During a recent trip to Salem, Massachusetts, I visited a well-designed quadrangle within a new residence hall complex at Salem State University. A linear bioswale runs along one side of a large lawn area, collecting runoff from the complex, and cleaning this water before it enters a tidal marsh adjacent to the development. Stepped stone-filled [...]
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A Sustainable Campus Quad
Posted in Academic Campuses, Sustainable Sites, tagged bioswales, college campuses, gabions, green sites, Massachusetts, ornamental grasses, plants, salem state university, sustainable sites, winter on March 2, 2012 | 3 Comments »
College President’s Property at WPI
Posted in Academic Campuses, Gardens, tagged college campuses, gardens, Massachusetts, plants, Worcester MA on March 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is one of nine colleges in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. The college president’s property, near the campus, is an interesting site with a series of walled gardens adjacent to the house and detached garage. The buildings and gardens were constructed in the 1920s as the residence for an industrialist, and [...]
