Culvert/French Drain
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Overflow parking
Retreat Center
Swale
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Two gravel tire paths lead up the ramp behind the barn to access the new tractor shed and provide overflow parking for visitors to Open View Farm.
Rain Garden
A culvert or French drain runs along the north side of the barn to divert water to the east into a vegetated swale.
2 Barn
A vegetated swale runs along the north side of the new gravel driveway, diverting water from uphill away from the north side of the barn.
Swale Workshop
Rain Garden
Pollinator Garden
Rain gardens at the base of the culvert and swale collect excess water runoff, allow it to infiltrate slowly, and prevent erosion. The rain gardens are also beautiful.
Utility Box 0
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Feet 500
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Abundant Outcrop and Shallow Bedrock Thin Till
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Depressions on the north side of the barn are filled in and the ground is re-graded to divert water away from the barn and towards the swale and French drain. This area can now be used for overflow parking, accommodating four cars (1).
Ornamental Grasses
Direction of water flow
Trees and vegetation are added. A pollinator garden and tall ornamental grasses help to soften the appearance of the entrance on the west side of the driveway while obscuring the utility box.
Prime Farmland Farmland of Statewide Importance
The tractor storage shed has a green roof that will provide an educational opportunity to visitors on the property. (See detailed planting plan on sheet 26.)
Tractor Shed + Green Roof
For safer access to the barn in winter, the door to the workshop can be used to avoid snow falling from the roofs above the main entrance. Cleats and snow guards installed on the roof may help prevent the snow from coming off the roof all at once, but are not a full solution.
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Pollinator Garden
Barn
Section A-A' Not for construction. This drawing is part of a student project and is not based on a legal survey.
Rain Swale Gravel Garden Drive
Swale
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To solve the drainage problems north of the workshop, taking up the asphalt and regrading the the area in front of the main barn door would be a radical, but effective approach. Gravel would be a better drainage medium and a swale could be created along the north wall of the workshop (2).
Graduate Program in Sustainable Landscape Planning & Design 332 S. Deerfield Road | Conway, MA www.csld.edu Spring 2013
Rain Garden
Two-track path
Tractor Shed
482 NEWHALL ROAD CONWAY, MA 01341
Swale
Barn Focus Area
Ornamental Grasses
Amy Wolfson | Kate Cairoli The Conway School
The design aims to address the drainage problems to the north of the barn, increase parking spaces for guests, make the entrance to the property more aesthetically pleasing and welcoming, and site a tractor shed to the northwest of the barn.
MASTER PLAN + SUSTAINABILITY STUDY OPEN VIEW FARM
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Barn Focus Area
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