Olivenhain Municipal Water District, in a collaborative effort with the Surfrider Foundation and Mira Costa College’s Horticulture 230 Landscape Architecture class, has challenged local college students to spend the fall semester employing ecological principles in designing a sustainable landscape demonstration garden to be located at OMWD’s campus. 

In the midst of major construction at its campus, OMWD began planning earlier in the year to transform its current landscape into an interpretive garden showcasing sustainable principles duplicable in a residential setting. OMWD was required to update landscaping at its campus in order to fulfill the terms of its conditional use permit with the City of Carlsbad. Construction of the sustainable landscape demonstration garden is expected to begin in 2011.  Please see the video introduction below.

      
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Final Presentations given by students on December 7, 2010. 
Harvest Garden
All 4 One Garden
Casa Temescal
The Watershed Garden
Historical Garden - copy not provided by student group

The final OMWD concept plan will incorporate elements from each of the plans created by the student groups.
Conceptual Drawings by Students
Harvest     All4One     Casa     Watershed     Historical   

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Classroom presentations to guide the student designs - November 9, 2010
Owen Dell & Associates - Business Opportunities in Sustainable Landscape (52.9 MB)
Sustainable Design Basics  (2.57 MB)
Design Synthesis  (875 KB)

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Classroom presentation providing an example fo a demonstration garden - November 2, 2010
Springs Preserve, Las Vegas 
Site Analysis Elements for Large Scale Sites  (51.8 KB)
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Mira Costa Students Client Research PowerPoints - October 19, 2010
Olivenhain Colony History (1.47 MB)
Hydrology, Geology, Climate and Soils (3.29 MB)
Olivenhain Municipal Water District (7.90 MB)
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Mira Costa Students and Surfrider Foundation Join OMWD and Consultant G3 for Design Phase Kick-off on September 28, 2010

• Press Release
• OMWD Overview PowerPoint  (7,562 KB)
• Surfrider Ocean Friendly Garden Concepts PowerPoint (83,860 KB)
• Mira Costa College Project PowerPoint  (2,461 KB)
• Soil Sample 1 - GrowPower
• Soil Sample 2 - Soil Foodweb Oregon

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Original OMWD headquarters expansion project site map
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Like the sustainability demonstration garden itself, this page is a work in progress. Please check back often for the latest news, video, and photos about the project.