lots in the vicinity of the new health center so that they can eventually create a unified campus that provides healthy green spaces for the residents of Kensington.

Capstone Project • Year 3 A collaboration with Esperanza Health Center and Kensington Residents

ESPERANZA HEALTH CENTER FUTURE PARK SPACE

HELP DESIGN YOUR

FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK!

In January of 2020, Esperanza hosted a “Shaking Off the Winter Blues” event in which neighboring residents came to play games and win prizes while visiting booths of various organizations that were represented. I was able to set up a display that had information about the future park spaces and the benefits of spending time in green spaces. Additionally, I was able to provide opportunities for people of all ages to give input for what they would like to see in their neighborhood park. This opportunity gave me insight into what neighbors are looking for and guided my concept and master plan development.

GARAGE

FUTURE COMMUNITY CENTER

THE SIMPLE WAY GARDEN

HOPE HOUSE

ESPERANZA HEALTH CENTER

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ENY

AVE

ALLEGHENY STATION

GREEN SPACE = BETTER OVERALL HEALTH PHYSICAL HEALTH BENEFITS

MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS

COMMUNITY HEALTH BENEFITS • INCREASED SAFETY • CRIME REDUCTION

INCREASED WEIGHT LOSS & FITNESS

INCREASED VITAMIN D

REDUCED BLOOD PRESSURE

BETTER FETAL GROWTH & HEALTHIER BIRTH WEIGHTS

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INCREASED ENERGY

REDUCED ANXIETY & DEPRESSION

DECREASED STRESS, ANGER & AGGRESSION

INCREASED IMMUNITY

IMPROVED MOOD

IMPROVED RELATIONSHIP SKILLS

50% LOWER RISK OF DIABETES & HEART ATTACK

IMPROVED SELF-ESTEEM

INCREASED SENSE OF BELONGING

REDUCED CHANCE OF DEVELOPING NEARSIGHTEDNESS

2 MINUTES STRESS IS RELIEVED (as measured by muscle tension, blood pressure and brain activity)

IMPROVED CREATIVITY

2 HOURS MEMORY PERFORMANCE & ATTENTION SPAN IMPROVES 20%

INCREASED MEMORY & ATTENTION & REDUCED A.D.D. SYMPTOMS

• COMMUNITY-BUILDING • INCREASED PRIDE

• INCREASED SENSE OF PLACE • DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL SKILLS

ECONOMIC HEALTH BENEFITS • ENHANCED ECONOMIC VITALITY • MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• HEALTH CARE COST REDUCTION • INCREASED ENERGY EFFICIENCY

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS • CLEANER AIR & WATER • ECOLOGICAL HABITAT CREATION • HEAT & HUMIDITY REGULATION • NOISE MITIGATION • FLOODING REDUCTION • LESS LITTER

2 DAYS LEVELS OF CANCER FIGHTING WHITE BLOOD CELLS INCREASE 50% AFTER 2 CONSECUTIVE DAYS

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ESPERANZA HEALTH CENTER Community Input

Concept Development based on Community Input

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Typ. Residential Woonerf The Gathering Pocket Park and Community Garden Community Dog Park The Simple Way Healing Garden and Picnic Area Affordable Housing

Main Plaza Gym Park

Phoenix Plaza and Park

Business Development and Community Build Yard

Healthy Food Co-op and Art Plaza

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Swing Grove

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1) Business Development Center & Community Build Yard 2) Health Food Co-op & Art Plaza 3) Sol Plaza at K&A 4) Swing Grove 5) Phoenix Plaza & Park 6) Fit & Tree Plaza 7) Main Plaza 8) The Simple Way Prayer Garden & Picnic Area Gathering Pocket Park & 9) The Community Garden 10) Paw Print Dog Park 11) Affordable Housing & Roof Deck 12) Typical Residential Woonerf

ESPERANZA HEALTH CENTER Diagrams

Street Typology

The ultimate goal of the project was to create a landscape vision plan that integrates nature into the urban environment for the purpose of enhancing the quality of life for Kensington residents. In alignment with Esperanza’s vision for the community, the designed outdoor spaces were designed to provide residents with holistic care (physical, mental, and social). In order to achieve a healthier, safer, more

livable community, strategies like green stormwater infrastructure, traffic calming and complete streets, CPTED, public space programming and development recommendations were provided for the overall plan. The feedback I received from Kensington residents and Esperanza’s Community of Health and Wellness Department (responsible for community programming) is ultimately what directed the design decisions.

Existing

25’ sidewalk

7.5’ 5’ parking bike lane

11’ cartway

11’ median

11 5’ 7.5’ cartway bike parking lane

25’ sidewalk

Proposed Traffic Calming

GSI and Sustainability

25’

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Enhanced Safety

sidewalk

5’

8’ 12’ pervious bike cartway parking lane and bump-outs

8’ median

12’

8’ 5’ pervious cartway bike parking lane and bump-outs

25’ sidewalk

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ESPERANZA HEALTH CENTER Sol Plaza The health center is in a renovated bank building originally constructed in the early 1900s at Kensington and Allegheny Avenues, the major intersection within the neighborhood. Currently this intersection of two of the city’s commercial corridors that is right outside an elevated rail is the epicenter of the opioid crisis in the Philadelphia and on the East Coast. Esperanza staff members wanted to turn the front of the building, which is currently a 30 foot wide cement sidewalk, into a warm, welcoming place where residents could congregate over a cup of coffee or bite to eat from the café on the first floor of the health center. For the design, it was important to have open site lines and flex space for community events, like Esperanza’s farmers markets. The name ‘Sol Plaza’ is not only a reference to the blue and yellow rays of Esperanza’s colors on the pavement, but also to the predominantly Latino Community that lives in the neighborhood. Further, Sol is meant to represent the ‘soul’ of the community as well - as in people gathering at the heart of the Kensington neighborhood.

Existing

Planted Front Pillars

Café Terrace

Entrance Fountain and Stairs Event Plaza

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ESPERANZA HEALTH CENTER The Gathering Community Garden Diagonal from Esperanza’s 2-story garage, which is within the same block as the health center and future community center building, is one of the largest vacant lots in the area. Esperanza staff hope to have turned into a gathering space and play area. This location is receives more sun than any other of Esperanza’s properties, and since they have an interest in community gardening, I suggested adding that to the program of the space. The final design includes a greenhouse that can also serve as a space for events, gardening beds that include a play feature kids can run through, a splash pad (a water feature is what most kids said they wanted at the outreach event), an event stage, terraced seating, and a flex lawn.

Event Stage

Seating 31

Underground cistern

Greenhouse

Gardening Play Feature

Splash Pad Option

ADA ramp

Movie Backdrop

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MILD to WILD

Woodland Design Studio • Year 2 Presented to Cecil County, MD Parks and Rec

An Ecologically-Focused Community Park

Located across major vehicular routes, Brantwood Regional Park is a former golf course located in Cecil County, MD. Currently, the park is open to the public, but consists only of unmaintained green and remnant golf cart paths. Our studio paired with Cecil County Parks and Rec to come up with a new vision for the park that would be unique compared to the popular parks in the surrounding counties.

