sfsu housing property site design

Permaculture Design Proposal

Base Map

12,000 ft2 of grass

Existing Vegetation

Slope and Contour• Average 33:1 foot slope from Northeastern to Southwestern edge of

the lot (3%)

Sectors

• Ducks• Dogs• Water flow• Rooftops• Rain/Fog • Duck pond• Wind• Shade from surrounding buildings• Trees• Waste from buildings• University Park North • Community Interest/Curiosity• Grass• Irrigation system• People

Water

The Vision

• Permaculture Showcase Site and living classroom

• Improve the ecology of the area

• Encourage the school and local community to participate in the education, installation, harvest, and security of the site

• Share the yields with the community

• Create a warm, welcoming space where students, faculty, and the community can come together to grow fresh food and enjoy each other

The Design

Zones1. Greenhouse, Annual Vegetables, and Learning Area2. Perennial Vegetables, Fruit Trees, and surrounding

landscape3. University Park North4. SFSU5. San Francisco

Plant List

HERBS• Lavender • Lemon balm • Marjoram

• Mint • Calendula • Oregano • Rosemary • Garden sage-purple • Pineapple sage • Thyme • Yerba Buena • Mugwort

• Chamomile • Chives • Comfrey

• Echinacea • Lambs ear • Plantane

FRUIT• apple- gravenstine-rose brookcox’s orange pippen; golden deliciousfameuse • plum-santa rosaelephant heart• lemon-Lisbon Meyereureka• fuyu persimmons• alpine strawberry• pineapple guava• raspberry-heritage• olive

California Natives

• Yarrow

• Humming bird sage

• lanatum-wooly blue curls

• California poppy

• lupin-yellow blue

• Manzanita bush• Fremontodendron

• Coast live oak

• Hazelnut

• Deer grass

• Pillar of smoke

• Red fescue• Idaho fescue

• Coffee berry

• Monkey flower

• Sword fern

• Douglas iris

• Columbine• Lily

• stipa ichu

• saliva clevelandi

• California wild grape

• elfin thyme

• humming bird sage• clevers

• wild onion

• buckwheat

• lavatera

• cape Sebastian

• echium wildpertil• santolina virenes

Perennials, Annuals, and Water Plants

Perrennials• Asparagus

• Artichokes

• rhubarb• Nettles

• nine star

broccoli

• nasturtium

Annuals• Beets

• Lettuce-mix

• Lemon cucumber

• Potato’s • Romano

beans

• Chard• Kale

• Squash- summer

• Squash- winter

• Sun gold cherry tomatoes

• Basil

Water Plants•cattail •taro•watercress •feeder fish

Timeline• Summer- Organize (funding; plant sources, talk to renters)

• November- Add 3-6 inches of mulch (cardboard, compost, mulch) to entire site. Plant in mulch-bell beans, clover, and purple vetch. let set for 5-6 months

• March (after one week with no rain)- roto-till entire site. construct greenhouse, urbanite paths, tree house, raised beds, fire pit, T.P., ponds, picnic tables, hammock, irrigation setup, worm bins, water tanks,shape beds, Let sit for 2-6 weeks; until soil is workable; start annual vegetable seeds in greenhouse, have natives and perennial food crops ready to install

• Late March- Early April- transplant native landscape, perennial food crops, and annual vegetable crops into site,

• Maintain over Spring, Summer & Forever

Budget• Plants = 5,000HerbsFruitsPerennial VegetablesAnnual Vegetables California Natives

• Structural Additions = 5,000Greenhouse fire pitpicnic tables pondsworm bins hammockraised beds irrigation/water catchmenttreehouse T.P.urbinite water tanks

Final Budget = 10,000 to 15,000