Only Necessary Lawn…
This project came out of the client’s desire to drastically reduce their lawn and simultaneously create more beneficial landscape in its wake. Located in Richmond, Virginia, in a tight-knight neighborhood, this design features native Piedmont plantings as well as a robust edible boulevard that encourages foraging by the neighbors.
There was also a goal to reduce waste as much as possible with this project, turning the waste product of ripped-up sod into an asset. About a quarter of the sod was kept on site – dug out, flipped, and piled to make a berm that would decompose over time and create an organically rich plantable space. The sod that was not used for the berm was cut out and offered for free. A family came to take it to re-sod their backyard, destroyed by rowdy dogs. As the sod was mostly zoisa (Zoisa japanoica), it should hold up to the abuse once rooted in.
This is an ongoing project, working closely and collaboratively with the client to care for this ecosystem and food-scape.
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Client:
Private Residential
Project Start:
April 2022
Project Duration:
Ongoing