ALONG FOR THE RIDE
BY ANNE RAVER
Studio Outside coaxes many landscapes from one neglected ranch.
FROM THE MAY 2017 ISSUE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE.
There?s a journey-like feeling to this landscape, both in space and time, as the path curves through dense stands of red cedar and yaupon holly, then out to open savanna, dotted with live oaks and groves of post oaks.
?You can?t really understand these landscapes and the plants on the surface until you understand the underlying soil types and drainage patterns,? said Tary Arterburn, FASLA, a founding principal of Studio Outside, one sunny cool morning in early November.
?It?s sand, sand, and sand,? said Amy Bartell, a project manager at Studio Outside, who has spent countless hours on site here. She knows where the fine clayey sands of the Southern Blackland Prairie to the west finger into the coarser sands of the Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairie to the east. The Dallas-based firm first walked the 132-acre property in 2015 to assess the site and create a master plan for clients with seemingly opposing interests: The nature-loving wife wanted to increase plant diversity and habitat for birds and other wildlife; the husband wanted a polo field and barn for his seven horses and those of visiting equestrians. How to buffer birds from thundering horses (plus horse trailers and vehicles and the madding crowd) is as much of a challenge as bringing back little bluestem to the forgotten prairie.
Little bluestem, croton, and wildflowers flouris...
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