A New Entry to Francis William Bird Park in Walpole, MA

A New Entry to Francis William Bird Park Walpole, MA Prepared for The Trustees

Designed by Jessica McSulla & Haly Rylko The Conway School | Spring 2022

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Francis William Bird Park | Walpole, MA

Project Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Existing Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Drainage & Soils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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Access & Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Paths & Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Bird Park is located in a residential neighborhood in East Walpole halfway between Boston and Providence, Rhode Island. Its regionally central location and proximity to major interstates makes the park accessible to the region by vehicle.

Clients | The Trustees

The Trustees has had the mission of land conservation and stewardship for over 100 years. The organization acquired Bird Park in 2003 for its historic and scenic significance in both the town of Walpole and regionally.

Preliminary Design Alternatives . . 10 Final Design 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Final Design 1 | Details . . . . . . . . . . 12 Final Design 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Project Goals Reimagine the recreation area to include elements of natural play.

Summary Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Include a parking plan for events.

Final Design 2 | Details . . . . . . . . . . 14 Include design recommendations for other areas of the park.

Design for the Trustees

Vegetation & Views . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Bird Park

Playground Additions . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Parkwide Considerations 1 . . . . . . .16 Parkwide Considerations 2 . . . . . . .17 Plant Palettes 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Plant Palettes 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Grading Plan & Works Cited . . . . 20 Cost Estimate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

project overview

The park was originally designed by John Nolen, in the 1920s, to be accessed by pedestrians. To accommodate the increasing number of visitors driving, the park was expanded in the 1950s to include an adjacent parcel of land along Polley Lane. As vehicular use became more popular, the Main Entrance to Bird Park shifted from the original, pedestrian Main Entrance on Washington Avenue to the entrance at Polley Lane. This entrance requires visitors to cross a road and walk on a steep dirt path that can be a barrier for some people in accessing the park. The Trustees has asked the Conway School to reimagine the arrival sequence of the park at the new main entrance to be safer and more accessible.

A New Entry to Francis William Bird Park 135 Polley Ln, East Walpole, MA

Not for construction. Part of a student project and not based on a legal survey.

Francis William Bird Park is an 89-acre park located in the center of a residential area in East Walpole, Massachusetts. Local and regional visitors have enjoyed its three miles of walking trails through pastoral and wooded landscapes, playground, recreation courts, and serene ponds for nearly a hundred years.

Redesign main entry (at Polley Lane) to be safer and feel integrated with the original design of the park.

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Project Overview

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History of Bird Park

The Bird Family employed much of the town of Walpole in manufacturing mills. The park was designed for the workers to have central green space to enjoy with their families.

John Nolen | Park Designer

John Nolen was a landscape architect and urban planner who studied with Frederick Law Olmsted and was inspired by the Garden City movement in Europe that incorporated walkable green space into residential urban areas. Through his designs, he advocated for the walkability of cities and used a variety of landscape types and views to interest park visitors. Nolen designed Bird Park with the intent of enriching the lives of mill workers that lived in the neighborhood; he hoped to create a place that felt removed from the city without the need to travel far.

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John Nolen's original park design, 1927.

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Although industry has shifted, the park has changed very little in its form and function in the last 100 years.

Home of the Pokanoket, Wôpanâak and Massachusett people.

Immigrants from Boston arrive in Walpole in search for work in the mills. Nolen is hired to plan the town for population growth.

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by Charles and Anna Bird.

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The Bird family owned and operated paper and building material mills in East Walpole along the Neponset River beginning in 1795. The family business employed around 2,000 workers when the park was created in the 1920s.

The family was civic-minded and wanted a green space for mill workers to enjoy with their families that was centrally located in the neighborhood where many of the workers lived. The mill owners, Charles and Anna, created Francis William Bird park to be a respite for mill workers in memory of their son who they lost unexpectedly in 1918.

Park Construction begins.

Adjacent parcel is acquired that will become the main park entry.

Park is acquired by the Trustees from the Bird Foundation.

Bird Park will celebrate its centennial anniversary.

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history

Not for construction. Part of a student project and not based on a legal survey.

A 1898 map of East Walpole shows the undeveloped area where Bird Park will be. The Bird Family mills along the Neponset River can be seen in the foreground.

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The park has changed very little over the past 100 years and still serves its original function of being a destination for its residential neighbors to walk, connect, relax and enjoy nature.

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Willow Pond

Frog Pond

Music Court

Vista Field

Polley Lane Entry

Vehicles arrive at the Polley Lane entry and park in a gravel parking lot with no parking stall demarcations. Visitors are then required to cross Polley Lane to enter the park, where they are faced with a steep (~27% slope) grade change at the head of a gravel path. The path guides visitors through a beech tree allée and transitions to an unpaved path that fades into grass before it reaches the concrete paths beyond. There are two open-space turf areas beyond the allée, with mowed turf on the west side and unmowed turf on the east side.

Design Focus Area

View of open space to the west of the allée.

View from Polley Lane through the center of the allée.

View of open space to the east of the allée.

Focus Area | Recreation

The active recreation area comprises two playgrounds, a fenced-in former tennis court for wheeled toys and bikes for toddlers, a little free library, bike rack, picnic area and tennis and basketball courts. The two playgrounds are intended to accommodate different age groups. For younger children there is a fenced-in sandy area with traditional play equipment including a slide, seesaw, balance beam, and climbing structures. For older children there is an unfenced sandy area with a metal climbing structure and swings. While most of the recreation area is dappled with trees, the younger children's playground has less canopy and can be exposed on sunny days.

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Main Parking lot Polley Lane

Fenced-in early childhood playground.

Design Focus Area

Design for the Trustees

Not for construction. Part of a student project and not based on a legal survey.