The overarching goals for Brantwood were to create a park that would lead visitors on a distinct and memorable journey: from active to passive, mild to wild; orderly to natural; peaceful to adventurous. By engaging with their community in rich ecological spaces, the hope is that visitors will become more comfortable in these spaces and discover that they are wondrous and fun places to be.

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Ecological Framework The basis for the Brantwood Park design was on increasing the ecological viability of the site, primarily through forest restoration and the creation of vernal pools in existing depressions.

The diagram below illustrates the importance of vernal pools and natural forest habitats for the spring peeper in particular, but also for a number of other amphibian and invertebrate species.

Spring Peeper Habitat

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Hydrology Moving Water Existing Ponds

Moving Water

Potential Vernal Pool Areas

Potential Vernal Pool Areas Exisiting Roads

Existing Ponds

Existing Roads

Topography

Slope Direction

Spring Peepers will move Spring Peepers will move between the woodland between the woodland and the waterthe throughout their life time. and water throughout their life time.

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Spring Peepers hibernate in Spring Peepers logs, loose barkin onlogs, trees, or in hibernate forest soil. loose bark on trees, or in forest soil.

The only The only timetime Spring Spring Peepers leave the forest is to vocalize Peepers leave the and attract a mate in the vegforest towater’s vocalize etation atisthe edge. and attract a mate in the vegetation at the water’s edge.

Before transforming Before transforming into frogs, Peeper tadpoles intoSpring frogs, Spring remain in the water eating Peeper tadpoles algae and decaying plant maremain in the water terial for about 8 weeks. eating algae and decaying plant material.

Spring Peepers live Spring Peepers live and hunt primarily in the loose debrisin of and hunt primarily the forest ﬂoor. the loose debris of the forest floor.

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COMMUNITY

1. Park Gateway/ Orientation 4. Sunken Amphitheater 7. Picnic Pavilion with restrooms, tables and grills 9. Boardwalk with deck chairs 11. Space for future businesses associated with park 15. Great Lawn for events/ farmer’s markets

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2. Mounded Eastern Redbud Grove 5.COMMUNITY Stroll Garden (Woodland with Flowering Understory Trees) COMMUNITY 10. Steps into LakeOrientation 1. Park Gateway/ 1. Park Gateway/ Orientation 4. 4. Sunken Amphitheater Sunken Amphitheater 22. Ascending Canopy Walk 7. 7. Picnic Pavilion with restrooms, tables andand grillsgrills Picnic Pavilion with restrooms, tables 26. Agricultural Wall Walk 9. 9. Boardwalk with deckchairs Boardwalk with deckchairs 27. Education Amphitheater 11. 11. Space forfor future businesses associated withwith parkpark Space future businesses associated 15.15. Great Lawn forfor events/ farmer’s markets Great Lawn events/ farmer’s markets 28. Raised Bird Blind 29. Exploration Boardwalk with Rot Plot, Vernal Pool ECOLOGY ECOLOGY Observation Area/ Climbing elements, and Council Ring 2. 2. Mounded Eastern Redbud Grove Mounded Eastern Redbud Grove Pavilion 30. Hammock Grove/ Treewith House 5. 5. Stroll Garden (Woodland Flowering Understory Trees) Stroll Garden (Woodland with Flowering Understory Trees) 32. Spring Ephemerals 10.10. Steps into Lake Steps into Lake Grove/ Labyrinth 22.22. Ascending Canopy Walk 33. Evergreen Hill Ascending Canopy Walk 26. Agricultural Wall Walk 26. Agricultural Wall Walk 34. Ridge Meadow 27. Education Amphitheater

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14. Nature Play Children’s Garden (Ages 0 - 4) PLAY 16.PLAY ‘Brantwood Hollow’ Play Area with slides and fallen 3. Canopy Terrace (Sitting Nature Areas, Splash Pad) Canopy Terrace 6. 3. Pocket Lawn tree to climb (All (Sitting ages) Areas, Splash Pad) Pocket Lawn 12.6.Courts 17. Sledding/ Hill Courts Overlook 13.12. Mounded Flex Space with lawn chairs 18. Woodland Adventure Course (Ages Mounded Flex SpaceGarden with lawn chairs 14.13. Nature Play Children’s (Ages 0 -4) 10+) Nature Play Children’s Garden -4) fallen tree to climb (All ages) 16.14. ‘Brantwood Hollow’ Play Area with(Ages slides0and 19. Swing Grove (All ages) ‘Brantwood Hollow’ 17.16. Sledding/ Overlook Hill Play Area with slides and fallen tree to climb (All ages) 20. Intermediate Bike Park/ Pump Course 18.17. Woodland Sledding/Adventure Overlook Course Hill (Ages 10+) 21. Beginner Bike(All Park/ 19.18. Swing Grove ages) Pump Woodland Adventure CourseCourse (Ages 10+) 20.19.Intermediate SwingBike GroveBike (AllPark/ ages)Pump Course 23. Technical Trail 21.20. Beginner Bike Park/ Intermediate BikePump Park/ Pump 24. Dog Parks for Small andCourse LargeCourse Dogs 23.21.Technical Trail BeginnerBike Bike Park/ Pump Course 25. Running Trail with Fitness Stations 24.23. Dog Parks for Small and Large Dogs Technical Bike Trail 31. Picnic Lawn 25.24. Running Trail for withSmall Fitness Stations Dog Parks and Large Dogs 31.25. Picnic LawnTrail with Fitness Stations Running

31. Picnic Lawn *Annotations are arranged beginning at the main entrance and *Annotations are arranged beginning at the main entrance and proceeding proceeding counterclockwise counterclockwise

*Annotations are arranged beginning at the main entrance and proceeding counterclockwise

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Ecological Community Parks 38 MLARC 8157, Temple University, Fall 2018 Professors Andrew Hayes and Donna Shumpert MLARC 8157, Temple University, Fall 2018 Elizabeth Krohn

MILD to WILD Engaging with Nature

Vernal Pool Observation

‘Brantwood Hollow’ Nature Play

Ridge Meadow Perspective

Crossing the Road

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MILD to WILD Brantwood Park Restoration Plan Forest Succession

Evergreen Hill

Coastal Plain Pond

Wildflower Meadow

Mixed Hardwood Forest

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‘WET LANDS’ PARK

Wetland Design Studio • Year 2 Presented to Camden County, NJ Parks and Rec Representative

Farnham Regional Park

Impervious vs. Green Space - Environmental Degradation and Injustice

Located in Camden, NJ, Farnham Park is one of the few remaining freshwater tidal wetlands along the Cooper River that leads to the Delaware River. In the early 1900s, Farnham Park was a wellknown, frequented park of the time. After WWII, a dam on the Cooper River was breached, flooding much of the park. Meanwhile, Camden experienced deindustrialization and major neighborhood changes

that resulted in racial segregation and an economically disadvantaged community surrounding the park. Today, the southern portion of the park has a playground and courts, but the rest of the park is unmaintained and is a heavy crime area. Our goal for studio was to come up with a vision plan that would restore the degraded environment of the park while creating a safe place for the community to gather and recreate.

