Parr: Landscape Design Portfolio

Kristine Parr

ANGIE’S GARDEN DESIGN LLC

OWNER, DESIGNER, PROJECT MANAGER

AUSTIN, TX

2022-PRESENT

HILL COUNTRY WATER GARDENS

DESIGNER, PROJECT MANAGER

CEDAR PARK, TX

2021-2024

GROWING A FUTURE SCHOOL FARM

DESIGNER

2020-2022

MASTERS OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

2018-2021

HILL COUNTRY WATER GARDENS

DESIGNER, PROJECT MANAGER

CENTRAL TEXAS

2021-2024

ANGIE’S GARDEN DESIGN, LLC

DESIGNER, PROJECT MANAGER, OWNER

CENTRAL TEXAS

2023-PRESENT

After moving back to my home state of Texas, I became one of the lead designers for Hill Country Water Gardens doing residential design. A few years later, I started my own business, Angie’s Garden, doing the the same work. In each, I guide clients through the design process, from consultation through installation. While honoring their project goals, I implement creative solutions in building soil health, pollinator habitat and resilient landscapes in the ever extreme Central Texas climate.

BLACK-EYED SUSAN Rudbeckia app.

‘GREG’S’ MISTFLOWER / ‘Conoclinium greggii’

DWARF PALMETTO

Sabal minor

INLAND SEA OATS

Chasmanthium latifolium

TURKS CAP

M. arboreus var. drummondii

BEE BALM Monarda didyma

MEXICAN MINT MARIGOLD Tagetes lucida

BUTTERFLY WEED Asclepias tuberosa

‘PURPLE LEAF’ CANNA LILY

Canna indica ‘purpurea’

DAYLILY

Hemerocallis spp.

MEALY BLUE SAGE/ ‘Salvia farinacea’

RED STAR HIBISCUS

Hibiscus coccineus

‘PRIDE OF HOUSTON’ YAUPON

Ilex vomitoria

PINK MUHLY GRASS

Muhlenbergia capillaris

AMERICAN BEAUTY BERRY Callicarpa americana

HORSEHERB

Calyptocarpus vialis

TEXAS GAYFLOWER Liatris Spicata

CHILE PETIN Capsicum annnuum

NOTES:

- RIGHT SIDE YARD AS A RAIN GARDEN

- LEFT SIDE YARD AS A LOW MAINTENECE “WOODLAND” AREA. SPACE FOR A SELF-SUPPORTING HAMMOCK IF DESIRED

- FLOWER OPTIONS FOR BOXES CAN INCLUDE:

- SUNFLOWER

‘BAMBOO MUHLY’ / Muhlenbergia dumosa

‘BLOODGOOD’ JAPANESE MAPLE / Acer japonica ‘Bloodgood’

‘SOFT CARESS MAHONIA’ / Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress'

‘BLUE FESCUE’ / Festuca glauca

‘GIANT LEOPARD PLANT’ / Farfugium japonicum

‘SPIDER WEB’ JAPANESE ARALIA / Fatsia japonica ‘Spider Web’

DWARF VAR. PITTOSPORUM \ Pittosporum tobira ‘Variegata’

‘BRIGHT STAR’ YUCCA / Opuntia Cacanapa ‘Ellisiana’ 0

‘SPINELESS PRICKLY PEAR’ / Opuntia Cacanapa ‘Ellisiana’

‘BERRY SMOOTHIE’ ‘CORAL BELLS / Huechera sanguinea ’Berry Smoothie’

‘EBONY ALLURE’ OXALIS / Oxalis triangularis ‘Ebony Allure’

‘ELLEN HUFF’ OAKLEAF

HYDRANGEA\ Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ellen Hu

ADD MULCH TO BED

GATE TO BE INSTALLED IN FUTURE

SEE BACKYARD PLAN

FRONT YARD N

0’ 5‘ 10’ 20’

DECOMPOSED GRANITE COLORADO RIVER ROCK

EUPHORBIA

Euphorbia texana

‘ELLEN HUFF’ OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA

Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ellen Huff’

GREG’S MISTFLOWER

Conoclinum greggii

JERUSALEM SAGE

Phlomis fruticosa

BLACKFOOT DAISY

Melampodium leucanthum

TURKS CAP

Malvaviscus arboreus

PIGEONBERRY

Rivina humilia l.

