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mowing to growing a design competition for creating productive green spaces in cities

Mowing to Growing: A Design Competition | Entry 1127

WATER

FOOD

RUNS CLEAR

IS ABUNDANT

from a city block to the backyard Urban agriculture irrigated by clean and captured storm water, and pumped by power from the sun and wind. A hands-on experience that tells the story of what you can do at home to live greener and save more green.

SHELTER

IS RESOURCEFUL

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1 BROADWAY STORM PLANTERS YOU ARE HERE

2 18TH STREET SWALE

Illustration to be updated to reflect garden change

3 RAIN GARDENS 4 ALLEY SWALE 5 CURB BUMP-OUT SWALES

IS ENDLESS

WATER

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ENERGY

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FOOD 7 HOME GARDENING DEMO AREA

8 RAISED BED PRODUCTION GARDEN

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SHELTER

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10 SUSTAINABLE HOUSING* 11 GREEN ROOF AT SHED

*POSSIBLE LATER-PHASE PROJECTS

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ENERGY

AN OPPORTUNITY

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Rain Gardens would add beauty to the site while helping manage In 2008, a city block in downstorm water runoff. Other gardens would be used to grow town Kansas City was vacant, food for the community’s hungry, and to show pepole how to pending development, The concept evolved, embracing an inteRain gardens would add beauty to In 2008 further this property was similar gardens at home. The concept evovled, embracing when the owner, DST Systems,the siteplant grated approach to urban development while helping manage storm vacant, pending further an integrated approach to urban development. 18Broadway had an idea: and resource management. 18Broadway water runoff. Other gardens would be demonstrates and tests a wide range of practical solutions for development, when PLANT GARDENS demonstrates and tests a wide range of used to grow food for the community’s building and living in a healthy environment. DST Systems had an idea: practical solutions for building and living hungry, and to show people how to PLANT GARDENS. in a healthy environment. plant similar gardens at home.

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WATER RUNS CLEAR build a rain garden FOOD IS ABUNDANT plant a vegetable garden SHELTER IS RESOURCEFUL design sustainable buildings ENERGY IS ENDLESS tap into renewable resources a vacant site pending development

an opportunity for a new kind of site stewardship

from vision to reality

Mowing to Growing: A Design Competition | Entry 1127

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Nature manages rainfall by passing it through soil and vegetation, purifying it

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Water is stored underground and pumped for irrigation needs.

how can a city block reconnect people to food? A demonstration garden at 18Broadway will show how to grow productive, healthy crops at home without harsh chemical treatments, through crop rotation, plant selection, companion planting and organic-style treatment options.

IN-GROUND GARDENS Minimal investment (clear a space, test and amend soil as needed, plant)

GREEN AND GREEN

CONTAINER GARDENING Easy to tend and weed Needs very little space Variety of styles Portability (if on wheels)

The use of a large pool of workforce volunteers allows for a varied group of individuals to get involved. “Green” volunteers with less experience or no experience can gain knowledge by working alongside a “green” thumb.

KEEP IT SIMPLE Design and plan volunteer gardens in a manner that makes it “easy” and reduces the amount of time a person has to spend traveling and parking, if it is beyond a short walking distance. Well-equipped tool sheds close to raised beds and hose bibs or watering elements close by are important considerations. Conveying the ease of growing food will have a greater impact on more people starting gardens at home.

RAISED BEDS Improved accessibility and productivity Promotes better drainage Facilitates weed control Less soil compaction

ANYONE CAN DO IT

EDIBLE LANDSCAPING Puts your yard to work for you A “green” alternative to traditional landscaping An economical way to add color and interest

The demonstration garden will show that, whether you have a lot of room or little room, you can grow a garden. Containers, moveable carts and other creative approaches will be on display.

HOW CAN A CITY BLOCK RECONNECT PEOPLE TO FOOD? The demonstration garden at 18Broadway shows how to grow productive, healthy crops at home without harsh chemical treatments through crop rotation, plant selection, companion planting and organic-style treatment options.

If every US citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal) composed of organic produce, we would reduce the country’s oil consumption by over 1.1 million barrels of oil every week.

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expanding the notion of corporate contribution

A workforce effort as a catalyst for metropolitan initiatives that connect an urban food network for the benefit of the community and our families.

PRIVATE SECTOR DST Systems has been running an urban garden for the past 7 years with volunteers and two organizers who plan and manage the effort. For this project, they are teaming up with a Kansas City design firm to jointly run an urban agricultural project with an all volunteer workforce.

More than 60 volunteers will tend over 100 raised beds. Each volunteer will commit on average one hour per week to plant, water, weed and harvest. There will be a tri-relay crop with a spring, summer and fall rotation. Beginners will work with a single crop, and more experienced teams may have companion crops.

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Katherine Kelly, the Executive Director of Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture, stated to the team that private sector companies in Kansas City are interested in charitable causes with a hands-on component as an additional option to writing checks, and this model aims to take advantange of this latent workforce of volunteers.

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HARVESTERS

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Harvesters is a clearinghouse for the collection and distribution of food and related household products. They have been helping people in need since 1979 by:

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• Collecting food and household products from coummunity and industry sources • Distributing those products and providing nutrition services through a network of nonprofit agencies • Offering leadership and education programs to increase community awareness of hunger and generate solutions to alleviate hunger Harvesters has volunteered to provide direct pick up and distribution of 18Broadway’s yield, to become part of their distribution network.

CHURCHES AND NEIGHBORHOODS The urban agriculture model in KC is also being implemented on a smaller scale in other parts of the city. At 51st and Main, the same company has taken another property it owns and converted it into urban gardens donating the raised beds to local churches where the food goes to those in need. Neighborhood residents have also been given beds, where they keep 50% of the what they grow and donate the remaining 50% to those in need.

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18Broadway’s high production volunteer garden is productive eight months out of the year, since many beds are “turned” at least twice. For example, one bed may have spinach in the spring, tomatoes in the summer, and still another crop in the fall.

HOW CAN A CITY BLOCK FEED PEOPLE IN NEED?

capture the work week

for the benefit of our personal time

Fresh produce from the volunteer-tended 18Broadway garden is donated to Our personalCommunity time is limitedFood duringNetwork the week, of butKansas the potential Harvesters City.of our weekday work hours is filled with promise as a place where the donation of one hour a week is significant. One hour to grow food, learn, mentor, and take the things we learn back to our homes, families, and neighborhoods.

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education and example

EVAPORATION

This block will set a precedent and show examples of what you can do in the city and at home to clean and capture water, grow food, and utilize alternative energy sources. It will also offer a working model for those who volunteer to learn the best techniques and practices to make it simple to go home and get started.

LONG GRASSES AND NATIVE AND/OR DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS

TRANSPIRATION

low water velocity, combined with thin-stemmed plants, allows pollutants to settle out of the storm water

reduced outflow clean water

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BIO-RETENTION SOIL, RECHARGING SOILS, AQUIFERS

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HOW CAN A CITY BLOCK CLEAN ITS OWN WATER? 4'-0" 42"

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EASY TO UNDERSTAND A signage system will be in place at the site that will tell the story of everything on display, from gardening and storm water management to alternative energy and resourceful housing. For volunteers, it will be a working/ charity proposition; for others, it will be hands-on during scheduled demonstrations.

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