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Landscape Design For A Semi-Arid Climate

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Ken Hughes, AICP
23 May 2002 - 12:00pm

New York landscape and urban-design team wins design competion for Santa Fe's new Railyard Park and Plaza project with a design suitable for a semi-arid climate.

"Santa Fe's new Railyard Park and Plaza won't have plastic grass, freeze-dried trees or painted foliage.But the winning design, announced Monday by the Trust for Public Land, pays heed to the city's water crisis. It includes an extensive water-harvesting system that will be used to irrigate an orchard of apricot trees, xeric demonstration gardens and drought-tolerant trees, plants and shrubs. "

Full Story: Park and Plaza
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, May 21, 2002
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