Edible Gardens

FERNANDA CASTILLO EDIBLE LANDSCAPES

CLIENT: LEON H. CASTILLO 5 DIXON CT. NOGALES AZ SUMMER 2020

EARTH CARE

FUTURE CARE

PEOPLE CARE

PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLES

CLIENT GOALS 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

START A PERMACULTURE GARDEN AND LIFESTYLE. PLANT PERRENIAL & YEAR-ROUND VEGETATION. CREATE A MICROCLIMATE FOR THE ADJACENT PORCH. ATTRACT WILD LIFE SUCH AS BUTTERFLIES AND BIRDS. HARVEST RAINWATER START A LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

SITE ANALYSIS

KINO SPRINGS

5 DIXON CT, NOGALES AZ

SITE

OBSERVATION AND SITE ASSESSMENT GEOGRAPHY

CLIMATE

SEMI-ARID STEPPE ELEVATION 3,865 FT

SUMMER (AVG) DAYS

WINTER (AVG)

NIGHTS

96 F (36 C)

DAYS

60 F (15 C)

64 F (18 C)

NIGHTS 32 F (0 C)

HARDINESS ZONE ZONE 8A ZONE AB

PRECIPITATION (AVG) / RAINFALL ANNUAL 19 IN (483 MM)

RAIN SEASON (JULY-AUGUST) 3 IN ADDITIONAL NOTES

1. THE SITE RECEIVES DIRECT EAST-SUN LIGHT DURING THE MORNINGS AND PLENTY OF SHADE STARTING 8PM (SUMMER).

2. ALEJANDRA THE NEIGHBOUR WILL BENEFIT FROM THE GARDEN.

OUTSIDE OF PROPERTY

FOOD GARDEN

HOUSE

PORCH BACKYARD

bBASE MAP 5 DIXON CT SUMMER 2020

ZONE 1

ZONE 3

ZONE 0

ZONE 1 ZONE

2 ACCESS POINTS DISTANT ZONE SOCIAL & LEISURE ZONE CROP PRODUCTION ZONE BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES MANAGED WOODLAND REMOTE WILDLIFE ZONE

ZONE & ACCESS POINTS

NOTES

330

10°

THE HOUSE PROTECTS THE SITE FROM GETTING DAMAGING WINDS. WIND TUNNELS THAT PASS THROUGH THE SITE PROMOTE VENTILATION IN THE PORCH AREA. A MICROCLAMATE IS CREATED AT THE SOCIAL AREA (PORCH).

30

20°

SUMMER SOLSTICE

NOTES

30° 40°

300

THE SITE RECEIVES ENOUGH DAY LIGHT DURING THE DAY. AROUND 8 PM THE HOUSE STARTS TO CAST SHADOW

60

50° 10:31

6:OO

60° 70° 80°

18:OO

EQUINOX 9:OO

W 15:OO

12:OO WINTER SOLSTICE

N

17:OO 240 15:OO

12:OO

9:OO

120 W

210

150

S

S

WIND & SUN ANALYSIS DIRECTIONAL SECTOR

6:00 A.M.

3:00 P.M.

9:00 A.M.

6:00 P.M.

12:00 A.M.

8:00 P.M.

SUN ANALYSIS JUNE 2020

3” PERMANENT SATELLITE DISH

SHADOW SUN

LEMMON TREE IS EXPECTED TO GROW IN 5 YEARS AND CAST A 5’ DIAMETER SHADOW SUNNY AND DRY

COMPOST PROTECTED FROM SEVERE HEATS

THE MORNING SUN COVERS THE WHOLE SITE FROM SUNRISE TO 3 PM.

WATER CISTERN •

• •

•

MESQUITE TREE CASTS SHADOW DURING THE MORNIG.

COOL & SHADY

HOUSE CASTS SHADOW DURING THE AFTERNOON.

PORCH •

THE PORCH’S ROOF KEEPS THIS AREA WITH SHADE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

MICROCLIMATES

RAIN GARDEN CISTERN NATIVE & ADAPTIVE PLANTS

WATER SOURCE

SOIL

A PIPE DIRECTS STORMWATER FROM THE DOWNSPOUT OF A BUILDING TO THE RAIN GARDEN, WHERE RIVER STONES HELP TO SLOW AND SPREAD THE RAINWATER THOUGHOUT THE RAIN GARDEN.

