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T H O M S O N O L D G Y M P H A S E 2 PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF THOMSON BY UGA ARCHWAY PARTNERSHIP E M M A R H O D E S - N O V E M B E R 2 0 2 2 L A N D S C A P I N G P L A N ---PAGE BREAK--- OLD GYM PHASE 2 LANDSCAPING PLAN GOALS & OBJECTIVES DESIGN SUGGESTIONS • MAKE THE SPACE MORE FUNCTIONAL • REMOVE UNNECESSARY PAVEMENT • IMPROVE CIRCULATION THROUGHOUT THE SITE • ADD ON TO PREVIOUS DESIGN • CONNECT IN SOME WAY WITH THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET • REPAVE EXISTING PARKING LOT • ADD VEGETATIVE MEDIANS TO HELP WITH STORMWATER AND AESTHETIC PURPOSES • EXTEND SIDEWALK TO UPPER BUILDING • SIDEWALK CONNECTION TO CROSSWALK • ADD LIGHTING TO INCREASE NIGHT VISIBILITY • MAKE ENTRANCE TO PARKING AESTHETICALLY PLEASING ---PAGE BREAK--- LANDSCAPING MASTERPLAN EXISTING BUILDING SCALE: 1”=100’-0” PROJECT NORTH OLD GYM PHASE 2 EXISTING BUILDING EXISTING BUILDING UPDATED PARKING WITH MEDIAN ---PAGE BREAK--- UPDATED PARKING LOT PRECEDENTS PARKING LOT RESURFACING AND REWORKING THIS PARKING WILL MAKE IT AESTHETICALLY APPEALING AND MORE FUNCTIONAL. THE CENTER MEDIAN WILL ALSO HELP TO REDUCE RUNOFF AND DECREASE WATER BUILD UP ON THE LOT. DESCRIPTION OLD GYM PHASE 2 UPDATED PARKING WITH MEDIAN ---PAGE BREAK--- LANDSCAPING PLAN PRECEDENTS LANDSCAPE UPDATES EXTENDING THE SIDEWALK TO THIS BUILDING WILL MAKE IT MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE FROM BOTH ENDS. ADDING SOME ORNAMENTAL SHRUBBERY WILL ALSO HELP TO ENHANCE THE LOOK OF THIS WALK WITHOUT CHANGING TOO MUCH OF THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE. DESCRIPTION OLD GYM PHASE 2 EXISTING BUILDING ---PAGE BREAK--- LANDSCAPING PLAN OLD GYM PHASE 2 CREATING A DEFINED ENTRANCE TO THIS SHARED SPACE WILL AESTHETICALLY IMPROVE THE AREA. CURRENTLY, THE PARKING REACHES THE STREET AND CONTAINS LITTLE TO NO GRASS MAKING THE SPACE UNINVITING. ADDING SOME SEASONAL COLOR AND DECIDUOUS SHRUBBERY WILL BE PLEASING TO THE EYE YEAR ROUND. DESCRIPTION PRECEDENTS ENTRANCE PLANTING ---PAGE BREAK--- PLANTING OPTIONS - TREES OLD GYM PHASE 2 LAGERSTROEMIA X ‘NATCHEZ • LONGEST BLOOM TIME OUT OF ANY OTHER CRAPE • DENSE FLOWERS • PEST AND DISEASE RESISTANT • DROUGHT TOLERANT WHITE NATCHEZ CRAPE CERCIS CANADENSIS • DROUGHT TOLERANT • DENSE FLOWERS • PROVIDES HABITATS FOR NATIVE BEES • NATIVE TO THE AREA EASTERN REDBUD ---PAGE BREAK--- PLANTING OPTIONS - TREES CONT. OLD GYM PHASE 2 QUERCUS PHELLOS • FAST GROWING • CAN TOLERATE POOR SOIL • ACORNS ARE BENEFICIAL FOR WILDLIFE • EASILY TRANSPLANTED WILLOW OAK MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA • SOIL TOLERANT • DROUGHT TOLERANT • DOES NOT REQUIRE HEAVY PRUNING • HAVE FEW PESTS SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA ---PAGE BREAK--- PLANTING OPTIONS - SHRUBS OLD GYM PHASE 2 AZALEA RHODODENDRON SPP. • NATIVE TO THE AREA • LOW MAINTENANCE • PARTIAL/FILTERED SUN • LARGE VARIETY OF COLORS CAMELLIA SASANQUA • VIBRANT AND FRAGRANT • LOW MAINTENANCE • WORKS WELL IN SHADIER SPOTS • FALL AND WINTER BLOOMS LIMELIGHT HYDRANGEA HYDRANGEA PANICULATA • DROUGHT TOLERANT • LONG BLOOMING • GREAT FOR SCREENING • LOW MAINTENANCE ---PAGE BREAK--- PLANTING OPTIONS - SHRUBS CONT. OLD GYM PHASE 2 DISTYLIUM ‘VINTAGE JADE’ • LUSH SHRUB • BLOOMS JAN. - MARCH • FOLIAGE YEAR ROUND • LOW MAINTENANCE BOXWOOD BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS • GREAT FOR BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL SPACES • DROUGHT TOLERANT ONCE ESTABLISHED • DEER RESISTANT DWARF YAUPON HOLLY ILEX VOMITORIA ‘NANA’ • GREAT FOR SMALL HEDGES OR BORDERS • LESS FULL FOLIAGE • LOW MAINTENANCE ---PAGE BREAK--- PLANTING OPTIONS - PERENNIALS OLD GYM PHASE 2 BLACK EYED SUSAN • ATTRACTS POLLINATORS • DROUGHT RESISTANT • GROWS IN A VARIETY OF SOILS • LOW MAINTENANCE PHLOX PHLOX SPP. • GREAT FOR NATIVE BEE POPULATION • LOW MAINTENANCE • FRAGRANT CONEFLOWER ECHINACEA SPP. • WILL NATURALLY SELF SEED • ATTRACTS BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES • DROUGHT TOLERANT ---PAGE BREAK--- PLANTING OPTIONS - PERENNIALS CONT. OLD GYM PHASE 2 LANTANA • NATURAL MOSQUITO REPELLENT • VARIETY OF COLORS • LOVED BY HUMMINGBIRDS • CAN BE INVASIVE SALVIA NEMOROSA ‘BUMBLEBLUE’ • ATTRACTS POLLINATORS • BEST IN FULL SUN • LONG BLOOMING VERBENA ILEX VOMITORIA ‘NANA’ • DROUGHT RESISTANT • LARGE VARIETY OF COLORS • ATTRACTS HUMMINGBIRDS ---PAGE BREAK--- PLANTING OPTIONS - GROUNDCOVERS AND SEDGES OLD GYM PHASE 2 CREEPING SEDGE CAREX LAXICULMIS • GREAT IN THE SHADE • PEST RESISTANT • SEMI-EVERGREEN LEAVES FOAMFLOWER BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS • NATIVE TO GA • DROUGHT TOLERANT ONCE ESTABLISHED • DEER RESISTANT SOUTHERN SHIELD FERN THELYPTERIS NORMALIS • DROUGHT TOLERANT • SHADE RESISTANT • LOW MAINTENANCE ---PAGE BREAK--- PLANTING OPTIONS - GROUNDCOVERS, GRASSES, AND SEDGES OLD GYM PHASE 2 PINK MUHLY GRASS MUHLENBERGIA CAPILLARIS • FULL TO PARTIAL SUN • NOT PRONE TO DISEASES • LOW MAINTENANCE MEXICAN FEATHER GRASS NASSELLA TENUISSIMA • DROUGHT TOLERANT • EROSION CONTROL • CAN SELF SOW BLACK MONDO GRASS OPHIOPOGON PLANISCAPUS ‘NIGRESCENS’ • PRODUCES DARK LAVENDER FLOWERS • FULL - PARTIAL SUN • LOW MAINTENANCE