Gardens of the future

Above is the final masterplan for my Design Project 3 site. Titled Soluna. A location where fashion and landscape collide. With runways carved into the landscape and festival attractions based around seasonally.

Strengths Large areas of existing woodland Two main existing car park provided Excellent primary road links to the rest of Gloucester, the Midlands and the south west (M5) Views out of site to Gloucester Cathedral, the midlands (countryside), river Severn and Gloucester Docks Strong transport links to the site by car, bus, bicycle, including a footpath which connects Malisemore to Gloucester Views into the site from A40, A417 and Castle Meads Way roads, and the south Wales to Gloucester railway line River servern makes the site an island and has good ecological attraction benefts (Severn bore). Weaknesses Surrounded by the River Severn, difficult to create new access points Main roads and the railway divide the site and create noise pollution Static caravans in part of the site are unsightly Industrial infrastructure (pylons/substation) which could be seen as unsightly/ placed inconveniently Rubble piles from demolition of previous buildings causes issues Rugby club on site may have st...

Here is an example of my high canopy mix. Across the woodland planting area at Park Campus, I have 3 mixes. A high canopy mix, a waterside woodland mix and a edge mix with a variety of fruit trees. All of the plants I included are flooding tolerant, which is essential given the proximity to the attenuation basin. Blank spaces in this matrix are left for shrub planting as listed. This will be placed randomly in the gaps between prominant trees.