THE CONCEPT REPORT

1. ECOLOGY BUILDING SOCIETY THE CONCEPT REPORT OUTLINE DESIGNS FOR THE LANDSCAPE AROUND THE ECOLOGY BUILDING SOCIETY HEADQUARTERS Version 2 Mark Fisher, September 2004 on behalf of the Permaculture Association mn.fisher@ukonline.co.uk

2. DESIGN BRIEF • OVERALL AIM - low maintenance design • PUBLIC SPACE for use by local residents for dog walking. To be maintained as a meadow. • FLOWER BORDERS rear of car park and along footpath on Belton Road. Planting schemes. • TRANSITION BOUNDARY between car park and proposed meeting room. Planting to create separation. • PRIVATE SPACE for staff use. Close off of this space.

3. SITE PLAN Public area Office Car park Private area

4. PUBLIC AREA Wall Fence Bund Drop away Conifer hedge Sycamore Silver birch Lime Hedging whips Mound Plateau

5. CAR PARK Border Elderberry Fern Holly Conifer hedge Sycamore Silver birch Lime OPEN space Narrow border

6. OFFICE Dead tree Sycamore Silver birch Lime Thistles Nettles Lights Narrow border

7. PRIVATE AREA Lime Ash Sycamore Chestnut Elderberry Purple plum Silver birch Thistles Hedging whips Bund Nettles Footpath Bund Meadow

8. PASE PLANTS ANIMALS STRUCTURES EVENTS Fragrant plantings: lavender, roses, lilac Roses, companion planted Insect attracting plants (for honey bees?) Natural drifts, planting Large clumps, in scale with building Nature garden around copse Architectural plantings near meeting room Bulbs, all season, under trees Stonecrop along path borders Herbs Berried and fruiting shrubs Groundcover Meadow area near copse Native plants Avenue of trees Low maintenance planting Year-round interest Barrier planting where appropriate Hedgehogs Butterflies Bird boxes in copse Bat boxes Bird baths and tables Bees Seating areas: open views, in copse, under an arch/living arbour Paths, walkways, meandering through whole site Picnic Area Outdoor lighting A hide Compost bin/area Staff social events Lunchtime eating out (cover?) Quiet, relaxing area Spill-out from AGM/meetings Ecology Building Society 2004 – Mark Fisher

9. PUBLIC AREA - people movement Gap People movement Desire line • fouling of mown paths • NO long distance walk through site • desire line over bund • gap between bund and wall • access to maintain conifer hedge

10. PUBLIC AREA - proposals Dog bin Island shrubbery Gate Channeling shrub line Accent spinney • blackthorn shrubbery to close desire line (remove hawthorns ) • close gap with a gate • shrub enclosures for dog bins; shrub line for channeling over mound; island shrubberies break up hedge & fence line • small spinney for accent • supplement bund & mound flowers - plugs and bulbs in drifts Blackthorn shrubbery Dog bin shrubbery

11. CAR PARK Sunny border RAIN WIND Transition boundary RAIN SHADOW Free draining, sunny borders

12. CAR PARK - proposals • mixed heather (colour & season) with feature stonecrop plantings • roadside grass verge flower planting • e.g. cranesbill, foxglove, bellflower, chicory & dog rose + maybe ferns, meadowsweet • island bed of millstone grit guild plants • e.g. silver birch, rowan, willow, heather, gorse, broom, grey willow, bilberry + maybe pine, juniper Grass verge flower planting Millstone grit island Heather & stonecrop strip planting

13. PRIVATE AREA Thistle seed RAIN WIND Nettle seed NOISE Views Opening Brunthwaite Crag Gap Tarn Hill

14. PRIVATE AREA - movement & meadow Meadow vegetation poor mixed lush Meadow walk Woodland walk Maintenance access

15. Berried shrubs & feature trees PRIVATE AREA - proposals Bench Herbs & perennial veg. Grassland bulbs Meadow plantings Open birch woodland Hedgehog, bat & bird boxes Path cleared thru woodland Gate Berried shrubs Hollies Woodland edge e.g. rowan, broom, wild garlic, honeysuckle, rose