Project Profile:
Dish Network
Project Summary
Originally designed for Meriill Lynch. Dish Network now owns the Property. EDAW designed a wildflower seed mixture of twenty-seven different plants for hydroseeding the swale and side slopes. Actually, Slopetame2 is in the center of the swale and Grasspave2 mats flank each side. Each year the site gets more mature with flowers and larger plants. The rings and fabric from Slopetame2 are holding soils in place to allow sufficient time for plant development. Stormwater roof runoff is channeled into the swale through pipe drains. A series of horizontal terraces encourage percolation into soils.
Address
Install Size
2250 m2 (24,220 sf)
Designer
EDAW Landscape Architects, 511 16th Street, Suite 510, Denver, CO 80202, contact: Bill Vitek at 303-595-4522
Contractor
Valley Crest Landscape Inc., 8888 Motsenbocker Road, Parker, CO 80134, contact: Ernie Cochrane at 303-841-8400
Project Gallery

Twenty-seven wildflower seeds were used to give this beautiful wilderness prairie appearance.

Looking down the swale, the vegetation is dense after several years of native plant growth

The photo below is taken of the area at the top of the swale at the left of this photo. Both the sides and the lowest part of the swale are reinforced with Slopetame2 as shown here.

The June growth is mostly shrubs shown at the high spot and low yellow flowering plants. Later in the summer, other wildflowers will be present.

A close up shot shows how nearly all the rings are covered with roots and plants.

Upper section showing the fabric backed mats of Slopetame2 and the Grasspave2 flanked on either side. View from second terrace.

Overview of swale during mat installation, showing the lower section, curving toward the golf course.