ROCK ROSE

Pavonia lasiopetala

PLUMBAGO

Plumbago auriculata

‘BRIGHT STAR’ YUCCA

Yucca gloriosa ‘Bright Star’

‘MYSTIC SPIRES’ SAGE

Salvia ‘Mystic Spires’

CHILE PETIN

Capsicum annnuum

PRIDE OF BARBADOS

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

FRAGRANT MISTFLOWER

Ageratina havanensis

‘SOFT CARESS MAHONIA’ / Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress'

BEARDED IRIS

Iris x germanica

PURPLE TRAILING LANTANA

Lantana montevidensis

CORAL AUTUMN SAGE

Salvia greggii

DWARF PALMETTO

Sabal minor

SOFT LEAF YUCCA

Yucca recurvifolia pendula

HARDY ICE PLANT

Delosperma cooperi

MEXICAN FEATHER GRASS

Nassella tenuissima

LIMESTONE FLAGSTONE

PINK MUHLY GRASS

Muhlenbergia capillaris

PROJECT:

SARA DAWN

15326 FORT MARCY

SAN ANTONIO, TX 78245

1/27/24

DRAWN BY K. PARR ANGIE’S

NOTES:

-REMOVE ALL TURF IN FRONT YARD

- CHANGES IN ROCK MATERIAL SEPARATED BY METAL EDGING

-WEED BARRIER UNDER ALL ROCK AREAS

-UTILIZE HIGH QUALITY COMPOST TO INSTALL PLANTS

POTTING BENCH

8’ x 10’ GREEN HOUSE

PAVERS WITH CORSICAN MINT (Mentha requienii)

WASHED PEA

GRAVEL

CONCRETE PATIO

CINDER BLOCK VEGGIE

BED / COVER CROP

TX PERSIMMON

Diospyros texana

CHOCOLATE DAISY

Berlandiera lyrata

‘MYSTIC SPIRES’ SAGE

Salvia ‘Mystic Spires’

CORAL AUTUMN SAGE

Salvia greggii

PURPLE TRAILING

LANTANA

Lantana montevidensis

FULL AREA OF SIDE

YARD NOT SHOWN.

REPEAT PATTERN UNTIL FENCE

SEE FRONT YARD PLAN

OUTDOOR SHOWER

OUTDOOR KITCHEN WITH TRELLIS FOR GRAPES

CONCRETE PATIO WITH FIREPIT

8’ x 10’ SHED

PRIDE OF BARBADOS

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

‘LYNN’S LEGACY’ TX SAGE

Leucophyllum langmaniae

‘Lynn’s Legacy’

HARDY HIBISCUS

Hibiscus moscheutos

‘

’ BLACKBERRY (ARAPAHO)

Var. varies depending on preference

‘GALAXY’ PEACH

Prunus persica 'Galaxy'

BLACKFOOT DAISY

Melampodium leucanthum

BEARDED IRIS

Iris x germanica

SOFT LEAF YUCCA

Yucca recurvifolia pendula

COMPACT POMEGRANITE

Punica granatum var. nana

HARDY KIWI (2FEMALE/ 1MALE)

Actinidia arguta

MADISON HARDY JASMINE

Trachelospermum jasminoides

GRAPE (CONCORD, NEPTUNE)

Var. vary depending on preference

BUBBA DESERT WILLOW

Chilopsis linearis ‘Bubba’

‘TUSCAN BLUE’ ROSEMARY

Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’

MEXICAN HONEYSUCKLE

Justicia spicigera

JERUSALEM SAGE

Phlomis fruticosa

NOTES:

