STAIR-SIDE FARM EDWIN GANO, CHRISTIAN PATTI, & JOSEPH TIDONA - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

STAIR-SIDE FARM EDWIN GANO, CHRISTIAN PATTI, & JOSEPH TIDONA

Asimina triloba ‘Sweet Alice’ PAWPAW Cornus kousa x nutt. Rosy Teacups ROSY TEACUPS DOGWOOD Rhus typhina ‘Tiger Eyes’ STAGHORN SUMAC Lindera benzoin SPICEBUSH Sambucus canadensis ‘Adams’ AMERICAN ELDER Baptisia x ‘Purple Smoke’ FALSE INDIGO Ceratisgma plumbaginoides PLUMBAGO Hypericum x ‘Hidcote’ ST. JOHNSWORT Yucca Filamentosa ‘Color Guard’ ADAM’S NEEDLE Asclepias incarnata SWAMP MILKWEED Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Berkeley’ BLUEBERRY Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’ ROUGH GOLDENROD Aster novae-angliae ‘Vibrant Dome’ NEW ENGLAND ASTER

Splashes of color pop off of the plantings and follow visitors as they go up and down the main stairway. From vibrant fmowers to sweet fruits to diverse textures, the planting design offers much diversity to appeal to the people walking by. The openings by the railings allow for student interaction with the different species and act as gateways for educational programs to active the spaces. Front Perspective Cross-Section

Plant Palette (Edible) Local engagement is a prime infmuence in our design. The edible quality of these plants bridged together the Vaccinium community and the site. This half of our plant palette corymbosum ‘Berkeley’ features a selection of native plants with various edible Blueberry parts such as fruits, leaves, and pods that can be used in different types of recipes. Asimina triloba ‘Sweet Alice’ Asclepias incarnata Paw Paw Swamp Milkweed Lindera benzoin Rhus typhina ‘Tiger Eyes’ Spicebush Staghorn Sumac Sambucus canadensis Cornus kousa x ‘Adams’ nutt. Rosy Teacups Elder American Rosy Teacups Dogwood

Programming The design was infmuenced by the Harvest Café located inside the building. Its founding credo, “Eat Well, Live Well,” pushes the institute to serve fresh, healthy non-processed meals. The edible plants were chosen for their potential use for the Café, metaphorically making an extension of the kitchen outside. The edible parts of the plants allow for a variety of recipes ranging from a common blueberry muffjn to innovative foods such as PawPaw pudding, American Elder Dumplings, or Kousa Dogwood Pie. The menu we created shows real possible eating options from the produce supplied by the garden.

Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration The following recipe is 1 of 4 recipe examples that were created with a Food Science Graduate Student. PawPaw Pudding -Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13-by-9-by-2- • ½ cup/1 stick/113 grams butter, melted and slightly cooled, inch baking dish. plus more for baking dish • 2 cups/400 grams sugar -In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, fmour, baking • 1 ½ cups/190 grams all-purpose fmour powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. • 1 teaspoon baking powder • ¼ teaspoon salt -In another large bowl, whisk together eggs and • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon pawpaw pulp until smooth. Whisk in milk and vanilla. • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger Whisk in melted butter. Pour into sugar mixture and stir • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg only until combined. • 3 large eggs • 2 cups /1 pound/454 grams pawpaw pulp, thawed if frozen -Pour batter into prepared dish. Bake 50 minutes or • 1 ½ cups/355 milliliters whole milk until just set in the center. Cool to room temperature • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract on a wire rack before cutting. Serve with a dollop of • Lightly sweetened whipped cream, for serving whipped cream.

Plant Palette (Inedible) The other half of our plant palette was chosen not for their edible qualities both more for their seasonal interest. These native plants feature different colors of fmowers and textures all meant for fjlling in the slope and catching people’s attention as they walk by. Aster novae- Hypericum x angliae ‘Hidcote’ ‘VibrantDome’ St. Johnswort New England Aster Yucca Baptisiax ‘Purple fjlamentosa Smoke’ ‘Color Guard’ False Indigo Adam’s Needle Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’ Certostigma Rough plumbadinoides Goldenrod Plumbago

Planting Plan The concept behind our design was to create a soft edge to with edible qualities are scattered throughout the length the meadow along the stairs and road front, but also still give of the front of the meadow, and along the stairs to allow people the ability to connect with the plantings. We created passerbys to sample something that’s growing right off a soft edges to the meadow that replaces the front fence, and plant and even forage. gives people a reason to engage with the planting. The plants

Diagrams These diagrams to the left show the different types of colors that the plants would display throughout the different seasons. Some plants offer seasonal color with their fmowers and SPRING SUMMER leaves, while others offer that color with the different fruits produced. Some of the plants even offer a little bit of winter interest during the colder months. Below is a diagram that locates new plants that have edible qualities. The FALL WINTER left side seems empty because there is a previous planting design which we were tasked to incorporate into the design. INEDIBLE EDIBLE

Learning Models A model was created to help visualize what the space can be in the future. It now sits in the lobby of the IFNH and next to Harvest Cafe to keep educating the community.