AU Design Strategies

Parks & Plazas

• Community gardens and supporting facilities
• Farmers markets
• Edible landscaping
• Demonstration and education gardens (tea garden, pizza garden)
• Public food art
• Feast tables
• Outdoor cooking opportunities
• Food events
• Temporary agricultural and food related uses- e.g. sun-drying tomatoes in public areas
• Composting (glass wall to allow for interactive composting displays)
• Outdoor classroom
• Interpretive signage
• Integration with school grounds, students, research, education.
• Indoor and outdoor plazas
• Picnic areas
• Educational signage