- BACKYARD SLOPES SOUTH TOWARDS THE BACK FENCE

- COVER CROP VEGGIE BEDS AND AROUND EDIBLE TREES/ SHRUBS WITH: BLUEBONNETS, PEANUTS, RED OR WHITE CLOVER, OTHER NITROGEN FIXING PLANTS

- PLANT IN HIGH QUALITY COMPOST

- PLAN INCLUDES PLACEMENT OF HARDSCAPED ELEMENTS (POOL, TRELLIS, CONCRETE PATIO, ETC) BUT NO CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

- IMAGES FOUND IN PUBLIC DOMAIN

ADDITIONAL PERENNIAL DWARF FRUIT/ VEGGIES:

-STRAWBERRIES

-DWARF FIG

-THORNLESS BLACKBERRY (’ARAPAHO’, ‘OSAGE’)

-DWARF MULBERRY

-AMERICAN ELDERBERRY

PAVERS WITH CORSICA MINT CINDER BLOCK RAISED BEDS “OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM” WITH PERGOLA & GRAPE VINE

IMMEDIATE AREA OF INTEREST

ADD FENCE PANEL FOR PRIVACY

EXISTING POT (SEE RENDER)

NOTES FOR POT TED PLANTS:

- GENERAL RULE OF THUMB IS TO HAVE A “ THRILLER” , “SPILLER”, AND “FILLER” TO ACHIEVE AN INTERESTING VISUAL COMBINATION. SHOWN: FOXTAIL FERN (FILLER), BRIGHT STAR YUCCA ( THRILLER), HARDY ICE PLANT (SPILLER 1), SILVER PONY FOOT (SPILLER 2). THERE ARE ENDLESS COMBINATIONS TO PLAY WITH

PROJEC T: C. SZERLIP

2300 W 11TH ST

AUSTIN, T X 78703

FRONT YARD

1/24/24

DRAWN BY K . PARR

‘BRIGHT N’ TIGHT ’ CHERRY LAUREL

Prunus caroliniana ‘Bright n’ Tight’

COMMON SENNA

Senna spectabilis

PRIDE OF BARBADOS

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

‘MYSTIC SPIRES’ SAGE

Salvia ‘Mystic Spires’

JERUSALEM SAGE

Phlomis fruticosa

‘SOFT CARESS MAHONIA’ /

Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress'

NOTES FOR INSTALLATION:

PURPLE TRAILING LANTANA

Lantana montevidensis

‘BRIGHT STAR’ YUCCA

Opuntia Cacanapa ‘Ellisiana’

CORAL AUTUMN SAGE

Salvia greggii

PURPLE HEART

Tradescantia pallida

MEXICAN FEATHER GRASS

Nassella tenuissima

MAIDEN GRASS

Miscanthus sinesis

-ADD 8’ SEC TION OF FENCE FOR PRIVACY IN AREA OF INTEREST (NOT INSTALLED BY ANGIE’S GARDEN)

-NO CHANGE TO EXISTING BED SHAPE

-TEAR OUT LARGE SHRUB IN FRONT MIDDLE BED

-PLANT IN HIGH QUALIT

0’ 5‘ 10 20’

BLACKFOOT DAISY

Melampodium leucanthum

BEARDED IRIS

Iris × germanica

FIG IVY

Ficus pumila

‘LYNN’S LEGACY ’ T X SAGE

Leucophyllum langmaniae

‘Lynn’s Legacy

MULCH

EXISTING

-ANNUAL PLANTS ( WILL NOT COME BACK AFTER WINTER) ADD BEAUTIFUL SEASONAL COLOR. BUT EXPEC T TO REPLACE SEASONALLY

-POT TED PLANTS ARE SUBJEC T TO GREATER ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS THAN IF THEY WERE IN THE GROUND. EVEN HARDY PLANTS WILL REQUIRE MORE WATER OR COLD PROTEC TION THAN THEY ARE RATED FOR

