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Landscape Design for Main
Library Project
by Carol JH Yetken,
Landscape Architect, 412 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Green Roof
Planting Plan
The larger part
of the third floor roof, some 12,500 square feet, now holds a thin layer
of soil and was planted with many native Illinois plants including stonecrop,
phlox, and sedum. Oak Park landscape architect, Carol JH Yetken, responsible
for the design, selected plants that will require minimal upkeep and grow
well in a thin layer of well drained soil. The soil together with the
plant material will improve the energy performance of the building and
contribute to better air quality in the neighborhood. The green roof,
copper wall system, and recycled rubber flooring, meet one of the design
goals for the new building: Minimize impact on the natural environment
through the use of sustainable building materials and systems.
Plaza Planting Plan
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Plaza Planting
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Achillea x 'Coronation Gold' ('Coronation Gold' Yarrow)
Amelanchier arborea 'Autumn Brilliance' ('Autumn Brilliance' Serviceberry)
Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima' (Red Chokeberry)
Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger)
Clematis maximowiezlana (Autumn Clematis)
Crataegus phaenopyrum (Washington Hawthorn)
Comus alternifolia (Pagoda Dogwood)
Diervilla lonicera (Bush Honeysuckle)
Eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway' (Spotted Joe Pye Weed)
Fraxinus americana 'Autumn Purple' ('Autumn Purple' White Ash)
Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky Coffeetree)
Hydrangea anomela var. petiolaris (Climbing Hydrangea)
Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans' ('Elegans' Hosta)
Hemerocallis x varieties: 'Happy Returns', 'Ice Carnival', 'Kewanee' (Daylily)
Iberis sempervirens (Candytuft)
Malus x 'Red Jewel' ('Red Jewel' Flowering Crab)
Panicum virgatum 'Rostrahlbusch' ('Rohstrahlbusch' Switchgrass)
Pinus mugo var. mugo (Dwarf Mugo Pine)
Quercus rubra (Red Oak)
Ribes alpinum 'Pumilum' (Dwarf Alpine Currant)
Rosa x 'Nearly Wild' ('Nearly Wild' Shrub Rose)
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm' ('Goldsturm' Black Eyed Susan)
Sedum spectablile 'Autumn Joy' ('Autumn Joy' Sedum)
Spriaea japonica 'Goldflame' ('Goldflame' Spirea)
Symphorocarpus x chenaltii 'Hancock' ('Hancock' Coralberry)
Taxus cuspidata 'Nana' (Dwarf Japanese Yew)
Thymus serpyllum 'Coccineum' (Creeping Thyme)
Vibumum dentatum 'Chicago Luster' ('Chicago Luster' Arrowwood)
Viburnum opulus 'Compactum' (Dwarf Cranberry Vibumum)
Vinca minor (Periwinkle)
Green Roof Planting Plan
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Green Roof Planting
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Arctostapylos uva-ursi (Bearberry)
Dianthus x 'Mountain Mist' ('Mountain Mist' Cheddar Pink)
Dianthus x 'Oakington' ('Oakington' Cheddar Pink)
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Spotty' ('Spotty' Cheddar Pink)
Iberis sempervirens (Candytuft)
Pholox subulata 'Emerald Blue' ('Emerald Blue' Creeping Pholox)
Pholox subulata 'Emerald Pink' ('Emerald Pink' Creeping Pholox)
Pholox subulata 'Red Wing' ('Red Wing' Creeping Pholox)
Sedum acre (Stonecrop)
Sedum album 'Murale' (Pink Stonecrop)
Sedum reflexum (Stone Orpine)
Sedum sexangulare (Stone Orpine)
Sempervivum montanum (Hens and Chicks)
Sempervivum montanum var. 'Brauni' (Hens and Chicks)
Sempervivum 'Purpureum' (Purple Hens and Chicks)
Sempervivum 'Pekinense' (Hens and Chicks)
Sempervivum tectorum (Hens and Chicks)
Sempervivum tomentosum (Hens and Chicks)
Thymus citriodorus (Lemon Thyme)
Thymus pseudolanuginosus (Wooly Thyme)
Thymus serpyllum 'Coccineum' (Creeping Thyme)