AMENDED WITH COMPOST AND A GRAVEL LAYER, RAIN GARDEN SOIL ENCOURAGES HEALTHY PLANT GROWTH

ABSORB STORMWATER AND TRANSPIRE IT BACK INTO THE AIR

RAIN GARDEN SOIL MIX WATER SYSTEM

FUNCTION FOOD PRODUCTION

SYSTEM VEGETABLE GARDEN

COOKING & HERBAL GARDEN MEDICINAL PRODUCTION IRRIGATION ROOF WATER HAR& WATER VESTING HARVESTING EARTHWORKS

WILDLIFE HABITAT

PRIVACY

FLOWERING SHRUBS FLOWER BEDS POLLINATOR GARDENS FEEDERS BIRDBATHS BEE & BUTTERFLY WATER SOURCE LIVING CURTING

ELEMENT • • • • • • • • •

TOMATO CUCUMBER PEPPERS BASIL OREGANO ROSEMARY CILANTRO GUTTER DOWNPIPE

• • •

ASPARAGUS SPINACH SQUASH

• • •

CHIVES MINT PARSLEY

• •

DIVERTER WATER CISTERN

• DAMS • SLUICES • GULLEYS RECYCLED SPANISH ROOF TILES.

REUSED HUMMINGBIRD FEEDERS SHALLOW EARTHEN BOWL COLORFUL BOWL

POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS

WATER HARVESTING

ATTACHED TO BESIDE

COMPOST

AROUND

WILDLIFE HABITAT

OVER

LIVING CURTAIN INSIDE

VEGETABLE GARDEN

ON

HERBS GARDEN

UNDER

PATH

OUTSIDE KITCHEN

WATER HARVESTING

HERBS GARDEN

WILDLIFE

PEOPLE

GRAPE IVY

CLIMATE LIVING CURTAIN CONTROL CIRCULATION PATH

•

ROCKS

DIVISION

•

RECYCLED WOOD & CHICKEN WIRE STEEL DOORS

FENCE DOORS

RANDOM ASSEMBLY

GRAPE IVY

•

LIVING CURTAIN

VEGETABLE GARDEN COMPOST

FUNCTIONS & SYSTEMS

KITCHEN

WATER HARVESTING

HERBS GARDEN

WILDLIFE

PEOPLE

LIVING CURTAIN

VEGETABLE GARDEN KEEP APART SEASONAL SUPERVISE WEEKLY DAILY

COMPOST

CONNECTIONS

3” PERMANENT SATELLITE DISH

COMPONENTS LIMITING FACTORS CONNECTIONS DESIRE PATH FOOD PRODUCTION SPIRAL FLOWS

5’ DIAMETER FLOWER BED CLIMBING PLANTS CUSTOM MADE FENCE TO SEPERATE ZONE 3 (GARDEN) FROM ZONE 1.

SPACE FOR PREY BIRDS / PEST MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

WATER CISTERN •

BEDROOM WILL HAVE A VIEW TO THE GARDEN

MESQUITE TREE CASTSHADOW DURING THE MORNIG

POLLINATOR GARDEN

•

HOUSE CASTS SHADOW FROM NOON TO AFTERNOON

HERBAL GARDEN • MORNING SUN LIGHT • ADJACENT TO THE PORCH • CLOSEST TO THE HOUSE SOCIAL AREAS.

PORCH • •

SOCIAL & LEISURE AREA MOSTLY USED DURING MORNINGS & WEEKEND AFTERNOONS.

GRAPE IVY • LIVING CURTAIN FOR PRIVACY & CLIMATE CONTROL • WINDBREAK

HUMMINGBIRD FEEDERS HUMMINGBIRD FEEDERS

COMPONENTS CONNECTIONS

INDIVIDUALS NAME LEON

CLIENT

TIME SPENT AT THE SITE 10 HRS/ WEEK

LAURA

WIFE

-

ALEJANDRA

RELATIONSHIP TO CLIENT

DAUGHTER NEIGHBOR

-

ANIMALS PROFESSION & HOBBYS

• • • • • • • • •

FATHER RANCHER GARDENER NATURE ENTHUSIAST MOTHER ENGINEER LANGUAGE ENTHUSIAST PETIPATIC COFFEE LOVER

• • • •

ARTIST TEACHER MOVIE ENTHUSIAST ART / ANIMATION

HUMMINGBIRDS SPARROW BIRD WOODPECKER QUAIL CANARY BATS ANTS • •

SPECIAL DIET: • • • •

CATALOUPE MELON OREGANO ROSEMARY TOMATO

4 DOMESTICATED DOGS

• • •

ANDREA

DAUGHTER FREQUENT VISITOR

-

• • •

ANIMAL LOVER NATURE ENTHUSIAST BOOKWORM

FERNANDA

DAUGHTER

-

• • • • •

ARCHITECTURE ART PHOTOGRAPHY NATURE ENTHUSIAST LANGUAGE ENTHUSIAST

SPINACH SQUASH PEPPER

PROVIDE FLOWERS AND WATER TO ATTRACK WILDLIFE. CITRUS ATTRACT FLOWERS

DESIGN PHASE

FLOWER BEDS

VEGETABLE GARDEN

PATH

BIRD/BEE/BUTTERFLY FEEDERS

HERBAL GARDEN

LIVING CURTAIN

PRECEDENTS & CASE STUDIES

SPECIES ZONE 8

CROP

TYPE

SUN

FERTILIZER

WATER

SPACING

TIME

TOMATO

FRUIT

24”-36”

