10.7.8 Environmental Control Planting

environmental control planting

When properly placed, plants can provide environmental benefits, as well as address visual concerns.

• Use deciduous trees and shrubs at courtyards, buildings, and along streets to provide shade, moderate temperatures, and reduce glare during the summer months while allowing solar exposure in the winter.

• Locate deciduous plantings along south facing walls or on the southeast and southwest corners of buildings or courtyards to mitigate solar radiation and glare due to heat build-up and lower sun angles in the mid-morning and late afternoon hours.

• Use mixed massings of deciduous shrubs and evergreen trees/shrubs to provide sound control along primary and secondary roads. 

Landscape Design Guidelines