For this project, the design will mostly focus on the southern area of the Park which includes the Polley Lane entrance and parking; the area in and around the European Beech Tree Allée; and the adjacent playground and recreation areas.

existing conditions

Design Focus Area

A New Entry to Francis William Bird Park 135 Polley Ln, East Walpole, MA

Francis William Bird Park offers a variety of restful landscapes with active recreation areas along the park's edges and was originally designed for pedestrian entry with the current focus on integrating vehicular arrival. The park is 89 acres of woodlands, tree groves, and open lawn that is connected by three miles of sinuous paths. The park is meant for respite and slow movement through the landscape, with benches for rest and informative historical signs throughout. There are ten pedestrian entrances around the park, which are marked by stone pillars, iron gates, and/or pergola structures.

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Existing Conditions

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Visitors enjoy relaxing by the parks two main ponds The ponds receive much of the Pickerel Brook watershed's stormwater, which has caused a large amount of sediment to accumulate over time in the park's waterbodies.

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The topography in the park gently guides water towards the low point in the northwest corner where Pickerel Brook flows through a culvert and goes underground before it joins Traphole Brook and then the Neponset River. These lower areas of the park generally correspond with slowly draining hydric soils and wetlands. The remainder of the park contains quickly draining Merrimac soils.

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Design for the Trustees

Bird Park lies at the base of the residentially developed, 500-acre Pickerel Brook watershed. Much of the building development in the watershed occurred when stormwater management focused on conveyance rather than treatment or volume control. As a result, much of the stormwater from the neighborhood was directed into storm drains and conveyed to ten outfalls within the park. This conveyance of stormwater has carried with it sediment from the watershed, and led to an accumulation of sediment within the ponds. The accumulation of sediment was one of the factors that led to the closure of the frog pond to public swimming in the 1960s.

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Water was a key element in the original design of the park and continues to be a popular draw for folks today. The Pickerel Brook runs south to north through the site and during the park's construction, three ponds were created, two of which are accessible to visitors. Listed from upstream to downstream there is Carberry Pond, Frog Pond (the former swimming pond that is lined with concrete), and The Neponset River Watershed the largest, Willow Pond. Each pond is eight to ten feet deep and water levels are flows Northeast into Boston maintained by an outlet structure.

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Focus Area | Drainage & Soils

The focus area is in a topographically higher area of the park and is made up of quickly draining Merrimac or Hinkley soils. Plants that are selected for this area of the park ought to do well in well-drained soil that could experience low amounts of water in the summer months.

The cement-lined Frog Pond was once used for swimming but is now closed to the public.

The Willow Pond is a central feature of the park and is the lowest pond in the Pickerel Brook watershed, making it more vulnerable than the others to flooding.

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Vegetation & Views

Trails through woodlands, groves of trees, and pastoral landscapes offer visitors a variety of views and experiences.

Vulnerable Vegetation

Of these park plant communities, two may be vulnerable to changes in climate. Hemlock woolly adelgid has been observed in the hemlock stands. After infestations and without treatment, hemlock trees usually have three to five years before they begin to weaken and defoliate (U Mass Amherst).

There are three vegetative zones in the park, open lawn, woodlands, and groves.

According to The Trustees, the European beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees that line the allée of the Polley Lane entrance are around 70-years-old and are being treated for Phytophthora, a fungus-like pathogen known as an oomycete or ''water mold.''

Phytophthera favor wet conditions and avoiding prolonged soil saturation or standing water may help reduce or eliminate the spread to healthy plants (University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources).

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The long view from Polley Lane towards the Vista Field is enjoyed by community members. When the beech trees that make up the allée are leafed out, their low branches can obstruct the view of what is on the other side of them. In this area, the park boundary is not well defined and can blend into neighboring backyards.

The low visibility paired with the ill-defined park boundary may contribute to the two areas on the outside of the allée receiving low use by visitors.

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The vegetation shapes the views that park visitors experience, providing long views of open areas and pleasant views in the woodlands.

Design for the Trustees

Open lawn for recreation.

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The woodlands.

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A no-mow area in the groves.

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There are three main vegetative zones in the park: fields, groves, and woodlands. Within the three zones there are a total of thirteen different plant community types, six of which are native to southern New England including a red maple swamp, oak-pine forest, successional white pine forest, mixed pine & hardwoods, hemlock stands, and ponds and waterways that are vegetated by grasses and herbaceous plants. The remaining plant communities include red maple forest, successional habitat, white pine-buckthorn thicket, and mixed hardwoods (Francis William Bird Park Management Plan 2004).

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Bird Park is a popular destination for walking, playing with children, community events, and observing nature that draws both local and regional visitors.

Circulation | High Use Areas

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The park is 3.5 miles form downtown Norwood which has an elevated land surface temperature and less than 25 acres of parks within a quarter mile.

Most survey respondents indicated that their favorite areas of the park were wooded or had canopy cover. The areas of the park most respondents indicated as their favorite after the ponds and play area were the rhododendron path (34%), and woodlands (33%).

Focus Area

The playground is one of the most popular destinations in the park and falls within the project focus area. While most survey respondents indicated that they were happy with the play area, many expressed a desire for more natural play materials that older children could play on.

Entrances High use destinations Visitors favorite areas

Because most visitors drive to the park, and there are three parking options within the project focus area, the design area serves as a nexus point for park access. However, each parking option within the area has a barrier to access or circulation that will be addressed in design alternatives.

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Based on a community survey conducted for this project (157 respondents) around 60% of park visitors live in Walople and around 40% travel from nearby towns, with the highest percentage coming from Norwood (13%).

Downtown Norwood is 3.5 miles from Bird Park and has regionally low accessibility to green space and an elevated land surface temperature in the summer months. This indicates that Bird Park might be source of green space and a place for shade in the summer for both Walpole and Norwood.

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Based on the community survey and conversations with park visitors, the most popular activities in the park are walking, playing with children on the playground and observing nature. The most popular destinations in the park are the recreation area and viewing the ponds.

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Neighboring the park are low to mid density single family homes and a strip of small commercial development on the western side. The close proximity of the park for local residents makes the park a popular daily destination.

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Who Uses Bird Park?