The drive for increased development in Camden caused much of the wetlands and floodplain to be filled in, resulting in critical habitat loss and a decline in proper ecosystem functioning. Comparing the impervious cover of the subwatershed to entire watershed highlights some of the environmental injustices that Camden residents face compared to other residents of Camden County. In particular, roads

take up the greatest amount of impervious cover around Farnham Park, which is because the infrastructure is required for the near 329,000 trucks that travel to and from industries within Camden annually. This amount of impervious surface is significant because when just 10% of a watershed is covered with impervious surfaces, there is an increase in flooding, erosion and pollutant loads, and there is a subsequent decline in biodiversity.

Cooper River Sub Watershed, Camden, NJ

Cooper River Watershed, Camden, NJ

Regional Context

Philadelphia Camden

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Farnham Park

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Pennsauken 24%

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‘WET LANDS’ PARK An Ecologically-Focused Community Park Through reintroducing diverse native freshwater wetland plant species to their respective tidal zones, Farnham Park, as the largest park in Camden, will provide much needed habitat and resources to many wildlife species. With the resultant increase in biodiversity on site, there will be a greater ecosystem balance when it comes to nutrient transfer between tropic levels. Further, much needed ecosystem services will be provided to Camden residents.

Ecosystem Services that can be provided at Farnham Park

Tidal Zone Mean High Water Mean Low Water Drainage Marsh Profile

Very Poor (Hydric Soils) Open Water

Tidal Flat

The following native wetland plants are some of the existing species in the Farnham Park marsh ecosystem as well as species that can be introduced for the purposes of restoration. Together, these plants can provide crucial habitat and resources for wildlife species, including birds, small mammals, pollinating insects and other insects that play an important role in the food web.

Poor (Hydric Soils) Low Marsh

High Marsh

Moderately Well-drained Shrubland

Well-drained Upland

Proper functioning of Food Web as an indicator of a Healthy Ecosystem

Larger Accipitiformes

Smaller Accipitiformes

Charadriiformes, Pelicaniformes & Suliformes

Passerines

Pollinators Terrestrial Insects

Frog Waterfowl

Rodent Turtle

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Zooplankton Aquatic Insects Bivalves

Large Fish

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Vegetation

Low Marsh

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Nutrient Transfer between Trophic Levels Producers to Primary Consumers Primary to Secondary Consumers Secondary to Tertiary Consumers Tertiary to Apex Consumers

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‘WET LANDS’ PARK Concept A: On the Water

Concept B: Taking in the View

Objectives:

• Engage people directly with water and the marsh habitat • Capture stormwater in surrounding neighborhoods and within the park • Divide the park into active and passive zones

Legend: Gateway/ Node Focal Point View Woodland Buffer Pedestrian Bridge Pedestrian/ Cyclist Path Boardwalk Parking/ Roadway Active Recreation Passive Recreation Proposed Building/ Service

Programs

• Provide multiple spaces and programs for people to observe, learn about, and become comfortable with the Farnham Park ecosystem

• Mix of active and passive spaces

Programs

Restoration Areas Woodland/ Canopy Cover Shrubland Marsh Meadow Lawn Sand/ Stone Green Infrastructure Bioswale Rain Garden Pervious Paving Manufactured Treatment Device Floating Module/ Pavilion ‘Trash Wheel’ Water

Gateway/ Node Focal Point View Woodland Buffer Pedestrian Bridge Pedestrian/ Cyclist Path Boardwalk Parking/ Roadway Active Recreation Passive Recreation Proposed Building/ Service

• Capture stormwater around and within the park

Legend:

Restoration and GSI

Legend:

Restoration and GSI

Restoration Areas Woodland/ Canopy Cover Shrubland Marsh Meadow Lawn Sand/ Stone Green Infrastructure Bioswale Rain Garden Bump out Pervious Paving Manufactured Treatment Device Floating Module/ Pavilion ‘Trash Wheel’ Water

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‘WET LANDS’ PARK Objective To create a regional destination through ecological restoration and GSI enhancements that foster community building while providing ecosystem services to Camden residents

Goals • Habitat Creation • Sustainability and Water Purification • Ecosystem Engagement and Education • Improved Access to Park • Celebrate Park History

Community-Focused Active Recreation 1. Community Garden 2. Farmers Market/ Food Truck Loop 3. Bike Share/ Repair Center 4. Great Lawn with Pavilions/ BBQ 5. Nature Play (ages 0-4) 6. Nature/ Adventure Play (ages 5-12) 7. Basketball and Volleyball Courts 8. Community/ Park Orientation Center 9. Event Boardwalk 10. Gateway Island (event lawn and stage) 11. Kayak/ Boat Launch 12. Education Center

Ecosystem Enhancements Passive Recreation 1. Canopy Walk over steep slope 2. Marsh Overlook 3. Nature - Reclaimed Ruin 4. Outdoor Classrooms 5. Floating Docks (move with tides) 6. Eye of Camden Bridge 7. ‘Meadow Tides’ (undulating topography) 8. Phytoremediation Zone 9. Farnham Observation Tower 10. Shade Sail Resting/ Fishing Areas

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‘WET LANDS’ PARK Farnham ‘Wet Lands’ Park Diagrams

Farnham Springs Detail 1. Splash Pad 2. 1.5’ Raised Pool 3. Interactive Rain Garden 4. Tables and Chairs 5. Shaded Stepped Seating 6. Access to Adventure/ Nature Play (ages 5-12) 7. Interlocking pavers 8. 8% ADA Accessible Ramp 9. Access from Park Blvd 10. Access to Nature Play (ages 0-4) 11. ADA Lawn Access 12. Great Lawn/ seating for performances 13. Stage/ Great Lawn Access 14. 2’ wide, 1.5’ high steps 15. Herbaceous perennial planters 16. Pervious quart agglomerate 17. Interlocking concrete pervious pavers 18. Main path, pervious cement

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MOSAIC PARK

Urban Design Studio • Year 3 Presented to representatives of Philadelphia Parks and Rec, DE River Waterfront and NKCDC

Lehigh Viaduct and Port Richmond Waterfront Park

Park without Borders - Connecting the Site

The 330 acres of the Lehigh Viaduct and the Port Richmond Waterfront border the 5 Philadelphia neighborhoods of Kensington, East Kensington, Olde Port Richmond, Port Richmond and Fishtown. While the other neighborhoods have been steadily gentrifying, Kensington has continued to struggle with poverty, low employment, and el the effects of the opioid crisis. The goals for this ph ia, P project were to create a mosaic of human systems A and natural systems for the purpose of enhancing the quality of life for all residents through a unified, green landscape that allows for equitable access to park resources.

Another main goal for the project was to create a mosaic of connectivity through greening. This was related to connectivity in the natural landscape, in which patches were related to the network of neighborhood parks, corridors were the GSI streets connecting them, and the matrix is the foundation of the Philadelphia streets grid.

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Opportunities

Constraints

Patches

By considering the constraints of the site in terms of the economy, culture and environment, solutions were devised that addressed each aspect through the integration of human systems (like economics and culture) and natural systems (those that pertain to the environment). The logo illustrates the bridging of natural systems from the waterfront with human systems from the urban fabric, a combination that results in natural benefits (like physical and mental health), as well as natural innovations, (like renewable energy and GSI), as illustrated in the Opportunities diagram.

