site capture
an interplay between surface contours, regional materials, smart furnishings + native plants
PROJECT DETAILS
VEGETATION
understory: Texas buckeye, Mexican redbud, Texas persimmon, Carolina buckthorn, Possumhaw holly, Mexican plum, Fragrant sumac, Evergreen sumac, Texas mountain laurel, Mexican buckeye
cactus: Weber’s agave, Texas sotol, Red yucca, Texas nolina, Twisted-leaf yucca
sunny perennials + shrubs: Yarrow, Butterflyweed , Pink fairyduster, Winecup , Silver ponyfoot, Purple coneflower, Kidneywood, Texas star hibiscus, Blackfoot daisy, Gaura, Sedum, Four-nerve daisy, Wooly ironweed, Zexmenia
shady perennials + creek: White mistflower, Yellow columbine, American beautyberry, Blue bonnet/mistflower, Texas lantana, Turk’s cap, Rock rose, Scarlet sage, Dwarf palmetto, Cedar sage, Texas betony, Fall aster
bunch grasses: Bushy bluestem, Texas sedge, Inland sea oats, Gulf muhly, Big muhly
FABRICATION
living systems: bouldin creek collection, hibachito, metáte planters, rift planters
SURFACE
surface water flow: river gravel + honeycomb boulders, coarse limestone gravel, flag stones
functional surface(s): basalt, garapa hardwood, ghostwood, finely crushed limestone or flag stones, hardwood mulch
URBAN ECOLOGY
watershed: williamson creek
location: heights at loma vista
ecological condition(s): shady woodland, sunny edge