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Access & Circulation

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There are three parking lots for visitors to choose from. The main parking lot, Polley Lane is the largest but requires visitors to cross a street and descend a steep dirt and gravel path to enter the park.

Access | Focus Area Event Parking

A few times a year, The Trustees host large community events like an ice cream social and a pumpkin festival that can draw crowds of ~1,500 people. For these larger events, there is a greater need for parking. Currently the overflow parking for these events is being accommodated in the field west of the allée; however, getting there can be a challenge. To reach the field, Trustees staff guide cars through a wooded trail and the picnic area and then make sure they are spaced properly to make sure enough cars can fit in the area. A goal of the Trustees for the site is to make the overflow parking process simple, safe, and require less facilitation.

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To get to the event parking area, visitors are directed through a cul-de-sac and through the picnic area to a field left of the allée.

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Not for construction. Part of a student project and not based on a legal survey.

Based on the community survey, most park visitors arrive by car (58%) and a significant amount (33%) are sometimes dissuaded from visiting because of the logistics of parking. There are ten entrances to the park for visitors arriving on foot, and three of those have parking lots for those arriving by car.

The main entrance on Polley Lane is the largest lot, has no universally accessible parking spaces, and requires visitors to cross a street and traverse a steep gravel and dirt path into the park, which poses a barrier to those with mobility challenges. The other parking lot in the focus area is the closest to the playground, making it a desirable place for parents with young children to park; however, the twelve spaces fill up quickly on busy days. There is also a blind spot when exiting the lot which could be improved by repositioning the layout of the parking lot spaces.

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In addition to the steeply sloped Main Entry at Polley Lane, three miles of paths of varying materials and gradual slopes throughout the park connect visitors to a variety of landscape experiences.

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Focus Area | Material There are two path materials within the focus area one of which is concrete around the playground area. In some areas there is evidence of wear on the turf along the edges of the paths, indicating a potential need for the paths to be widened to better accommodate users.

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Paths | Grade

Paths throughout the park are gradually sloping with many of them having a grade of less than 5%, which makes these paths compliant with accessibility guidelines.

Within the focus area, the only area that would be considered inaccessible by Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) standards because of grade would be the part of the path just to the north of Polley Lane at the main entrance. This area has an average slope of ~27% within the first 20 feet of arrival. This steep grade within the main arrival sequence could be a barrier to accessibility.

Once past the initial steep area at Polley Lane, visitors are able to access the recreation area, both ponds, and a diversity of vegetation types using gently sloped paths.

The main path through the Beech allée is gravel and dirt that is worn down and has uneven footing. The material paired with the paths steepness leads to it being inaccessible to those with mobility issues.

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The different surface materials for the paths indicate hierarchy within the circulation of the park. John Nolen's original design proposed the use of two materials for the paths: granolithic paving and crushed stone. The granolthic was used for the main paths, linking users to the main entry points, and the crushed stone was for the trails through the woodlands and along the streams. The current addition of other path materials still follows this hierarchy, with concrete and granolithic used in areas of higher use and crushed stone, mowed grass, soil, and wood chips providing a surface for secondary circulation.

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Not for construction. Part of a student project and not based on a legal survey.

There are several path materials throughout the park including grass, crushed stone, poured-in-place concrete, compacted soil, wood chips, and the original granolithic (colored and scored concrete, popular for paving in the early 20th century) which was installed circa 1925. According to the Francis William Bird Park Management Plan 2004, the granolithic paving could be historically significant because of "its historic identification with a particular era of park and urban design," but the paths are beginning to show their age with degradation and spall evident in some areas. Due to this uneven surface, the granolithic paving may pose a tripping hazard.

Design for the Trustees

Paths & Accessibility

Soil and gravel path The steep grade at the Polley Lane entrance makes is difficult for some to enter and exit Bird Park.

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Problem Areas | Arrival Sequence

A few challenges exist at some of the entry points. Entering the park from Polley Lane poses safety concerns as it requires visitors to park in the lot and then cross a sometimes busy road to the steep, uneven entry path, which can be a barrier to accessibility for some park-goers. During large events, the picnic area is used as a driveway for cars to enter the overflow parking area, creating a safety hazard for users in the picnic area and a challenge to drivers navigating the narrow, temporary driveway. The parking lot on Pleasant Street, near the playground, is a small dead-end lot. Visibility of cars traveling on Pleasant Street is limited when entering or exiting the lot when parking stalls close to the road are filled.

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There are two notable long views in the park. One is what was previously considered the Main Entry along Washington Street, which is a very different vantage with meandering, developing views than the newly considered Main Entry at Polley Lane, which has a direct view through the allée and across Vista Field.

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Since the park receives most of the stormwater from the surrounding neighborhood, the ponds that are a popular destination for visitors are now more full of sediment than they used to be, which contributes to more stagnant water and prohibits use of the Frog Pond for swimming, which was its intended use.

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Focus area | Summary Analysis

Three vegetative zones offer visitors a variety of landscapes to enjoy: fields, groves/meadows, and forests. New tree plantings by the Trustees have diversified the age of the stands in the park which will help with the resilience of the park as some species become more vulnerable to the increasing threat of pests and pathogens. The hemlocks in the park have woolly adelgid and some have been more severely affected than others. The European beech trees in the allée are currently being treated for Phytophthora. The beech trees strongly influence views, and the experience of the entry space. Their absence would them would make the area feel more open and exposed.

The Beech Allée and Polley Lane parking lot (annex) were an addition to the original park and have become an increasingly popular entry point to the park, as survey results show that visitors arrive more often by vehicle than by foot. As a result, the Polley Lane entrance is now considered the Main Entrance to Bird Park. Steep and uneven terrain at the Polley Lane entry and lack of a clear pathway through the Beech Allée, contribute to a lack of visual integration with the rest of the park.

Bird Park has limited everyday parking options, with the largest lot located on Polley Lane. The lot near the play area is small and the lot near the church on Rhoades Avenue is shared with the church. During large events, overflow parking is directed to the area west of the allée. The Trustees would like to improve the safety and accessibility of parking options within the design focus area which is the main entry to the park.