CULTURE

Human Ecology

ECONOMICS

ENVIRONMENT

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Healthcare and Business District

Spring Gully

Gallery Promenade

The Gathering Place

River Pool Park

Welcome Gardens The Point

MOSAIC PARK MASTER PLAN

Mosaic Marina

Riverwards Neighborhood

I-95 Park

MOSAIC PARK Mosaic Garden Walk - Primary Park Connector Of all the projects I have worked on at Temple, I had the most fun designing this one. The site is so rich in complexity and cultural identity that there were so many grand opportunities for what could integrate the entire site and showcase it as the asset to Philadelphia that it is. My plan to unify the park was through the “Mosaic Garden Walk”, which serves as the epitome of human and natural systems integration and regional connectivity. The Walk, which features three main anchors and different regions showcasing art and culture from the surrounding neighborhoods, as well as Philadelphia and the world, is how this region of Philadelphia, once known as the “Workshop of the World” now can have the world come to it as a unique place of celebration.

Art throughout the park as: • sculpture garden

• water

• plantings

• interactive

• landform

• temp art installations • architecture

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MOSAIC PARK Mosaic Park Details A goal of the project was to allow all residents in the vicinity equal access to the park and types of resources in the park. Therefore, each region has development that directly benefits the neighboring community, as well as a variety of highly programmed spaces. To accommodate the influx of jobs to the area and to Philadelphia, two major developments were planned for at the waterfront - the Healthcare and Business District to the north and the Riverwards Mixed-Use Neighborhood to the south. The development sites are linked together through the Mosaic Garden Walk and through the unique shapes and sustainable designs of the buildings, drawing from the organic forms seen in a wetland.

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MOSAIC PARK Mosaic Park Diagrams

Open Space Types

Park Path Systems

Development Regions and Types

Cut and Fill

Park Program Regions

Site Hydrology

Park Access

Park Restoration Areas

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REIMAGINING TOWN & GOWN

Urban Design Studio • Year 1 Presented at PA-DE 2019 ASLA Annual Meeting

Historic Features

Diamond Street Corridor The Diamond Street Corridor Neighborhood in North Philadelphia is adjacent to Temple’s main campus, which is in the process of implementing their new campus greening plan. The primary goals of the Diamond Street Corridor Revitalization were to: expand the greening of Temple’s campus into the surrounding neighborhoods through green infrastructure; to achieve historic preservation and create a neighborhood destination; and to create shared streets and introduce traffic calming.

Study Site

Paving Brick Sidewalks Cobblestone Plaza Granite Edging, Seat walls Context

Granite Parking, Street Gutters Features Victorian Lighting/ Hanging Baskets Historic Bollards

First Impressions

Society Hill Case Study

Existing Site

Shared Streets

Green Infrastructure Greening Rain Gardens Home Planting Zones Trees Pervious Paving Cobblestone Brick Sidewalks Slate Paver Street Parking

Proposed Shared Streets

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REIMAGINING TOWN & GOWN Church of the Advocate Plaza By narrowing the cartway and designing a plaza in front of the Church of the Advocate, the goal was to create an event/ gathering space that celebrates the architecture of the Church as a Philadelphia historic landmark.

Church of the Advocate

Permeable Parking

Church of the Advocate Existing Conditions

Seatwall, planting beds Lights and Hanging Baskets Church of the Advocate Plaza Perspective

Permeable Cobblestone

Bike Lane Bollards Diamond Street

Rain Gardens

Diamond Park

Brick Sidewalk Bike Rack

Across from the Church, the proposed designs for Diamond Park are to make it an extension of the Church’s plaza. It meant for leisurely community gathering, with recessed water jets and shaded seating areas.

Sunken Splash Pad

Diamond Park, Existing Conditions

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N 18th Street

Seatwall, planting beds

80 Feet

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INTERNSHIPS

FORESITE

Foresite Associates, New Castle, DE • Year 2

Summer Landscape Architecture Internship Over the summer of 2019 I was able to intern with Foresite Associates, a firm in New Castle, DE that specializes in engineering, landscape architecture, and ecological restoration. This opportunity provided me a wide range of experiences, including devising concepts for development projects, creating planting plans for residential properties, seeding a meadow, and streambank restoration.

Example of a Concept for a development

Retail

Apartment Plaza

Residential Landscape Design adjacent to a pond

Reworked Post Vanes catching debris, slowing down water, and protecting plants

Loading Dock

Fountain and Outdoor Sales Area

Grocery Store

Steep Slope

Rain Garden Butterfly Pavilion

Patio Retaining Wall Access Road 75

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FALLINGWATER

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy • Year 1 A collaboration with the Fallingwater Director and Lead Horticulturist

Artist-in-Residence House

Summer Landscape Architecture Internship During the summer of 2018 I had the opportunity to intern for the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) at Fallingwater. The summer was filled with a variety of learning experiences, such as maintaining local gardens, learning more about plant identification from George Longenecker, the Landscape Architect Advisor, visiting nearby gardens, and designing and installing planting plans and a maintenance road on the Fallingwater property.

I also had the chance to devise planting plans for three buildings on the property. The below figures show the future artist-in-residence house, which was built in the early 20th century. The main goals were to stay true to the traditional style of the house with a period appropriate landscape, to included native species with year-round interest, and to incorporate plantings that could be cultivated for the Fallingwater Café.

Existing Conditions

Maintenance Road The first task of the summer was to designate a road that led from the maintenance building to the northern part of the WPC property. At the time, the small maintenance vehicles were traveling on Route 381, in which speeds often reach upwards of 70mph. Walking the path and using ArcMap and ArcCollector, the path was designated so that it would require minimal regrading and tree removal. Additional, it was ensured that the road would also be wide enough so that a fiber optics line could be laid to the buildings in the northern part of the property. Bloom Chart

Planting Plan

West facing perspective

Maintenance Rd Section

Marked Out Maintenance Rd

Maintenance Rd Section 3 Marking trees that will border the road 77

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HAND-DRAFTING

WELCOME GARDEN

Design Studio 1 • Year 1 Presented to Ambler Arboretum Director

Temple Ambler Gateway Garden The Welcome Garden is the first formal open space visitors experience when entering Temple University’s Ambler Campus. The design goals were: to create gathering spaces that are symbolic of the campus’ history as initially being the PA Women’s School of Horticulture and the home of the National Women’s Farm and Garden Association; to include sustainable initiatives that can be used as teaching tools on campus for students and visitors; and to include elements from other gardens in the arboretum for a sense of cohesion between the different gardens.

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CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

Engineering II • Year 1

Engineering II: Fallingwater Sculpture Garden Coincidentally, before I applied to and was accepted to the Fallingwater internship, I created the construction documents for a proposed sculpture garden on their property. The following are grading and layout plans for a patio and an ADA accessible ramp at the back of the Barn, the location of Fallingwater’s main offices and proposed art gallery for the purposes of this project. The include plans for a seat wall, water feature, tree pits and raised planters.

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CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS The goals for grading the site include: altering topography to match the whimsical character of the sculpture garden and to provide for changes in view; to capture the water for the 10 year storm in a series of artful planted detention basins; and to allow for a pick up/ drop off lane that can accommodate a vehicle as large as a box truck.

