Healing Gardens

High and Mid Elevation Site Map

I. Overview: Narrative Description

There are two sections of sloping land that make up the high and medium elevations habitat on the southwest side of the longhouse. A path connects the two sections and leads to a dried up pond on the upper portion of the land. One side ends at the longhouse sidewalk, another to the dumpsters and parking lot, and the other two sides back up to a brushy decidious forest. The land closer to the forest is covered in thick brush while the land closer to the pavement is covered sparsley by ferns, blackberries and small tufts of grass. The general shape of the garden is long rectangles, longside towards the longhouse. Remnants of past work are the pond liner and some brush that looks weed wacked attacked. A lone bunchberry sign stands awkwardly by some native blackberry.

II. High and Mid Elevation Site Map

1. Map (see image on next page)           

2. Shape: The Middle and High Elevations (Midigh) are rectagular. The longhouse is on the north-east side of the demonstrational garden space.

3. Topography: The ground varies in slope. Starting at the pavement, middle elevation it climbs steeply then more gradual until it flattens out in the high elevation area.

4. Slopes: The average slope is about 45 degrees, sloping up towards the west. The light is able to shine in from the morning on until after the mid day.

5. Exposure: 30% of the land has medium to high exposure, 4-6 hours/day; while 70% has medium to low, 4-2 hours/day sun exposure.

6. Soil Characteristics: In the open part, the soil is sandy with pebble size rocks. In the brushier areas it has more forest loam mix.

7. Water Feature: There is a dreid up, what looks like a seasonal pond. Perhaps this pond was designed to drain down the path as would a glacier pond
melt drain down a rocky path in the spring. Now it is just a pond liner.

8. Plant List: Bracken ferns (Pteridium aquilinum), trailing blackberry (Rubus ursinus),

9. Animal Activity: There are some ground squirrel holes, or something!

10. Why Choose Midigh? Erin: "I like the hardy plants of the higher and middle elevations. They are ones that only the ventursome get to know. And
people who come to our demonstration high elevation garden!"

Ami: "I like the tundra and high elevations. I like to see what kinds of plants can survive where others can't."

III. Feelings about Site