Recreation

Two traditional playgrounds and a popular 'tot lot' make up the children's play area, with tennis/pickleball and basketball courts nearby. The Trustees would like more opportunities for natural play incorporated within this recreation area and that these spaces meet or exceed safety and accessibility standards.

summary analysis

Not for construction. Part of a student project and not based on a legal survey.

Shared Parking

Design for the Trustees

Rhodes Avenue

In the original design, John Nolen provided park visitors with eight pedestrian entrances along the Park's surrounding streets, connecting the adjacent neighborhoods with direct access by foot into the park. As vehicular use became commonplace in subsequent decades, the Focus Area parcel of land was acquired in the mid-20th century to accommodate parking. That area is now considered the Main Entry to Bird Park.

A New Entry to Francis William Bird Park 135 Polley Ln, East Walpole, MA

Francis William Bird Park is 89 acres surrounded by a residential neighborhood.

The Park has ten entry points, connected by a variety of path types that draw the visitor through the park's three vegetative zones to different destinations.

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Points of Entry

Summary Analysis

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Design 1 | Grand Entry

Design 2 | Pleasant Street

Design 3 | Ode to Washington (Ave.)

Interactive water feature

In this alternative, the form of the allée is reinforced with another allée planted within the existing one with a straight path through the center of the park.

Entry

The entry to the park has a grand archway framing the view of the trees for visitors arriving from Polley Lane. Under the archway is a small landing that leads to stairs down the center and accessible ramps to the left and right. The stairs have steps for walking down the center and wider steps for sitting on either side for sitting.

The main Polley Lane parking lot is vegetated with shade trees in the center of a vegetated median. A traffic calming, vegetated median is installed in the center of Polley Lane.

A widened, striped crosswalk and a flashing pedestrian sign signal to drivers to slow down and be prepared to stop. A curb cut is made on Polley Lane for visitors to park in the current overflow field during large events without navigating through the picnic area.

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In this alternative the corner parcel on Pleasant Street is acquired to accommodate a new main parking lot. As the allée ages, the trees are not replaced and a pedestrian loop around a central meadow is created.

Entry

In this alternative the main parking lot is relocated to the current overflow lot in the west field. The allée shape for the main path is reinforced with a double allée planted along the inside of the current allée. Meandering paths receive dappled light under shade trees and loop around a meadow and play field.

A path off the main parking lot leads you through a pergola with benches that echo those at other entrances.

The main path leads into the park and is planted on the southern side to shade pedestrians from the hot sun. Paths lead visitors either directly to the play area or to meander around a central meadow that has a mounded grove of trees in the center.

The main entry and parking lot approaches the park from the west where the main path guides visitors through the double allée. Two additional pedestrian entrances are added to allow visitors to enter from the corner lot on Pleasant Street.

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The main parking lot is shifted to the Pleasant Street entry and the Polley Lane lot is used for overflow parking. Traffic calming for crossing Polley Lane includes widening and striping the crosswalk.

Entry

A curb cut is made on Polley Lane to accommodate parking in the field west of the allée. In the Polley Lane lot, solar panels take advantage of the sun exposure in the center of the lot to fuel electric car charging stations.

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Entry A rectangular landing with a pergola greets visitors after they park and cross Polley Lane.

Stairs guide visitors down to the main path (see detail on sheet 12). ABA accessible ramps loop around either side towards the main path or guide visitors to the recreation area.

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Meadows Two no-mow meadows at the northern and southern ends of the entry offer low-maintenance year-round visual interest and habitat for pollinators.

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Traffic Calming The Polley Lane crossing is made more visible to traffic with the installation of a crosswalk. The crosswalk is made of granite or stamped concrete to distinguish it from the roads asphalt and indicate to drivers that it is a pedestrian crossing.

Woodland The existing allée is succeeded by a grove of planted trees in the central area of the entry. A variety of tree sizes, colors, and textures help frame the meadows and long view into and out of the vista field and back towards Polley Lane.

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Woodland Gathering Space A small gathering space is added for visitors to sit and oversee the small field and woodland.

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Play Space Natural play features such as logs, stumps, ropes and boulders are added to the playground and the adjacent open wooded area and field. For details on the play area see sheet 15.

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Splash Pad In a sunny part of the playground, a recirculating splash pad is added for playful relief from the heat in the summer. The pad is bordered by a low seating wall facing the vista field, so when it is not being used as a splash pad, it can be a place to gather and sit. When the splash pad is not in use, the space could include movable tables and chairs.

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Paths Main paths of stamped concrete are eight feet wide in this area of heavy pedestrian use.

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Design Focus Area | Central Grove

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Parking The Polley Lane lot remains surfaced with gravel and ninety degree parking spaces are indicated by bumpers at the head of each parking space. A central median in the center of the lot offers a walkway for pedestrians to separate them from traffic, and treats stormwater through permeable tree grates (see detail on sheet 12).

Meadow

In this first final design alternative, meadows and woodlands frame the long view of the vista field and give visitors a sense of the landscapes that are to come in the rest of the park. An entry overlook greets visitors entering from Polley Lane and offers a stairs or an accessible ramp to the main path. Meandering paths guide visitors through woodlands and around two meadows with a few shaded benches with pleasant views along the path. This alternative moves the entry away from the formality of the existing allée while including the existing trees as they age.

Design for the Trustees

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b

d

Key Features

Splash Pad

1

a

h

final design

Final Design 1 | Central Grove

Vista Field

Main Paths

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Details | Central Grove Parking Detail

In the gravel-surfaced Polley Lane lot, ninety degree parking spaces are delineated by parking bumpers. A center median is added between the center two rows of parked cars which function as a walkway for pedestrians through the parking lot away from traffic, and a place for stormwater runoff to collect and filter.

Traffic Calming

Large Canopy Trees

Stone pillars mark the entry off Pleasant Street.