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hiking and bird watching across the island, kayaking through the marsh, swimming or sailing off shore, or fishing in this critical fish nursery. And for the truly adventurous, there are a variety of edible plants, including glasswort, beach plum, shadbush, highbush blueberry and winged sumac.

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Wading Birds

e.g. herons, egrets, sandpipers - gather in August before migrating south

Shorebirds

e.g. gulls and terns - greatest variety of species are present in the spring and August

Songbirds

e.g. warblers - from Tropics - use shrub thicket community for food, rest, protection from raptors

Tree Swallows

observed in large numbers; depend on bayberry fruit in the fall

Waterfowl

slower migration in fall - will remain in suitable habitats longer; some are permanent residents

Raptors

birds of prey - from Northeast and Canada; migrate southward; eat other migrators

DIVERSE PLANT COMMUNITIES

GRASSES + SEDGES HERBACEOUS VINES SHRUBS TREES CACTUS + LICHEN

1) SALT MARSH

Juncus gerardi - black grass Distichlis spicata - spike grass Spartina alterniflora - salt marsh cordgrass Spartina patens - salt-meadow grass *Atriplex patula - orache Kosteletzkya virginica - seaside mallow Limonium carolinianum - sea lavender Salicornia europaea - slender glasswort Salicornia virginica - woody glasswort Suaeda linearis - tall sea-blight Suaeda maritima - low sea-blight Symphyotrichum tenuifolium - perennial salt marsh aster

Sources: Sue Mrugal lab 10; NJ Department of Environmental Protection Division of Parks & Forestry; Island Beach State Park; researchgate.net

2) HIGH MARSH

Bolboschoenus robustus - salt marsh bulrush Eleocharis rostellata - beaked spike rush Distichlis spicata - spike grass Juncus gerardi - black grass Spartina alterniflora - salt marsh cordgrass Spartina cynosuroides - big cordgrass Spartina patens - salt-meadow grass *Atriplex patula - orache Limonium carolinianum - sea lavender Iva frutescens - marsh elder Solidago sempervirens - seaside goldenrod Symphyotrichum tenuifolium - perennial salt marsh aster

Baccharis halimifolia - groundsel bush Morella/Myrica pensylvanica - bayberry

3) BRACKISH MARSH

4) DUNE WOODLAND

5) SHRUB THICKET

6) SECONDARY DUNE

Amaranthus cannabinus - water hemp Hibiscus moscheutos - rose mallow Iva frutescens - marsh elder Symphyotrichum subulatum - annual salt marsh aster *Typha angustifolia - narrow-leaved cattail

Acer rubrum - red maple Ilex opaca - American holly Juniperus virginiana - red cedar Pinus rigida - pitch pine Prunus serotina - black cherry Quercus ilicifolia - scrub oak Sassafras albidum - sassafras

Ilex opaca - American holly Juniperus virginiana - red cedar Prunus serotina - black cherry Quercus ilicifolia - scrub oak

Lathyrus japonicus - beach pea Solidago sempervirens - seaside goldenrod Xanthium strumarium - cocklebur

Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper Smilax rotundifolia - common greenbrier Toxicodendron radicans - poison ivy

Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper Toxicodendron radicans - poison ivy

Bolboschoenus robustus - salt marsh bulrush *Phragmites australis - phragmites Schoenoplectus pungens - three-square Schoenoplectus americanus - Olney’s three-square Spartina alterniflora - salt marsh cordgrass Spartina cynosuroides - big cordgrass

Amorpha fruticosa - indigo bush Baccharis halimifolia - groundsel bush

Amelanchier canadensis - shadbush Morella/Myrica pensylvanica - bayberry Prunus maritima - beach plum Rhus copallinum - winged sumac Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry

Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper Smilax rotundifolia - common greenbrier Toxicodendron radicans - poison ivy

Amelanchier canadensis - shadbush Morella/Myrica pensylvanica - bayberry Prunus maritima - beach plum Rhus copallinum - winged sumac Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry

Ammophila breviligulata - dunegrass Aristida tuberculosa - sea-beach three-awn Cakile edentula - sea rocket Panicum amarum - sand-beach panic grass Triplasis purpurea - sandgrass

Hudsonia tomentosa - beach heather

Cladina submitis - coastal reindeer lichen Cladonia uncialis - thorn/cup lichen Opuntia humifusa - prickly pear

7) PRIMARY DUNE

Ammophila breviligulata - dunegrass Aristida tuberculosa - sea-beach three-awn Cakile edentula - sea rocket *Carex kobomugi - Asiatic sedge Cenchrus longispinus - long-spined sandbur Cenchrus tribuloides - sandbur Panicum amarum - sand-beach panic grass Triplasis purpurea - sandgrass

Artemisia stelleriana - dusty miller Euphorbia polygonifolia - seaside spurge Lathyrus japonicus - beach pea *Salsola kali - saltwort Solidago sempervirens - seaside goldenrod Xanthium strumarium - cocklebur

* naturalized, but not native to East Coast Barrier Island Ecosystem

EDUCATING

EDUCATIONAL POSTER EXAMPLES

Native Plant Communities • Year 3

Overview

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Liz Krohn Temple University Ambler, MLARC Native Plant Communities Professor Sue Mrugal Fall 2019

Beholding and preserving majestic hemlock forests

MAJESTIC AND VITAL FORESTS

ECOSYSTEMS UNDER THREAT CRITICAL HABITAT

black-th ro • With evergreen foliage reaching from the forest floor to the canopy, hemlocks are an important source of shelter and food for a variety of animal species in eastern forests. For example, as many as 90 bird species depend on hemlock forests, including the black-throated green warbler, which is an obligate to hemlock stands. • Hemlocks’ dense foliage promotes plant and animal diversity in aquatic and terrestrial environments. The foliage intercepts precipitation, preventing nutrient run-off and sedimentation, and cools streams, which increases the amount of dissolved oxygen and thus the number of fish and macroinvertebrates that can thrive there. In terrestrial environments, the shade provides ideal habitat for delicate and unique native plant communities, which in turn support a wider variety of wildlife.

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Stands of Pennsylvania’s state tree create an intricate landscape that serves as critical habitat and a source of inspiration

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After studying a collection of native plants from various communities for the first half of the semester, we began creating posters that exemplified the plants and communities we had learned about, as well as specifics about those communities that we were interested in. I wanted to create posters that would be engaging and educational to the general public visiting the corresponding ecosystem. The larger poster is in reference to my favorite ecosystem type, hemlock forests, and the major threat the woolly adelgid poses. The second poster is about Barrier Island Ecosystems and refers to the ecosystem services provided, the wildlife that use the site as a stopping point during migration, and the plants found in the different communities on site.

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Infestations native range of Hemlock infested before 2016

HWA ORIGIN • native to Japan but accidentally introduced near Richmond, VA in 1950s and has spread to 18 eastern states since • discovered in PA in 1967

HWA LIFE HISTORY and EFFECTS • aphid-like insect that lays its eggs, in coatings that resemble wool, on the undersides of hemlock needles • when eggs hatch, the insects feed on new growth by draining the sap from the tree which results in premature needle drop, branch dieback, and eventual death of the tree over a period of several to dozens of years • wind dispersed; hitchhikes on birds, mammals, vehicles and nursery plants • does not survive long in extreme cold – climate change will make HWA more pervasive

INSPIRATION Hemlock forests have awed and inspired people for generations. The Kaufmann family, who owned a successful department store in Pittsburgh, commissioned architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design their summer home in the hemlock forest of Bear Run Preserve southeast of Pittsburgh in 1934. Wright’s theory of organic architecture, designing with the landscape, resulted in Fallingwater, and architectural marvel in the United States and throughout the world.