‘RADIANCE’ ABELIA

Abelia × grandiflora 'Radiance'

GIANT LEOPARD PLANT

Farfugium japonicum

‘BLUE SUADE SHOES’ SALVIA

Rockin'® Blue Suede Shoes™

Salvia hybrid

PLUMBAGO

Plumbago auriculata

NOTES:

‘BRIGHT STAR’ YUCCA

Opuntia Cacanapa ‘Ellisiana’

WHITE TRAILING LANTANA

Lantana montevidensis

‘BAMBOO MUHLY’ / Muhlenbergia dumosa

‘SOFT CARESS MAHONIA’ / Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress'

EXISTING RIVER ROCK BORDER

-ANGIE’S GARDEN TO TAKE OUT ALL CAST IRON PLANTS

-ADD HIGH QUALITY COMPOST & MULCH TO VEGGIE BEDS

-NO CHANGE TO EXISTING BED SHAPE

-ADD UNDERLAY AND RIVER ROCK ON SIDE YARD

-“FIREPIT” BED TO BE DUG OUT INTO A FIREPIT. GRIND/ BURN OUT STUMP. ADD SAND AND VENTILATION HOLES

‘SHADES OF PINK’ VIBURNUM

Viburnum tinus 'Lisarose'

PURPLE HEART

Tradescantia pallida

EXISTING / TRANSPLANT

COLORADO RIVER ROCK

MULCH

PERENNIAL FRUIT/ VEGGIES:

-STRAWBERRIES -DWARF FIG

-DWARF POMEGRANITE

-THORNLESS BLACKBERRY (’ARAPAHO’, ‘OSAGE’)

-CHILE PEQUIN

VEGGIE BEDS

‘GROWING

‘Growing A Future’ is a non-profit with deep ties in the Elmira/ Veneta area of Oregon. They have a deep passion for Environmental Education; growing and teaching younger generations how to organically grow their own food. I worked with the Program Director and Board of Directors of the non-profit to design a masterplan that broke ground during COVID-19. The following year, I was asked to design a pollinator garden with the school farm.

https://www.growingafuture.org/

Center line of northern circles begins from corner of

34’ Dia Outer Circle

16’ Dia Outer Circle

3’ Paths

Rhododendron

Red Flowering Currant

Wisteria

Oceanspray

Willow Milkweed

•Clusters of 3 shrubs can be replaced by small trees, like Redbud and Vine Maple

20’ Dia Outer Circle

•Center point of southern circles is in the middle of the area

16’ Dia

42’ Dia Outer Circle

16’ Dia

•Fill in with remaining shapes, each with a 3’ path surrounding

*Measurements

Drawn By: K. Parr

from Google Earth; will vary on the ground.

MASTERS OF LANDSCAPE

ARCHITECTURE

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

2018-2021

ADOBE | AUTOCAD | ARCGIS

COMMUNITY CENTERED DESIGN

2019-2021 MASTER’S PROJECT::

Edible Therapeutic School

Gardens: A Toolkit of Parts

Eugene, OR

ASSORTED STUDIO WORK

2020: Whilamut Natural Area: Designing Sensitive Habitat Restoration

Plans for High Use Areas

Eugene, OR

2020: Coos Bay, OR

2019: Pop-Up Farmer’s Market iVeneta, Oregon

2019: Skinner City Farms, Eugene OR

2018: Topographic Experiments in Whilamut Natural Area

Eugene OR

2019: Community Centered Design

Eugene, OR

“Of Playgrounds, Produce & Peace”

