The Landscape
Concept Plan is a further refinement of the landscape component of the Blue
Ball Properties Master Plan. It articulates the principals developed in the
Master Plan to achieve a planting concept that meets functional and aesthetical
criteria. The basic elements of the Landscape Concept Plan include:
- Establishing
a separate landscape character for Route 202 and the smaller scale park
roads.
- Planting
will be used to provide visual connectivity across Route 202.
- Trees
will be planted primarily in shrub beds or areas of meadow grasses to reduce
maintenance requirements of mowing around each tree.
- Large
open areas will be seeded with meadow grasses and wildflowers to establish
a sustainable landscape that will require reduced maintenance.
- Additional
mounding and plants will be added between West Park Drive and the abutting
Alapocas neighborhood to buffer traffic noise and visual clutter from the
existing homes.
- The
open space abutting the historic Dairy Barn will be graded and seeded with
maintained lawn grasses to provide usable outdoor space in conjunction with
activities that will occur in the Barn.
- Steeply
sloping areas will be planted with native shrubs and trees to stabilize
slopes and negate the need to mow.
- Existing
woodlands and hedgerows will be protected and augmented as an integral component
of the landscape plan.
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