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Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) has killed 95% of the hemlocks in Shenandoah National Park and continues to spread through the Northeast

RICH HEMLOCK MESIC HARDWOODS FOREST Tsuga canadensis - eastern hemlock Liriodendron tulipifera - tuliptree Betula alleghaniensis - yellow birch Betula lenta - sweet birch Acer rubrum - red maple Acer saccharum - sugar maple Quercus rubra - northern red oak Quercus spp. - oaks Fagus grandifolia - American beech Fraxinus americana - white ash Prunus serotina - wild black cherry Tilia americana - basswood Pinus strobus - eastern white pine Magnolia acuminata - cucumber-tree Magnolia tripetala - umbrella magnolia Carya ovata - shagbark hickory Hamamelis virginiana - witch-hazel Rhododendron maximum - rosebay Lindera benzoin - spicebush Asimina triloba - pawpaw Staphylea trifolia - bladdernut

H E R B A C E O U S

F E R N S

Maianthemum canadense - Canada mayflower Podophyllum peltatum - may-apple Arisaema triphyllum - jack-in-the-pulpit Eurybia divaricatus - white wood aster Erythronium americanum - trout-lily Anemone quinquefolia - wood anemone Dicentra canadensis - squirrel-corn Actaea racemosa - black snakeroot Dicentra cucullaria - dutchman’s breeches Geranium maculatum - wood geranium Caulophyllum thalictroides - blue cohosh Hepatica nobilis - liverwort Allium tricoccum - wild leek Sanguinaria canadensis - bloodroot Corydalis flavula - yellow fumewort Asplenium spp. - spleenworts Claytonia virginica - spring beauty Cardamine concatenata - cut-leaved toothwort Mitella diphylla - bishop’s-cap Asarum canadense - wild ginger Dryopteris marginalis - marginal wood fern Botrychium virginianum - rattlesnake fern Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas fern Adiantum pedatum - maidenhair fern * listed from most to least common by plant type

This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1867

infested after 2016 Shenandoah National Park

CONTROLLING HWA Chemical

• Soil treatments: soil drenching, soil injection, tablet placement • Foliar treatments: trunk spray, stem injections • Goal: keep hemlocks healthy until biological controls become established

Biological

• needed because no native predators of HWA in eastern United States • several types of beetles have been released in various areas effected by HWA • Goal: longterm solution to HWA

Laricobius nigrinus, a beetle native to the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest, has been used to combat HWA

INSECTARY

• a nursery habitat that is suitable for both HWA and an introduced predator beetle, which allows the beetles to naturally feed on HWA and reproduce in their intended environment • over time, enough of the predator beetle will be populated to be dispersed to other HWA infested areas

OUTLOOK

• research of chemical and biological control methods is on-going • proactive monitoring is essential for early detection of new infestations so they can be treated as soon as possible • if introduced biological controls become established within the newly expanding HWA range, the hope is that HWA numbers will remain low enough to allow most hemlock trees to survive • public education is needed

Sources: Sue Mrugal ‘s lab 12; U.S. Forest Service; Western Pennsylvania Conservancy; Cathedral: The Fight to Save the Ancient Hemlock’s of Cook Forest; savehemlocksnc.org/; Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Control Options, Georgia Forestry; entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef452

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EDUCATIONAL POSTER EXAMPLES Something for everyone - not just the birds

Liz Krohn Temple University Ambler, MLARC Native Plant Communities Professor Sue Mrugal Fall 2019

Exploring the Barrier Island Ecosystem

CRITICAL AND INSPIRING ECOSYSTEMS A variety of diverse ecosystems that provide habitat for wildlife and abundant ecosystem services

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e.g. herons, egrets, sandpipers - gather in August before migrating south

Shorebirds

e.g. gulls and terns - greatest variety of species are present in the spring and August

Songbirds

e.g. warblers - from Tropics - use shrub thicket community for food, rest, protection from raptors

Tree Swallows

observed in large numbers; depend on bayberry fruit in the fall

Waterfowl

slower migration in fall - will remain in suitable habitats longer; some are permanent residents

Raptors

birds of prey - from Northeast and Canada; migrate southward; eat other migrators

The erosion of serpentine rock creates a harsh environment that few plants are able to survive on

SEASONAL BEAUTY in the SERPENTINE OUTCROP

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Over 200 million years ago, serpentine rock that was formed on the ocean floor was brought to the surface through the continental collide. The erosion of the rock gives rise to a poor, thin soil that is high in Magnesium, Nickel and Chromium, which is toxic to most plant species and thus earned the ecosystem the name “barrens”. However, some rare and unusual plant species have adapted to these unique conditions, giving rise to globally rare ecological plant communities.

e.g. striped bass and bluefish - head to deeper estuaries in the fall and winter months

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Benefiting from Salt Marsh and Dune Ecosystems

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Taking a closer look at Globally Rare Serpentine Barrens

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Years of erosion caused by storms and tides have formed barrier islands, comparatively thin expanses of habitat that are nevertheless teeming with diverse wildlife and provide abundant ecosystem services. From the salt marsh to the sand dunes, these unique plant communities provide wildlife species food, breeding and nesting grounds, and/or a resting point during migration. For people visiting, there are vast recreational opportunities, from hiking and bird watching across the island, kayaking through the marsh, swimming or sailing off shore, or fishing in this critical fish nursery. And for the truly adventurous, there are a variety of edible plants, including glasswort, beach plum, shadbush, highbush blueberry and winged sumac.

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What’s so special about these grasslands?

prescribed burns

MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES:

partial organic soil removal

DIVERSE PLANT COMMUNITIES

Increased Deer Population

shade out grassland plants, contribute to organic layer

eat native species before they can mature

mechanical +/ or chemical controls

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Habitat Loss

fire exclusion + forest succession

Globally Rare

Native and Non-native Invasives

Botanical Name

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SAVANNAH

Rhus copallinum

winged sumac

7 - 15’

Gaylussacia baccata

black huckleberry

1 - 2’

Ceanothus americanum

New Jersey tea

3 - 4’

Spirea alba var. latifolia

meadowsweet

2 - 6’

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium slender mountainmint 1 - 3’ OUTCROPS

Arabidopsis lyrata

lyre-leaved rock cress 4 - 14”

Asclepias verticillata

whorled milkweed

1 - 2.5’

Cerastium arvense var. villosum long-haired barrens

plant barrens natives to crowd out invasives

Sources: Sue Mrugal lab 10; NJ Department of Environmental Protection Division of Parks & Forestry; Island Beach State Park; researchgate.net

A DIVERSE PLANT PALETTE RESULTING FROM PLANT ADAPTATION AND NATURAL SELECTION

6 - 9”

Lilium philadelphicum

Philadelphia wood lily 1 - 1.5’

