the real deal
taking the notion of "embedded in nature" to a satisfying new levelPROJECT DETAILS
VEGETATION
understory: Texas buckeye (AEGLA), Texas persimmon (DITE3), Agarita (MATR3), Mexican plum (PRME), Escarpment black cherry (PRSEE), Fragrant sumac (RHAR4), Evergreen sumac (RHVI3), Texas mountain laurel (SOSE3), Mexican buckeye (UNSP)
cactus: Agave americana (AGAM), Texas sotol (DATE3), Red yucca (HEPA8), Texas nolina (NOTE), Spanish bayonet-faxons yucca (YUFA), Pale-leaf yucca (YUPA), Twisted-leaf yucca (YURU)
sunny perennials + shrubs: Winecup (CAIN2), Sacred datura (DAWR2), Silver ponyfoot (DIAR2), Purple coneflower (ECPU), Blackfoot daisy (MELE2), Fragrant mimosa (MIBO2), Gaura (OELI2), Mexican hat (RACO3), Giant coneflower (RUMA3), Mealy blue sage (SAFA2), Autumn sage (SAGR4), Hill country senna (SELI4), Globemallow (SPAM2), Woolly stemodia (STLA17), Four-nerve daisy (TESCS), Wooly ironweed (VELI3), Skeleton-leaf goldeneye (VIST), Zexmenia (WEACH)
shady perennials + creek: American beautyberry (CAAM2), Texas lantana (LAUR2), Turk’s cap (MAARD), Rock rose (PALA13), Scarlet sage (SACO5), Dwarf palmetto (SAMI8), Cedar sage (SARO3), Texas betony (STCO)
bunch grasses: Bushy bluestem (ANGL2), Sideoats grama (BOCU), Texas sedge (CATE7), Inland sea oats (CHLA5), Gulf muhly (MUCA2), Big muhly (MULI), Mexican wiregrass (NATE3)
FABRICATION
living systems: void planters
SURFACE
surface water flow: river gravel or honeycomb boulders, coarse limestone gravel, flag stones
functional surface(s): basalt, garapa or ipe hardwood, ghostwood, coarse limestone gravel, finely crushed limestone + hammer-broke stones, metal or steel
URBAN ECOLOGY
watershed: WMS2: Williamson Creek
location: oak hill
ecological condition(s): creekside, prairie pocket, shady woodland, sunny edge