Finkman Street Residential Seeded Landscape
A Patch of Prairie Grows in the City
Month-by-Month study exhibits the evolution of a seeded installation
Expanding opportunities for pollinator habitat was the goal - the beauty is a convenient side-effect
Blooms and seeds aren't the only sources of beauty in this seeded installation
Native annual blooms offset longer-establishing species for immediate impact
Gentle forms of coreopsis create a dreamlike state during golden hour
Native annuals bring color to the first growing season
"What more delightful avocation than to take a piece of land and by cautious experimentation to prove how it works. What more substantial service to conservation than to practice it on one’s own land?"
Collaborators
Self-Completed
Project Facts
Size:
100 sq ft
Completion:
Spring 2017
Facts:
3 species of grasses
24 species of forbs
Native seeded landscapes have established themselves as the stalwart of the sustainable design movement due to thier high species diversity and low imput requirements. However, their perception of being wild and unruly has relegated their application to multi-acre, and typically rural, sites.
At DTLS we are always finding ways to challenge conventional design thinking. We use our own gardens as test plots and this typical Saint Louis City lot is the perfect opportunity to observe firsthand how a native seeded landscape grows on a residential scale.
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