Small Flowering Trees

Entry Detail

Wide-Set Sitting Steps 12''x12''

Walking steps

Meadow

6" x 12''

A pergola over a rectangular landing with two benches greets visitors as they arrive at Polley Lane.

From the landing, stairs descend north to the park and on the left side of the landing, an 8-foot-wide ramp with a 5% grade takes visitors into the park.

On either side of the stairs and handrails are wider and taller steps that can be used as a place to sit and enjoy the view.

The view from the terrace looking into the park is framed by trees of different sizes and species to maximize visual interest.

The stairs and ABA ramp lead visitors into the park.

The view from the terrace looking into the park is framed by trees of different sizes and species to maximize spatial and seasonal visual interest.

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Design Focus Area | Central Grove

Precedent: a material change of asphalt to granite signals a pedestrian area.

1

The median in the center of the lot contains a tree trench that allows trees to shade cars from the sun while collecting and treating stormwater from the parking lot. The trench allows trees roots to spread and access water. Permeable tree grates protect the bases of the trees from soil compaction by pedestrians.

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Pedestrian Walkway | Stormwater Treatment | Shade Trees

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Median Detail

details

Looking west at the proposed pedestrian area and Polley Lane crossing.

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Material Change | Vegetation | Pedestrian Landing | Pedestrian Crossing Sign

To improve safety, pedestrian areas are indicated by a material change of granite and stamped concrete that helps guide pedestrians out of the flow of traffic and cue drivers to be vigilant for those crossing Polley Lane. A pedestrian landing area in the northern part of the lot includes concrete benches and trees that make the waiting area more comfortable in the summer.

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d

Parking The Polley Lane parking lot is resurfaced with porous asphalt. Ninety-degree parking spaces are painted to delineate parking stalls. A porous concrete median in the center of the lot offers a walkway for pedestrians to separate them from traffic and trees planted along the centerline of the walkway provide shade. The north end of the parking lot is raised to meet the height of the raised crosswalk and is resurfaced with porous concrete, stamped and colored similarly to the crosswalk, and incorporates bench seating and trees to define the pedestrian waiting space.

Entry A semicircular terrace provides an entry point for visitors after they park and cross Polley Lane.

Stairs at the center and an accessible ramp to the west both guide visitors down to the main path (see detail on sheet 14). Two secondary paths extend from the Main Path towards the east and provide access to the playground area.

d

Meadow A meadow at both the northern and southern ends of the Design Focus Area offers lowmaintenance, year-round visual interest and habitat for pollinators.

e

Grove A small grove of mixed trees provides dappled shade along the path between the open meadow and play space.

f

Rest/Play Space Natural play elements such as play mounds, log rounds, and boulders are incorporated within the open space and forested edge to the east of the allée, along with benches for onlookers to rest.

g

Play Space Natural play features such as logs, stumps, ropes and boulders are added to the playground and older equipment removed. For details on the play area see sheet 15.

h

Water Feature/Children's Garden This sunny spot near the playground offers relief from the sun in the adjacent, open field. There are recirculating ball-style fountains in operation seasonally, providing the calming site and sound of water in an otherwise active recreation area. A small, children's garden is adjacent to the water feature area, allowing kids the opportunity to see and interact with vegetation that is interesting and delightful for them.

Mow/No-Mow Areas The area to the west of the new allée has no-mow vegetation under and around the trees with mowed areas defining paths for circulation through the space and connection to the reinforced turf event parking area. Shrubs or trees fill in the gaps along the western edge of the parking area and create a screen between the neighboring properties.

No-Mow/ Mowed Paths

Water feature/ Children's Garden

g

New allée

Vegetative Screen

Event Parking

h

Play Space

Play Mounds

i

f

Seating

e Cur

bc

Stairs

ut

ADA Ramp

b

Speed humps & raised crosswalk

d

Grove

Meadow

c

2

c

Existing allée

Meadow

a

Main Parking Lot

Design Focus Area | Double Allée

In this second final design alternative, the existing beech allée remains while a successional allée of mixed, deciduous shade trees is planted within the existing allée and encloses the view, pulling visitors directly through the landscape to discover the long view of Vista Field beyond. A semi-circular terrace provides a formal entry into the park, with an accessible ramp to the west and set of steps at the center, leading to a straight path through the allée. A meandering path is provided for visitors to take a less formal approach from the entry, passing meadows, gathering spaces, and play spaces, on the way to the playground.

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Traffic Calming The Polley Lane crossing is made more visible to traffic with a wider, raised, colored and stamped concrete crosswalk lined with in-road flashing lights. Flashing crosswalk signs are located at the vehicular approach to the crosswalk, in both directions of travel.

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Key Features

b

i

Main Path

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a

Vista Field

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Final Design 2 | Double Allée

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A closer look at this design alternative focuses on a more formal entry into Bird Park. The resurfaced parking lot at Polley Lane leads to a raised crosswalk which connects parkgoers to the Grand Entry, a granite terrace leading down an accessible ramp or stairs to a straight, eight-footwide porous concrete path that guides visitors through the allée.

Terraced Garden with Seating

Accessible Ramp

The terrace provides entry to the accessible ramp, as well as the grand stair, both leading to the main path through the new allée. The terrace also provides seating to take advantage of the mix of long and short views of the park from the Polley Lane entry.

The bottom landing of the stairs and ramp leads to an additional path that meanders to the playground. It also leads to a vegetated terrace with benches for resting and taking in the meadow views to the east.

Perspective view from allée towards Polley Lane.

Parking Detail

Design Focus Area | Double Allee

final design

2

The parking lot is resurfaced with porous asphalt and includes one driveway. Parking spaces are striped (painted) at a 90 degree angle to delineate the spaces. Bumpers protect cars and their surroundings from damage. A raised median leads across a striped crosswalk in the parking lot to a pedestrian waiting area, which leads to the crosswalk at Polley Lane.