Lobelia spicata

spiked lobelia

7 - 15’

Oenothera fruticosa

sundrops

1 - 3’

Packera anonyma

Appalachian groundsel 1 - 2’

Phemeranthus teretifolius

round-leaved fameflower 3 - 8”

Phlox subulata subsp. subulata moss phlox

3 - 9”

Sabatia angularis

1 - 2.5’

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Symphyotrichum depauperatum serpentine aster

16”

Viola sagittata var. sagittata

7 - 15’

arrow-leaved violet

PENNSYLVANIA SERPENTINE BARRENS 1

Goat Hill Preserve

Nottingham Preserve

The Nature Conservancy Juncus gerardi - black grass Distichlis spicata - spike grass Spartina alterniflora - salt marsh cordgrass Spartina patens - salt-meadow grass

HERBACEOUS

*Atriplex patula - orache Kosteletzkya virginica - seaside mallow Limonium carolinianum - sea lavender Salicornia europaea - slender glasswort Salicornia virginica - woody glasswort Suaeda linearis - tall sea-blight Suaeda maritima - low sea-blight Symphyotrichum tenuifolium - perennial salt marsh aster

VINES SHRUBS TREES

2) HIGH MARSH

Amaranthus cannabinus - water hemp Hibiscus moscheutos - rose mallow Iva frutescens - marsh elder Symphyotrichum subulatum - annual salt marsh aster *Typha angustifolia - narrow-leaved cattail Amorpha fruticosa - indigo bush Baccharis halimifolia - groundsel bush

Baccharis halimifolia - groundsel bush Morella/Myrica pensylvanica - bayberry

CACTUS + LICHEN

3) BRACKISH MARSH

4) DUNE WOODLAND

Amelanchier canadensis - shadbush Morella/Myrica pensylvanica - bayberry Prunus maritima - beach plum Rhus copallinum - winged sumac Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry Acer rubrum - red maple Ilex opaca - American holly Juniperus virginiana - red cedar Pinus rigida - pitch pine Prunus serotina - black cherry Quercus ilicifolia - scrub oak Sassafras albidum - sassafras

Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper Smilax rotundifolia - common greenbrier Toxicodendron radicans - poison ivy

5) SHRUB THICKET

Amelanchier canadensis - shadbush Morella/Myrica pensylvanica - bayberry Prunus maritima - beach plum Rhus copallinum - winged sumac Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry

6) SECONDARY DUNE

Ammophila breviligulata - dunegrass Aristida tuberculosa - sea-beach three-awn Cakile edentula - sea rocket Panicum amarum - sand-beach panic grass Triplasis purpurea - sandgrass

Ilex opaca - American holly Juniperus virginiana - red cedar Prunus serotina - black cherry Quercus ilicifolia - scrub oak

Lathyrus japonicus - beach pea Solidago sempervirens - seaside goldenrod Xanthium strumarium - cocklebur

Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper Smilax rotundifolia - common greenbrier Toxicodendron radicans - poison ivy

Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper Toxicodendron radicans - poison ivy

Hudsonia tomentosa - beach heather

Cladina submitis - coastal reindeer lichen Cladonia uncialis - thorn/cup lichen Opuntia humifusa - prickly pear

7) PRIMARY DUNE

SAVANNAH Pinus rigida - pitch pine Pinus virginiana - Virginia pine Juniperus virginiana - eastern red cedar Rhus copallinum - winged sumac Gaylussacia baccata - black huckleberry Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea Smilax rotundifolia - roundleaf greenbrier Spirea alba var. latifolia - meadowsweet Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - slender mountainmint Andropogon gerardii - big bluestem Panicum virgatum - switchgrass Schizachyrium scoparium - little bluestem Sorghastrum nutans - Indian grass Tridens flavus - purpletop Pteridium aquilinum - bracken fern

* naturalized, but not native to East Coast Barrier Island Ecosystem

Pine Barrens Wetland Ecosystems

Liz Krohn Temple University Ambler, MLARC Native Plant Communities Professor Sue Mrugal Fall 2019

Discovering the enchantment of Cedar Swamp Forests and Fens of the New Jersey Pine Barrens

PRESERVED FRESHWATER WETLAND PLANT COMMUNITIES Though difficult to access and almost destroyed via exploitation, you have made it to two of New Jersey’s most diverse and fascinating ecosystems

South Jersey, with its relatively flat terrain, sandy soils, and meandering rivers, has several types of unique wetland habitats. Within the Pine Barrens, one such unique habitat is the cedar swamp forest, which is dominated by Atlantic white cedar and is usually associated with the minerally-poor fens that form along streams. The fens, with inadequate drainage and water acidity, allow for heavy accumulations of peat moss along with other diverse plantings that have adapted to the harsh conditions, including orchids and carnivorous plants. This creates an array of beauty and interest throughout the year, with the peak of color appearing in June and July.

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CEDAR SWAMP FOREST and FEN EDGES

Acer rubrum var. trilobum

red maple

40 - 70’

Magnolia virginiana

sweetbay magnolia

10 - 35’

Nyssa sylvatica

black gum

30 - 50’

Chamaedaphne calyculata

leatherleaf

1 - 3’

sweet pepperbush

3 - 8’

Clethra alnifolia

Eubotrys (Leucothoe) racemosa fetterbush

5 - 12’

Ilex glabra

inkberry

5 - 8’

Kalmia angustifolia

sheep laurel

3’

Lyonia ligustrina

maleberry

6 - 12’

Rhododendron viscosum

swamp azalea

3 - 5’

Vaccinium corymbosum

highbush blueberry

6 - 12’

Vaccinium macrocarpon

large cranberry

1 - 3’

Sarracenia purpurea

pitcher plant

1 - 2’

Drosera rotundifolia

round-leaved sundew

1 - 2”

Drosera intermedia

spatulate-leaved sundew 3”

TREES SHRUBS HERBACEOUS

INNER FEN

Vaccinium macrocarpon - large cranberry Carex bullata - button sedge Eriophorum virginicum - tawny cottongrass Juncus canadensis - Canada rush Juncus militaris - bayonet rush Rhynchospora alba - white beak-rush Scirpus cyperinus - woolgrass

pipewort

8 - 28”

Lophiola aurea

golden crest

Narthecium americanum

moss phlox

18”

Sabatia difformis

lance-leaved sabatia

1 - 3’

Triadenum virginicum

marsh St. Johnswort

12 - 18”

Drosera filiformis

thread-leaved sundew

8”

Utricularia cornuta

horned bladderwort

8 - 12”

Calopogon tuberosus

grasspink

4 - 20”

Pogonia ophioglossoides

rose pogonia

1 - 3’

24 - 35”

Digitaria sanguinalis - crabgrass (non-native) Erigeron canadensis - horseweed

2 - Aster Dominance

Erigeron annuus - daisy fleabane Aster pilosus - frost aster Ambrosia artemisifolia - ragweed Asclepias spp. - milkweed Cassia fasciculata - partridge pea

Willisbrook Natural Lands

Pink Hill

ChesLen Natural Lands

Oxford

Tyler Arboretum

Wilmington

Related via poster format by: Liz Krohn Temple University Ambler, MLARC Native Plant Communities Professor Sue Mrugal Fall 2019