A Toolkit of Parts of Edible-Therapeutic School Gardens

The benefit of both urban agricultural and therapeutic gardens have been widely acknowledged and legitimized in landscape architecture. In their own ways they seek to address issues of resiliency and quality of life. However, there is little cross-pollination between landscape designs that provide nourishing produce and those that are intentionally designed for mental and emotional well-being. This is especially true for children’s landscapes, whose environments are known for their unhealthy lunches and fluorescent classrooms. In terms of walkable access to grocery stores, food insecurity mapping indicates that many students within Eugene’s urban growth boundary qualify as a vulnerable population. They are placed at the forefront of both food insecurity and corresponding mental and developmental crises; all compounded by the stressors associated with COVID-19. Therefore, envisioning schools as whimsical oases of accessible produce and beauty could richly impact Eugene communities as a whole, starting with their most vulnerable. A 1/2 mile radius was placed over every school, and doubled the footprint of access to fresh food and therapuetic spaces. Therefore, the proposed “toolkit of parts” featured combined agricutural and therapeutic elements in the forms of Community Learning Circles, Medicinal Food Meadows and Healing Food Forests. To accomadate a range of site conditions, plant palettes for both “Dry” and “Wet” meadows and food forests are available, each utilizing adapted crops and native species. . Each part, and their many possible configurations, envisions a kaleidosope of gracious, inclusive and adaptable school gardens as bountiful community hubs.

Access to fresh food per school neighborhood: Possible configurations:

“Everyday Infinities”: Mount Pisgah

“I think it’s about the brevity of life, and the great infinity on either side of it.” -Ken Kesey, describing the summit monument made in honor of his late son, Jed. Artist, Pete Holzer.

“Everyday Infinities” conceptualizes a way to protect endangered habitat, while offering an influx of visitors the the space for connection, reflection and natural beauty that has made Mount Pisgah famous. Sweeping vistas of the Cascade mountains and diverse native habitats offer users opportunities for awe and curiosity; brief moments to experience wonder at numerous scales. Mount Pisgah is home to endangered Upland Prairie Habitat, which homes Willamette Valley “key species” like the Vesper Sparrow and Monarch Butterfly. The popularity of this public open space has skyrocketed, and expects double to triple the millions of visitors to the summit area. This project includes data from the 2018 Habitat Management Plan.

“Infinity loops”, also utilized in therapeutic gardens, envisioned in the existing trail system as well as summit site design to solve dueling problem: a way to create opportunities away from the crowds while directing the main flow of traffic away from sensitive habitat.

Alternative Future Expansion

First Expansion

Second

The Coos Bay Watershed: Analyzing Networks of Entanglement

This was the first of a three part studio located in the Coos Bay watershed. The premise of this studio is the analyzation of the watershed in ecological terms of nodes, networks and flows. Therefore, first half of the term was researching “watershed defining networks” and making maps via GIS and the Adobe Suite. The map below is my research into the agricultural network of farms, co-ops, flow of products and resources (including ethereal resources like education). The second map represents the culmination of the thirteen networks researched by the studio, and distills the information into “areas of maximum entanglement”. Creating a criteria of qualitative analysis and historic presence, this map has a secondary organizational structure of “Enduring Landscapes.”

Agriculture in the Coos Bay Watershed

Feet on the Ground, Head in the Clouds: Veneta Farmer’s Market

This seasonal pop-up instillation encapsulates the City of Veneta’s desire for a “community living room” in a cost effective manner. While talking with several community members, it was clear that this mostly agricultural community loved its roots, yet was imagining the possibilities for growing a more vibrant future. Colorful street paint invites shoppers from the farmer’s market to the four shipping containers turned small vendors. Each shipping container is adorned with a locally designed mural, and is shaded by agricultral fabric stretched across a PVC pipe frame. These are secured into reclaimed railroad ties, harkening to Veneta’s rail heritage, and offering auxillery seating. A circuit of bicycle powered “flying machines” provide a fantastical and one-of-a-kind fun experience for children and adults. Standing wooden logs serve as seating, children’s play area and small stage. On the western edge, sunken pallets act as patio space complete with brightly colored Adirondack chairs.

encourages the the St Vinnie’s fatastical and funky community living only for Market crowds, but for lost in the whimsy things, and the growing friendships.

