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Boiler Green Initiative Hillel House Rain Garden Design Review

4/27/2011 ARMS 1028. Boiler Green Initiative Hillel House Rain Garden Design Review. Boiler Green Initiative. Team Overview: Organization. Project Leader – Amanda Jeffries Project Partner Liaison – Quinten Selby . Boiler Green Initiative.

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Boiler Green Initiative Hillel House Rain Garden Design Review

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  1. 4/27/2011 ARMS 1028 Boiler Green Initiative Hillel House Rain GardenDesign Review Boiler Green Initiative

  2. Team Overview: Organization • Project Leader – Amanda Jeffries • Project Partner Liaison – Quinten Selby Boiler Green Initiative

  3. Project Partner: Phil Schlossberg – Hillel House Director • Hillel House is the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. Boiler Green Initiative

  4. Project Goals • Spring 2011 focus • Complete and implement a rain garden design • Move the current location of the rain garden • Create a backyard drainage system for rain garden overflow Boiler Green Initiative

  5. Project History • Previous semesters have implemented a rain garden. The current system consists of: • 2 rain barrels • Rain garden • Overflow leading away from the garden Boiler Green Initiative

  6. Rain Garden Layout Current Location Boiler Green Initiative

  7. Problems with Current Layout • Rock swale leading to garden allows rocks to wash into distribution trench • Rain barrels are not aesthetically pleasing Boiler Green Initiative

  8. Problems with Current Layout • Distribution trench collects soil and rocks and requires regular cleaning • Not effectively distributing water to all plants because of a walkway Boiler Green Initiative

  9. Rain Garden Layout Proposed Location Boiler Green Initiative

  10. Drainage Sketch - Aerial 60 gal. barrel 3/4” hose Release valve for summer watering Hoses feed straight into pipe 10 ft 3” corrugated pipe 10 ft section of solid piping leading to garden followed by 10ft section of perforated Outflow

  11. Design Sketch – Side view All hoses will feed into exposed pipe Flow direction Remainder of opening covered with screening ≈ 6 – 8 in.

  12. Overflow Calculations Boiler Green Initiative

  13. Flower Choices http://www.critsite.com http://coolflowerspics.info/daffodil.html http://www.beekenkamp.nl/upload/ornamentals/Lobelia%20Fan%20Scarlet.jpg Marsh Blazing Star Grows 18”-24” tall Blooms mid summer to early fall Daffodil Grows 18” tall Blooms in spring Cardinal Flower Grows 20-23” tall Blooms mid summer to late fall Boiler Green Initiative

  14. Flower Choices http://www.myclimatechangegarden.com/blog/sedum-autumn-joy http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/2009/researchpages/Ecosystem.html http://pazgrowers.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=100 Autumn Joy Grows 18” tallBlooms in the fall Black Eyed Susan Grows 18” tall Blooms in early spring Purple Coneflower Grows 18-24” tall Blooms mid summer to mid fall Boiler Green Initiative

  15. Garden Layout Daffodil Autumn Joy Cardinal Flower Marsh Blazing Star Purple Cone Flower Black Eyed Susan Boiler Green Initiative

  16. Project Timeline • Begin garden installation Thursday, April 28 • Some plants will need to be planted in the fall Boiler Green Initiative

  17. Budget Boiler Green Initiative

  18. Questions? Boiler Green Initiative

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