preliminary musings
our first speculations about what we might be doing: Harbor Gardens (just a working title) Harbor Gardens proposes to activate the interconnectedness of humans and plants in our urban port city ecosystem by designing flotants (modular salt marsh habitats) for growing salt marsh plant species. It offers a practical design solution, public intervention, and […]
flotants, floating skirts, salt marsh nations
here is an image of some of the UMB work making a floating salt marsh
Ideas… All the many ideas…
LANDSCAPE INTERVENTION Build little flotation devices/life preservers and put them around plants in the Boston landscape; perhaps marking the high water line/flood line – This could be a good project with kids or with the Boston Harbor Association: education opportunity. SCULPTURE/GALLERY BASED Build a tall/full-size mock-up housing one to three grass species; exists as a real flotation device; accommodates […]
effective approach
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grasses
lets start with getting some smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora maybe can be found here: http://www.grownativemass.org/resources/nurseries here is a very interesting description of hte birth of a salt marsh “A salt marsh is “born” by the arrival of a seed or the rafting of a plant of the cord grass Spartina alterniflora. The grass spreads asexually […]
flotant (flow tawnt=)
Flotant: Floating marsh suspended in the water and found in Louisiana. It consists of tightly entangled plants and their roots, mixed with peat; typically there is water flowing below it. “When Hurricane Andrew blew through south Louisiana, it passed over some of the best flotant marsh zones in the state. In some areas, terrible damage […]
Floating Salt Marsh Proposal already in the making
UMass Boston professor, Anamarija Frankic: researcher & founder of the Green Boston Harbor Project. “The Green Boston Harbor Project (GBH) is the core of my multidisciplinary research. My premise is that the environment sets the limits for sustainable development. The GBH methodology is derived from a 1500 year old Native Hawaiian Ahupua’a approach. This approach […]
salt marsh
“Such mutualism is a pronounced feature of plants and animals at the edge.” –Globe article about the Great Salt Marsh at Crane’s beach Boston’s last salt marsh: Belle Island (Suffolk Downs stop on blue line) closest to my house: Neponset Saltmarsh saltmeadow cordgrass Umass Boston student researching salt marsh restoration in Boston Harbor