AboutMarc Chapelle, ASLA Expertise As a licensed Landscape Architect, I can answer general questions about style and design, ideas and suggestions for site amenities, larger site-planning issues, or recreation and park design.
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I prefer you ask somebody else why your petunias are not as perky as they should be...I'd LOVE to tell you how can use those petunias to increase your home's value!
Experience Member, American Society of Landscape Architects (ALSA.org); Past clients have been mostly contractors, developers and local civil engineering/architecture firms, plus the occasional homeowner. Currently, I design recreational facilities for the National Park Service (DOI).
I am located in the dry Great Basin area (Greater Nevada/Utah), so the use of landscape materials OTHER than plants is emphasized. As a licensed Landscape Architect on the East and West Coasts, I have been in practice over 20 years.
Organizations ASLA (ASLA.org)
Education/Credentials BSLA in Landscape Architecture, 1989
Many additional seminars, educational venues, and classes (both taught & attended)
Awards and Honors Best Multifamily project, 1993
Best Model Home Landscaping, 1993
Question hello
i am a superviosr of a green belt project.
the length of this project is 44 Km.
our planting model is 3 line plants in side of the road.
I want to know your ideae about this model and your Standpoint about it.
truly yours
thanks
Answer Hello, Mohammad;
Iran is a very beautiful AND large country at 1.648 million sq. km.
From the lowest point at the Caspian Sea (-28 m) to the highest point at Kuh-e Damavand (5,671 m) the range of climate type is extreme, from arid and semiarid to sub-tropical, along Caspian coast. All this to say, be sure and pick the right kind of plants for your climate area!
There are different design criteria for urban, suburban, or rural settings. I will assume that since you are spanning such a distance, it is rural in nature.
Here is a good basic guide for a streetscaping. Look toward the bottom for other design criteria:
As to general "streetscaping" ideas, availability of water is crucial. 44 km. is quite a distance, so picking the right plants for survivability and long-term maintenance is important. If you do not have a large staff to maintain this design, you'll want plants that do not need extra care. All plants need some attention now and then, but why create a 44 km. problem by choosing the wrong plants?
Three plants deep would be a minimum for either a median or road-side. Also consider gaps for pedestrian crossings, if this is to be installed in an urban area.
At curves in the road or at road intersections, be aware of the ability of cars and pedestrians being able to see one another. Keep the shrubs from growing up to high (no more than 0.5m), and keep the trees trimmed up (no branches lower than 2m) at these critical locations.