Median Detail

Pedestrian Walkway | Shade Trees

A porous concrete median is located between the aisles, at the center of the parking lot. Trees are protected at ground level by permeable tree grates and are located along the center of the median, providing shade for people and vehicles in this very sunny location.

Traffic Calming

Building on the idea of safety from Design Alternative 1, the crosswalk at Polley Lane is raised to create the need for vehicles to slow down at the crosswalk. There is a pedestrian waiting area in the northern part of the lot that includes concrete benches and trees, which create a welcoming waiting area and transition point between the parking lot and crossing Polley Lane.

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Material Change | Vegetation | Pedestrian Drop-Off/Pick-Up Area | Pedestrian Crossing Sign

Enlarged plan of Main Entry parking lot and entry

View looking west at Polley Lane approach to Bird Park.

details

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A semicircular granite terrace is flanked by granite pillars on each side, reminiscent of other entry points around the park. A low, granite wall topped by a wrought iron fence and interspersed with granite pillars defines the edge of the property along Polley Lane.

A New Entry to Francis William Bird Park 135 Polley Ln, East Walpole, MA

Entry Detail

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Details | Double Allée

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Parents often join their toddlers in the Tot Lot to watch them but there is currently little seating. To make the parents more comfortable, a bench or movable seating could be added to the lot.

Boulders

Seasonal Splash Pad

Shrub Hiding Space Wooden platforms

A circle of densely planted shrubs with an opening in the center would offer a natural hiding space for children of many ages. The refuge could spark creative play and quickly become a hideout, home base, den or lair.

Small platforms in the woodland open up the possibilities for creative play for a variety of ages.

Play Mounds

A change of topography or a rolling hill could be a fun way for children to engage with the landscape. The addition of a few short rolling mounds in the field could spark creative play for children of all ages to experience a rolling, pastoral landscape on a smaller scale.

A small sensory garden would be added with resilient plants that are interesting for children to touch, smell and taste. For more information on plants for the garden, see the planting palette on sheet 19.

Tree Ring Seats

Hiding Shrubs

Sensory Garden

Hiding Space

Sensory Garden

Elevated Stump Rounds

Low Stumps Balance Logs Play mounds Gathering space

Natural Boulders

Boulders could be seats or structures to climb on. Strategically placed near other natural structures, they could be used for a game of 'Don't Touch the Ground'.

Follow the Leader Stump Rounds

Stump rounds inset in the ground can be a fun way for children to practice balance or play a game of 'Follow the Leader'. Stumps could be low to the ground and close together for young children or higher and change in levels for those who seek more of a challenge.

Logs for Balance

Natural logs to balance on spark creativity in the landscape. Their placement could offer a balance beam or seat to soften the edges of the traditional playground to invite play out into the open woodlands.

Traditional Play Equipment

Ropes Course

A low ropes course could be installed between existing trees for older children to balance and climb on.

Design for the Trustees

Seating in the Tot Lot

Ropes Course

playground additions

The existing playground is a popular destination. It currently contains three areas: the young children playground, the older children playground, and a former tennis court that has wheeled cars and toys for toddlers called the 'Tot Lot'. It is a goal of The Trustees to reimagine the play area, and through a community survey, a desire was expressed for the incorporation of both natural and traditional play structures into the existing. This design seeks to incorporate natural play features into the existing traditional playground to help children foster a connection to the natural world, encourage creativity, and build balance and strength.

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Playground Additions

Play Platforms

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Play Area

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Vegetation, Paths, Seating & Play Key Features

Theater Seating

The music court functions as a stage both for large performances, like concerts, and more intimate events, like Shakespere in the Park or Trivia. For the smaller shows where the audience is seated in the woodland to the west of the stage, a low seating wall could be added to offer seating to guests, define the space with an edge, and set the tone that it is a space for gathering and performance.

Boulders in the stream just south of the Frog Pond offer a place for children to play.

Widen Main Pathways

1

High use of paths have caused wear and erosion around their edges.

It is recommended that the main paths be widened to eight feet. The main paths indicated on the map are currently frequently used and connect high-use areas of the park like the recreation areas and ponds to an entrance in each quadrant of the park. These paths also should be prioritized first in retrofitting or replacing the original granolithic surface to meet ADA accessibility requirements.

parkwide P age T itle design considerations

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Elements of natural play could be expanded beyond the more formal playground area and incorporated into other areas of the park. This could include boulders by Frog Pond to play on, logs for balancing along woodland edges, and creating a small natural play space by the stream near Wolcott Avenue that has an existing large, glacial erratic.

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Natural Play Throughout the Park

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Parkwide | Design Considerations 1

Shade Trees to Line Vista Field and Recreation Courts

Tall shade trees would be added to the western side of the recreation courts. Adding trees here would offer shade to the hot courts in the summer and a sense of refuge to walkers taking the path around Vista Field. Adding trees here would also help to block the view of the neighboring houses, helping visitors to feel like they are in a more natural space as Nolen had intended.

Willow Trees at the Willow Pond

The Willow Pond was a primary part of Nolen's design. He describes it as "a small elongated lake overhung on the north side with a long row of irregularly picturesque willows." Since its original installation, the row of willows have come down, leaving the pond and visitors enjoying it, in an exposed, open area. Willows would be added to the north side of the pond to honor Nolen's original design intent and offer shade and the feeling of refuge to visitors.

A rendering of a shade trees to line Vista Field.

A rendering of added willows by the Willow Pond.

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Water quality & Sediment

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Parkwide | Design Considerations 2

Key Features

A stone sediment forebay on the campus of the University of Virginia has reduced sediment loads in the creek downstream by more than 95 % and phosphorous by more than 90% (UVA Environmental Resources).

To reduce the amount of sediment in the ponds, and the routine dredging that can impact wildlife and aquatic vegetation, a sediment forebay could be installed by the inlet of Frog Pond or just south of the stone bridge. A sediment forebay is a stone lined area by the inlet of a water body that allows sediments, particulates, and pollutants to settle out in a confined area that is easily accessible for removal. This solution would have to be accessible for routine maintenance to remove the sediment, but would be less ecologically invasive than dredging. The frequency of removal depends on the accumulation of sediment but usually occurs once every one to five years.

