{"id":427,"date":"2018-06-28T22:07:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T22:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grgrebuildstg.wpenginepowered.com\/design\/planting-vision-goals\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T13:05:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:05:31","slug":"planting-vision-goals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greatriversgreenway.org\/design\/design-guidelines\/environmental\/planting-vision-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"PLANTING VISION AND GOALS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-max_mega_menu_1\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-0' id='mega-toggle-block-0'><button aria-controls=\"mega-menu-max_mega_menu_1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Toggle Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated 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mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-797\" id=\"mega-menu-item-797\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/greatriversgreenway.org\/design\/design-guidelines\/construction\/construction-mock-ups\/\">During Construction \u2013 Mockups<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-798\" id=\"mega-menu-item-798\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/greatriversgreenway.org\/design\/design-guidelines\/construction\/construction-checkpoints\/\">During Construction \u2013 Checkpoints<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-587\" id=\"mega-menu-item-587\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/greatriversgreenway.org\/design\/design-guidelines\/overview\/additional-design-resources\/\">Onboarding Resources<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h4><strong>VISION:<\/strong> Promote the green in greenway. Create a greenway environment where users can experience the region\u2019s natural features throughout the system.<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>GOALS:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table style=\"height: 67px\" width=\"1591\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #decccc;width: 33%;vertical-align: top\"><strong>SHOWCASE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preservation of natural habitats<\/li>\n<li>Restoration of native ecosystem\n<ul>\n<li>Plant communities endemic to the greenway corridor<\/li>\n<li>Control\/ removal of invasive species<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Creation of habitat\n<ul>\n<li>Large canopy trees are critical<\/li>\n<li>Development or Restoration of edges\/ transitional spaces<\/li>\n<li>Contiguous natural areas &#8211; strive for large, uninterrupted spaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Use native and naturalized plant materials<\/li>\n<li>Promote a diverse plant palette<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #b8dcf2;width: 34%;vertical-align: top\"><strong>CREATE A SUCCESSFUL INSTALLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Installation of high quality plant material<\/li>\n<li>Successful installation with high survivability of installed plant material<\/li>\n<li>Seamless transition from contractor to maintenance partner for ongoing establishment and maintenance<\/li>\n<li>Limit substitutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #d0ebb9;width: 33%;vertical-align: top\"><strong>DESIGN A LANDSCAPE THAT IS MAINTAINABLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plant with a purpose\n<ul>\n<li>Consider visibility and level of care<\/li>\n<li>Consider the ecosystem services of planting (Provide shade, create habitat, reduce or treat stormwater, wayfinding and identity, restore ecological function, stabilize soils)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Consider maintenance\n<ul>\n<li>Limit need for mowing<\/li>\n<li>Landscape consistent with Partner\u2019s committed capabilities. Experience should not be a limitation &#8211; GRG as educator<\/li>\n<li>Establishment of native landscapes should be considered part of installation.<\/li>\n<li>All designs to include maintenance plan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The targets below are to serve as a guide in the development of the greenway landscape. Targets are aspirational, and should be seen as system-wide. On each typical project, designers should work to meet these targets. However, some projects may exceed targets while others may be below &#8211; but this should be based on project specific constraints.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>PLANTING TARGETS:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table style=\"height: 305px\" width=\"1589\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<h4>CANOPY COVER AND SHADE<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>GOAL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>METRIC<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Survivability of installed canopy and understory trees<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>90% survivability through establishment (3 years or more).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Trail surface canopy cover<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Minimum of 30% canopy\/understory tree or other shade cover over trail surface is the desired goal to be achieved within ten years of installation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Shade at seating areas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Provide shade at all seating areas; provide options for artificial shade in areas that do not allow for tree planting such as levees. Consider shade provided by buildings in urban areas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<h4>SPECIES DIVERSITY AND TURF<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>GOAL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>METRIC<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Species Diversity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Minimum of 20 species of combined canopy and understory trees to be used per trail segment implementation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Invasive Removal<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>75% of invasives to be removed in greenway corridor prior to trail installation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Native Plant Percentage<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Use of 90% native plant species or native cultivars to be used in the greenway corridor (100\u2019 wide).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VISION: Promote the green in greenway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":82,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-427","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatriversgreenway.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatriversgreenway.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatriversgreenway.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatriversgreenway.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatriversgreenway.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greatriversgreenway.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/427\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatriversgreenway.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatriversgreenway.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}