3-4 MONTHS

CUCUMBER

FRUIT

36”-60”

2 MONTHS

SERRANO

FRUIT

18”

2-4 MONTHS

JALAPEÑO ANHAHEIM

FRUIT FRUIT

18”

2-4 MONTHS

18”

GRAPE IVY

FRUIT / VYNE

12”-36”

2-4 MONTHS 2 MONTHS

CANTALOUPE

FRUIT

36”-42”

3-4 MONTHS

WATERMELON

FRUIT

36”-60”

3-4 MONTHS

SQUASH

FRUIT

24”-36”

3-5 MONTHS

ASPARAGUS

STEM

12”-18”

2 YEARS

SPINACH

LEAF

12”

2 MONTHS

THYME

LEAF / HERB

12”-24”

2 MONTHS

BASIL

LEAF / HERB

12”-18”

2 MONTHS

OREGANO

LEAF / HERB

18”-36”

2 MONTHS

ROSEMARY

LEAF / HERB

24”-36”

2 MONTHS

CILANTRO

LEAF / HERB

12”-18”

2 MONTHS

CHIVES

LEAF / HERB

8”-15”

1-2 MONTHS

MINT

LEAF / HERB

18”-24”

2 MONTHS

PARSLEY

LEAF / HERB

12”-18”

1-2 MONTHS

LAVENDER

FLOWER / HERB

12”-18”

2 MONTHS

CHAMOMILE

FLOWER / HERB

4”-16”

3 MONTHS

MARYGOLD

FLOWER

10”-12”

2 MONTHS

CALENDULA

FLOWER

8”-12”

3 MONTHS 2 MONTHS

IMAGE

CUCUMBER

SERRANO

GRAPE IVY

CANTALOUPE

ASPARAGUS

SPINACH

THYME

ROSEMARY

CILANTRO

MINT

PARSLEY

LAVENDER

CHAMOMILE

MARYGOLD

CALENDULA

BLACK SUSAN

LARKSPUR

GERANIUM

TOMATO

SQUASH

BLACK EYED SUSAN FLOWERWW

18”-30”

LARKSPUR

FLOWER

GERANIUM

FLOWER

10”-12” 6”-24”

BASIL

CHIVES

OREGANO

1-2 MONTHS 2 MONTHS

JALAPEÑO

WATERMELON

SPECIES ZONE 8

CROP

TYPE

SUN

FERTILIZER

WATER

SPACING

GALLARDIA

FLOWER

15”

PETUNIA

FLOWER

4”-6”

SALVIAS

FLOWER

12”-36”

RED FLAX

FLOWER

4”-6”

COREOPSIS

FLOWER

FIRECRACKER

FLOWER

12”-18” 12”-18”

DATURA

FLOWER

MILKWEED

FLOWER

12”-18” 4”-6”

TIME

IMAGE

GALLARDIA

PETUNIA

SALVIAS

RED FLAX

COREOPSIS

FIRECRACKER

DATURA

MILKWEED

3/8"=1'0

HERB GARDEN FOOD GARDEN POLLINATOR GARDEN

WATER CISTERN

SYSTEM & ELEMENT PLACEMENT

TOMATO

SERRANO MARYGOLD

JALAPEÑO ANAHEIM TOMATO

CALENDULA BLACK EYED SUSAN

MARYGOLD

SQUASH CUCUMBER

LEMMON TREE

TOMATO CANTALOUPE

DATURA ASPARAGUS WATERMELON

THYME OREGANO LAVENDER CHIVES BASIL PARSLEY CHAMOMILE LARKSPUR

PETUNIA GAILLARDIA SALVIAS

GUILDS & COMPANION PLANTING INTEGRATED FOREST GARDEN

RED FLAX

EXISTING LEMMON TREE LIVING IVY-CURTAIN TO KEEP THE PORCH’S TEMPERATURE COOL.

FRONT ENTRANCE VEGETABLE GARDEN HERBAL GARDEN

VEGETABLE GARDEN

FLOWER RAISED BED FOR POLLINATORS

VEGETABLE GARDEN POLLINATOR GARDEN POLLINATOR GARDEN BACKYARD ENTRANCE

LIVING IVY-CURTAIN TO KEEP THE PORCH’S TEMPERATURE COOL.

EXISTING LEMMON TREE

VEGETABLE GARDEN HERBAL GARDEN

POLLINATOR GARDEN

LIVING IVY-CURTAIN TO KEEP THE PORCH’S TEMPERATURE COOL.

EXISTING LEMMON TREE

VEGETABLE GARDEN

POLLINATOR GARDEN

VEGETABLE GARDEN

VEGETABLE GARDEN

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

NOTES • THE DESIGN WILL BE EXECUTAD IN APPROXIMATLY TWO WEEKS. • WE ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN PHASE AND CLIENT MUST EXECUTE THE INSTALLATION. • WE CAN CONTINUE ASSISTING AND CONSULTING.