Increase Green Stormwater Infrustructure in Pickerel Brook Watershed

Water was a key element of Nolen's original park design, but the amount of sediment that the park receives has altered the park's original hydrology from its original state.

The accumulated sediment has made the ponds more shallow, which can increase algae, raise water temperature, slow the rate of flow, and negatively impact water quality.

To reduce the amount of sediment that settles in the park, solutions ought to be implemented upstream. The residential neighborhood that makes up the Pickerel Brook Watershed could use various forms of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) to capture the sediment higher in the watershed.

Design for the Trustees

Sediment Forebay

2

The Willow Pond at Bird Park

Other benefits to vegetating the edges of the waterways include: • Increase habitat and shelter for both pollinators and amphibians who use the ponds.

• The plants' root systems help strengthen the edge of the pond visually and physically.

• Offer seasonal interest with the timing of different blooming

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Adding a vegetated edge of perennials to the water's edges adds visual interest and serves several ecological functions. Because the park is the recipient of stormwater from the Pickerel Brook Watershed, the ponds and waterways would benefit from vegetation to filter, capture and remove pollutants often found in stormwater, including nitrogen, petroleum, chlorinated solvents, and pesticides, preventing contaminants from traveling further downstream into Traphole Brook. By planting the edges, organic pollutants from the stormwater could be degraded, nitrogen could be removed and converted into gas, and inorganic contaminants could be immobilized and remain on site in the soil (Kennen and Kirkwood, 235).

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Vegetate Water Body Edges

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Plant Palettes I Common Name

Height

Light Requirements

Water Requirements

Aquilegia canadensis

Wild Columbine

10-24''

sun - part shade

quickly-drained

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly Weed

12-36"

sun

quickly-drained

Allium cernuum

Nodding Onion

12"-24"

sun - shade

moist - quickly-drained

Grasses

Schizachyrium scoparium

Threadleaf Coreopsis Little Bluestem

12''

12"-24" 3'

sun

sun - part shade sun - part shade

quickly-drained quickly-drained

Aquilegia canadensis

Asclepias tuberosa

Coreopsis verticillata

Allium cernuum

quickly-drained

Grove Trees

Scientific Name

Common Name

Height

Light Requirements

Water Requirements

Cornus flordia

Flowering Dogwood

25'

sun - part shade

well-drained

Magnolia virginiana Cercis canadensis

Crataegus crus-galli *allee *allee *allee *allee

Shrubs

Acer rubrum

Quercus rubra

Quercus palustris

Platanus occidentalis

Liriodendron tulipfera Rhododendron

Amelanchier arborea

Hamamelis virginiana Lindera benzoin Seed mixes

Sweet Bay Magnolia Redbud

Cockspur Hawthorn Red Maple Red Oak Pin Oak

American Sycamore Tulip Tree

Rhododendron Downy Serviceberry Witch Hazel Spicebush

20' 30' 35' 60' 75'

60'-70'

75'-100' 90'

5'-10' 15'-25' 8'-15' 5'-8'

sun - part shade sun - part shade sun - shade

sun - part sun sun sun

sun - shade sun

part sun - shade sun - shade sun - shade

sun - part shade

moist, quickly-drained moist, quickly-drained

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Coreopsis verticillata

Yarrow

wet - quickly-drained wet - quickly-drained

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Achillea millefolium

quickly-drained

wet - quickly-drained

moist - quickly-drained moist - quickly-drained

Fleur de Lawn Includes:

moist - quickly-drained

Karma Perennial Ryegrass - Lolium perenne

moist - quickly-drained

Eureka II Hard Fescue - Festuca trachyphylla

moist - quickly-drained moist - quickly-drained

Pro-Time Lawn Seed

Fleur de Lawn

3"-5"

sun - shade

quickly-drained

Prairie Moon Seeds

Common Blue Violet

4"

sun - shade

wet - quickly-drained

Quatro Tetraploid Sheep Fescue - Festuca ovina 'Quatro' White Yarrow - Achillea millefolium White Clover - Trifolium repens English Daisy - Bellis perennis Sweet Alyssum - Lobularia maritima (annual)

plant pallettes

Perennials

Scientific Name

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Meadow

Baby Blue Eyes - Nemophila menziessii (annual) Strawberry Clover - Trifolium fragiferum

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Plant Palettes II Waterbody Edges Light requirements

Water Requirements

Cornus amomum

Silky Dogwood

5'-8'

full - shade

moist - wet, well-drained

Salix alba babylonica Cornus sericea

Corylus americana

Penstemon digitalis Adiantum pedatum Iris versicolor

Sparganium eurycarpum Pontederia cordata Scirpus validus

Onoclea sensibilis

Red Osier Dogwood American hazelnut

Foxglove beard tounge Maidenhair Fern Blue Flag Iris Arrowhead Bur-Reed

Pickerelweed Wool Grass

Sensitive Fern

40'

7-9'

up to 8' 18-24" 8"-20" 3'

up to 1.5' up to 3' up to 3' up to 6' up to 3'

sun

partial shade full - shade

sun - part shade

part shade - shade sun - part sun full - part sun full

full - part sun full

full - shade

moist

moist, well-drained moist, well-drained dry to wet moist

Cornus sericea

Penstemon digitalis

Sagittaria latifolia

Iris versicolor

Scirpus validus

Pontedaria cordata

Stachys byzantina

Echinacea purpurea

Salvia elegans

Amsonia hubrechtii

Muhlenbergia capillaris

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

medium - wet moist - wet moist - wet wet

wet - medium-wet wet - medium-wet

Sensory Garden Shrubs

Herbaceous

Scientific Name

Common Name

Height

Light requirements

Water Requirements

Itea virginica

Virginia Sweetspire

3’-8’

sun - part shade

moist - quickly-drained

Lonicera sempervirens Vaccinium angustifolium Achillea millefolium Amsonia hubrechtii Asclepias tuberosa Lobelia cardinalis

