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Food scape makeover

 

Custom Foodscaping has been asked to develop a Schoolyard Garden design incorporating new plantings and landscape elements, alongside a cohesive strategy.  The design will encompass the following: Raised bed garden, pathways, new plantings, irrigation.

Design Process & Timeline: 

After a design proposal is accepted, the design process can begin. A draft of primary plant locations, beds, paths and elements can be expected.  Upon feedback from a first design draft a follow up check in will allow for feedback before the design is finalized. 

Raised bed garden

  • Build and install 6  garden beds per design 

    • raised garden beds built from locally-sourced cedar per design

      • Beds to have top trim of 2x6 for comfortable sitting

    • Beds to be filled with premium raised bed garden soil and topped with compost

    • Small solar lights to be set onto the sides of garden beds at 3’ spacing 

    • Rounded Arbor entrance into garden to be attached to the lowest 2 beds  

  • Installation of a cold frame garden lid on the indicated bed of the design. 

    • This lid will be removable during the summer growing season

  • Pathways in between and around garden beds to be mulched with crushed gravel.  Landscaping fabric to be used under gravel  to prevent grass or deter weeds from coming up 

  • Garden area to be edged using the reclaimed bricks (client would like to choose bricks. Custom Foodscaping’s brick supplier is Century Used Bricks. 
    Should the brick price that the client chooses be more expensive, this would necessitate a price increase)

    • See blue line in design for specifics of edging location

  • 6 4x4 posts to be set in concrete for string lights to be run between them

    • Eye hooks and pyramid post caps at the top of each light post

      • NOTE: post caps will not precisely match the eastern red cedar of the posts 

  • Trimming back of the magnolia  to accommodate the garden 

In Ground Plantings

  • Planting of 1 dwarf cherry tree in the beds with lily of the valley and irises

    • Thinning out and removal of the irises

  • 5 cut leaf cornflower plants to be planted in an in ground bed next to garage,, also leaving space for annuals to be planted 

  • New plantings to be mulched with compost 

 

***For maintenance help, Custom Foodscaping can provide regular maintenance visits