pop-up retail pod what a plant (like the street at Market!) needs to water and seed. community also similar version of grow: something place (soil), a (water) and a once a farming rooted in logging tradisuburb of Eugene, dreaming of the GROWS is fun and fantastic, town ofVeneta and

1/8”= 1’ 0”

Reclaimed Pallet (Standard American Size 48”x40”x6”) (appx 70)

FLAGPOLE FOUNDATION

1”= 1’

FLAGPOLE

0’ 8’ 12’ 16’

ELEVATION N

0’ 4’ 6’ 8’ 1/4”= 1’ 0”

PHASE 2: EXPANSION

Bulk All Purpose Stone $288/ 5yds

1”-3” Grey Mexican Beach Pebble

$23.50/ 20lbs Lowe’s

SEALANT

FLASHING COLLAR

2” DEEP WATERPROOF CEMENT

WOOD WEDGES

TAMPED DRY SAND 16-GA GALVANIZED CORRUGATED STEEL SLEEVE

CONCRETE FOOTING

STEEL CENTERING WEDGES

3/4” DIA. LIGHTNING ARRESTOR SPIKE

Weaving Community: Skinner City Farm

The core of this project is a gracious productive landscape that enhances caloric, emotional and social life. The structure of Weaving Community is based on a traditional Kalapooian woven basket, a community centered tradition. The weight bearing “cookie” at the bottom is reinterpreted here as a pavillion and community kitchen that can support a wide range of social events put on by this project’s many clients and community members of the Whitaker District. Surrounding all sides are various food gardens, including an increased area for Skinner City Farm and Huerta de Familia, as well as a Children’s Exploratory Garden and Historical Garden. The outer bands, or “basket walls”, focus on meditation and emotional health, which provide stability, and allow the basket to function. Park users can meander through rows of lavender, food forests and a Theraputic Garden, featuring a memorial to a beloved Whitaker community member who lost his life here.

A focus on the therapuetic garden sequence, beginning from the northern path entrance:

1) Tsukubai Japanese water fountain offers symbolic purification before entering.

2) A Rose Garden that mirrors Owen Rose Garden on the other side of the highway.

3) Memorial and Moon Garden honoring the beloved Whitaker resident, Pac-Man.

4) Ring shaped pavillion with small water feature in the center, surrounded by hanging wisteria, lavender and other calming plants.

5) Ring of poplar trees that offer a secluded landscape room to lay on the grass.

6) A secondary Tsukubai, symbolically completing the journey.

Weaving Community at Skinner City Farm Edible Cities

Kristine Parr

Above & Below: Whilamut Natural Area

Above & Below brings together iconic Willamette Valley topographies to seasonally engage park users in new and varied ways. The main feature is a 30’ wall of basalt; above, a concave depression funnels water over the edge, creating a seasonal water feature over the basalt columns. Below are a series of retention pools, which overflow into canal creek. On either side of these pools, the walls “erode” inward, creating a dry shelter for park visitors who can experience the play of water in two forms: as it gently cascades over the basalt, and as rain droplets dancing in the pools. During wildflower season, park users can find inspiration and beauty looking out at native savanna in sub-grade hexagonal seating rings, which also act as vernal pools in winter. Landscape inspirations include Silver Falls, Abiqua Falls, the Coburg Hills and historic Willamette Valley White Oak savanna.

A Parklet for the People: Lincoln and W 8th Ave

Located in downtown Eugene, this parklet is specifically sited and designed to represent the wide variety of community members in the area. These range from concert goers at the WOW Hall, business owners, those without homes accessing meals at the Food For Lane County Dining Room, and commuters waiting for their buses. Notable features include the G.O.T.O. (Give One Take One) shelf, which encourages people to donate items if they are able, and take an item if they are in need. Cut holes in clear corrugated plastic allows users a pleasant sensory experience, watching rain fall into a series of planters. Pathways throught the parklet are ADA accessible, and family style bench seating around planters encourages conversation with (or atleast recognition of) your fellow parklet user, no matter their station in life.

AutoCAD Work

“To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles”

Mary Davis