MESIC WOODY SUCCESSION

THE GROWING FOREST

THE MATURE FOREST

3 - Pioneer Woodies present

12 - 50 - Woodies appear above broomsedge, goldenrod

50 - 150 - The canopy is dominated by oaks that are 2 ft. in diameter at breast height (dbh) after 150 years

Liriodendron tulipifera - tuliptree Ulmus americana - American elm Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust Fraxinus spp. - ash Acer saccharinum - silver maple

Acer rubrum - red maple Juniperus virginiana - red cedar Quercus palustris - pin oak Prunus avium - sweet cherry (nonnative) Prunus serotina - black cherry

5 - Woodies appear above broomsedge, goldenrod and briars 7 or 8 - Woody saplings take dominance

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Canopy Quercus rubra - red oak Quercus velutina - black oak Quercus alba - white oak Tilia americana - linden Quercus coccinea - scarlet oak Betula lenta - sweet birch Nyssa sylvatica - black gum

12 or 15 - Pioneer Woodies close canopy over field and the

Andropogon virginicus - broomsedge Solidago spp. - goldenrod Sorghastrum nutans - Indian grass

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Fagus grandifolia - American beech Acer rubrum - red maple Tilia americana - linden

Subcanopy Nyssa sylvatica - black gum Morus rubra - red mulberry Oxydendrum arboreum - sourwood Cornus florida - flowering dogwood Cercis canadensis - redbud Carpinus caroliniana - hornbeam Sassafras albidum - sassafras Hamamelis virginiana - witch hazel Pinus strobus - white pine Tsuga canadensis - eastern hemlock Ulmus americana - American elm Shrubs Lindera benzoin - spicebush Amelanchier arborea - shadbush Viburnum acerifolium - mapleleaf viburnum Virburnum rafinesquianum - downy arrowwood Rhododendron nudiflorum - wild azalea Vaccinium spp. - blueberry Euonymus americanus - strawberry bush

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Drosera intermedia - spatulate-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia - round-leaved sundew Sarracenia purpurea - pitcher plant Sources: Sue Mrugal lab 11; ‘Plant Communities of New Jersey’ by Beryl Robichaud; wildflower.org; South Jersey Trails; mickscanoerental.com/history-folklore

1 - Crabgrass and Horseweed Dominance

Calopogon tuberosus - grasspink Pogonia ophioglossoides - rose pogonia Sphagnum spp. - peat moss

GROWING SEASON

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MOSS

Pinus rigida - pitch pine Pinus virginiana - Virginia pine Quercus alba - white oak Quercus falcata - southern red oak Quercus marilandica - blackjack oak Quercus prinus - chestnut oak Quercus rubra - northern red oak Quercus stellata - post oak Quercus velutina - black oak Quercus ilicifolia - scrub oak Quercus prinoides - dwarf chinkapin oak Rhus copallinum - winged sumac Smilax glauca - cat greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia - roundleaf greenbrier

The Piedmont, a plateau region that extends from New York City to Montgomery, Alabama, consists of forest types that are dominated by deciduous trees, coniferous trees, or a mixture of both. Whereas 10% of the Piedmont is xeric and 5% hydric, the remaining 85% is mesic, well-drained habitat found on mild slopes typical of abandoned farmland. The sequential stages of forest succession support a variety of plant communities and wildlife starting with the first growing season after farmland abandonment.

FERNS

Sabatia difformis - lance-leaved sabatia/rose gentian Triadenum virginicum - marsh St. Johnswort

Sarracenia purpurea - pitcher plant Drosera filiformis - thread-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia - round-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia - spatulate-leaved sundew Utricularia cornuta - horned bladderwort

PITCH PINE-OAK FOREST

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deciduous coniferous mixed

85% of the Piedmont is mesic habitat that supports a wide variety of plants and wildlife throughout various successional stages

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GRASSES + SEDGES

Arabidopsis lyrata - lyre-leaved rock cress Asclepias verticillata - whorled milkweed Cerastium arvense var. villosum - long-haired barrens chickweed Houstonia caerulea - bluets Lilium philadelphicum - Philadelphia wood lily Packera amonyma - Appalachian groundsel Phemeranthus teretifolius - round-leaved fameflower Phlox subulata subsp. subulata - moss phlox Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - slender mountainmint Sabatia angularis - rose-pink Symphyotrichum depauperatum - serpentine aster Viola sagittata var. sagittata - arrow-leaved violet Andropogon gerardii - big bluestem Aristida purpurascens - arrow-feather three awn Panicum virgatum - switchgrass Schizachyrium scoparium - little bluestem Sorghastrum nutans - Indian grass

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Brought to you by “FIELD GUIDE TO THE PIEDMONT” - Michael A. Godfrey

ORCHIDS

CEDAR SWAMP FOREST

Acer rubrum var. trilobum - red maple Acer rubrum var. trilobum - red maple Carex collinsii - Collin’s sedge Chamaecyparis thyoides - Atlantic white cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides - Atlantic white cedar Carex folliculata - long sedge Pinus rigida - pitch pine Magnolia virginiana - sweetbay magnolia Osmunda connamomea - cinnamon fern Nyssa sylvatica - black gum Chamaedaphne calyculata - leatherleaf Osmunda regalis - royal fern Pinus rigida - pitch pine Gaylussacia dumosa - dwarf huckleberry Thelypteris simulata - bog fern Gaylussacia frondosa - dangleberry Woodwardia areolata - netted chain fern Chamaedaphne calyculata - leatherleaf Kalmia angustifolia - sheep laurel Woodwardia virginica - Virginia chain fern Clethra alnifolia - sweet pepperbush Morella pensylvanica - northern bayberry Sphagnum spp. - peat moss Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry Eubotrys (Leucothoe) racemosa - fetterbush Gaylussacia frondosa - dangleberry Ilex glabra - inkberry Ilex verticillata - winterberry Kalmia angustifolia - sheep laurel Lyonia ligustrina - maleberry Rhododendron viscosum - swamp azalea Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry

SERPENTINE OUTCROP

The Untold True Story of a Well-drained Habitat in Pennsylvania

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HERBAEriocaulon spp. - pipewort CEOUS Lophiola aurea - golden crest CARNIVOROUS Narthecium americanum - bog asphodel

FEN EDGES

Chrome Barrens

Forest Succession in the Mesosere

THE HERBACEOUS PHASE

EXCLUSIVE to INNER FEN

Eriocaulon spp.

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THE MESOSERE of the PIEDMONT

BEAUTY in EVERY SEASON As unique as these ecosystems are, they almost were entirely exploited. In 1876 entrepreneur Joseph Wharton purchased the Batsto River and much of the surrounding land that sat atop a huge aquifer that held water cleansed by passing through the sandy Pine Barrens soils. Wharton intended to distribute the water through conduits to Philadlephia and New York, which were both experiencing a boom in population and building construction. Initially the NJ Legislation was in favor of the idea, but voted against it when the time came since they did not want their state ‘tapped at both ends.’ Shortly thereafter in 1905, NJ enacted the State Forest Service to ensure that the aquifer would be protected in the future, which is why you are able to witness this enchanting ecosystem today.

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GRASSES + SEDGES

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