Sustainable Edible Landscaping

Catherine PerinoKatie GuitreauAbedalhadi Mousa

Objectives1. To use sustainable landscaping

methods to plant edible plants on LSU’s campus.

2. To use the Sustainable Edible Landscape as an educational display for the LSU community.

3. To develop a campus sustainability map.

Goals Short-term:  Plant edible plants between

the Hill Farm and the LSU Recreation Center and make a map of edible plants on campus.

Long-term:  To get healthy, fresh, and free fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers to the LSU community.

Benefits Provides fresh, sustainable food free for

the student body Helps beautify and "green" the LSU

campus Students can learn about edibles that do

well in this part of the state and hopefully encourage them to plant their own edibles at home in order to live a more sustainable lifestyle 

Florida Gulf Coast University-Food Forest

Loyola University-Map of Edible Plants

University of Minnesota Duluth-Edible Landscapes

Other Universities

Progress Last Semester Met Jay Ransom and Fred Fellner Corrected the location of Hill Farm on

Google Maps Made a detailed budget Plant Donations:-Arcola Nursery

10 Blueberry bushes

Progress This Semester Created the SEL Protocol Made a Layout Plant Donations-Perino’s Nursery

6 Fig, 6 blueberry, 6 Kumquat, and 6 Plum trees

Got Soil Test Student Government Bill Passed!?!? Made four rain barrels and had them

painted on Spring Greening Day

Project BudgetPlant Material:-10 fig trees * $10.00 each = $100.00-10 Blueberry trees * $10.00 each = $100.00-8 Kumquat trees * $13.50 each = $108.00-6 Plums * $13.50 = $81.00- 3 Satsuma trees * $13.50 each = $40.50- 1 Japanese persimmon= $30.00- 1 Loquat= $30.00 - 2 Mulberries* $25.00= $50.00- 2 Bananas * $10.00= $20.00-5 Rosemary plants * $2.50 each = $12.50-5 Thyme plants * $2.50 each = $12.50-5 Oregano plants * $2.50 each = $12.50- 5 Sage plants * $2.50 each = $12.50- 2 Mint Plants * $2.50= $5.00-1 Rose Bush * $10.00 = $10.00-1 Hibiscus * $10.00 = $10.00

Other Material:-2 concrete benches by the beds * $200.00 = $400.00-1 compost bin * $50.00= $50.00-10 Bags of Mulch*$2.50 each = $25.00-10 Bags of Soil * $1.25 each = $12.50-1 Rain Catcher * $250.00 = $250.00-1 Cinder Block Raised Bed * $50.00 = $50.00-1 Wooden Raised Bed *$100.00 = $100.00-Irrigation System = $150.00-Plaques /Labels = $189.50

Sub Total=  $1,921.50Minus $125.00 (Items we already have)TOTAL= $1,796.50

Fruit Trees

Blueberry Fig

Kumquat

Satsuma Plum

Herbs

SageRosemary Mint

Parsley Thyme

Raised Beds

Wood Cinder Block

Rain Catcher

Tentative Installation Timeline Present: Contact facility services about

transportation of mulch and materials June 5: Deadline for finalized landscape plan June 10-15: Mark plots June 15-16: Spray with herbicide July 1: Till beds – spray again if necessary July 15-30:  Incorporate supplemental nutrients,

organic matter and bedding material August 1-15: Finalize syllabus and plans with Bob

Mirabello for his fall installation maintenance class. September 1- October 15: Install plants, mulch, set

up rain barrels, signage, drainage, etc. 

Questions or Comments?