Muhlenbergia capillaris Stachys byzantina

Echinacea purpurea

Honeysuckle

Lowbush Blueberry Yarrow

Bluestar

Butterfly Milkweed Cardinal Flower

Pink Muhly, Hair Grass Lamb’s Ear

Coneflower

20 long 1’-2’ 1’-3’ 2-3'

1’-2’ 1’-6’

1 1/2’ - 3’ 12’-18’ 2-5'

sun - part shade generalist

sun - part shade sun - part shade sun

generalist sun

sun - part shade sun - part shade

moist - quickly-drained moist - quickly-drained quickly-drained

moist - quickly-drained moist - quickly-drained

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Sagittaria spp

Weeping Willow

Design for the Trustees

Herbaceous

Height

moist

moist - quickly-drained moist - quickly-drained quickly-drained

plant pallettes

Shrubs

Common Name

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Tree

Scientific Name

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Grading Plan | Central Grove A curb cut is made on Polley Lane for event parking. Fill soil is used in the sloped area north of the curb to make the driveway less steep.

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Works Cited | Full Document Bess, Karen; Horan, Andrea; Stack, Laura. Renewing Francis William Park. The Conway School, June 1989.

Grading Plan for Central Grove alternative.

Design for the Trustees

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Fill is required to build the rectangular entry area and stairs. The path on either side of the entry is graded to achieve a 5% slope which makes each path meet ABA accessibility guidelines.

Kennen, Kate, and Niall Kirkwood. Phyto Principles and Resources for Site Remediation and Landscape Design. 2015.

The Trustees of Reservations. Francis William Bird Park Management Plan. 2004.

The Dell — UVA Environmental Resources. https://pollutionprevention.virginia.edu/stormwater-mgmt/dell/.

U Mass Amherst. UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program. https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/ fact-sheets/hemlock-woolly-adelgid.

The World’s Work. Garden City, N.Y. [etc.]. Internet Archive, http://archive.org/details/worldswork26gard.

University of California Agruculture & Natural Resources. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74133.html (phytophthera)

grading plan & works cited

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Event Parking Area

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Cost Estimate

A rough estimate of the cost of installation for the two final design alternatives.

Entry

Unit

Reinforced turf parking

SF

Permeable parking/Porous asphalt

SF

Paint Parking Spaces (handicapped)

$20

Item

Unit

Unit Cost Quantity

Total

Quantity

Total

0

$0

25,900

$233,100

Fill

CY

$10

$350

46

$460

0

$0

29,400

$588,000

$1,404

1332

$1,332

EA

$60

4

$240

4

$240

Parking lot bumpers

EA

$100

32

$3,200

0

$0

Stamped Concrete SF Crosswalk

$18

800

$14,400

0

$0

Raised Crosswalk In-road flashing lights

EA

$10,000 $10,000

0

$0

1

$10,000

0

$0

6

$60,000

Flashing Crossing sign

EA

$2,500

2

$5,000

2

$5,000

Bollards - Lighted

Vegetated medians in Parking Lot

EA SF

$2,500

4

$10,000

4

$10,000

Wrought Iron Fence

SF

$40

0

$0

470

$18,800

Granite Pillars Grand Entry Structure

EA LS

$2,150

2

$4,300

23

$49,450

Terrace

SF

$25

200

$5,000

344

$8,600

Concrete Ramp

SF

$40

0

$0

86

$3,440

Concrete Grand Stair & Landings

LF LF

LS

$10,000

$25 $110 $40

Double Allee

Total

1,404

$17

Design 2

Quantity

$1

EA

Central Grove

Total

LF

Stair - Railings

Other

$9

Design 1

General Site Preperation

Quantity

Paint Parking Spaces

Ramp - Railings

Paths

Unit Cost

Double Allee

1,600

1

0

80

400

$27,200

$10,000

$0

$8,800

$16,000

1600

0

176 64

300

$27,200

$0

$4,400 $7,040

$12,000

Stone Retaining Wall

SFF

$75

700

$52,500

375

$28,125

8’ Poured-inplace (colored & stamped)

SF

$27

8,640

$233,280

4160

$112,320

8’ 1/4 minus crushed gravel path

CY

$40

0

$0

95

$3,800

5’ 1/4 minus crushed gravel path

CY

$40

5,230

$209,200

5150

$206,000

Play mounds

CY

$30

51

$1,530

51

$1,530

Mobilization Topsoil

LS

CY

2%

1

$45

0

$16,441

35

$0

1

$31,679

5

$225

Rough Grading

SF

$0.30

40,000

$12,000

40,000

$12,000

Curb cuts

LS

$500

1

$500

1

$500

Unit Cost

Quantity

Total

Quantity

Total

$700

$1,500

36

33

$23,100

$80

0

$25,200

80

$6,400

60

$4,800

Gravel removal

Total - General Site Preparation

CY

$30

Landscape Improvements Item

Unit

Trees

EA

Shrubs (3-5 gallon)

EA

Trees for Allee (large) Meadow - seed mix Flower lawn mix

EA ACRE

1000 SF

$3,500 $20

Totals Subtotal

0

$0

$12,850.00

$0

1

$3,500

67

$1,340

$822,036

Contingency Fee (15%)

545

$16,350 $29,535.00

34

$51,000

1

$3,500

25

$500

$1,583,952

$123,305

$237,593

Design for the Trustees

Item

Design 2

Playground Item

Unit

Unit Cost Quantity

Total

Specimen Boulders

EA

$500

$1,500

Special surface Ropes Course Logs for Play

Play Platforms

Total - Playground

SF LS

EA EA

$15

5500

$800

1

$24

$800

3 8 5

$82,500 $800 $192

$4,000

$88,992.00

cost estimate

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Parking

Central Grove

A New Entry to Francis William Bird Park 135 Polley Ln, East Walpole, MA

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