Pine And Swallow

Landscape Science/Engineering — Lawn & Turf
Public lawn and turf areas are often important as high visibility landscape areas and for passive or active recreation use. Establishing and maintaining high quality turf for a given use requires the correct soil conditions and the right blend of grasses. P&S's expertise in soil chemistry, horticulture, drainage and geotechnical engineering is the combination of skills required for successful design or rehabilitation of lawn and turf areas. P&S's expertise also includes maintenance systems and plant and turf pathology.
Profile Project
Hatch Shell Renovations
Location: Boston, MA
Services: Lawn and Turf Analysis in Urban Soil Conditions
During a general reconstruction of the Hatch Shell the lawn area in front of the Shell was utilized as a construction staging area resulting in problems due to over-compaction and the introduction of foreign materials to loam and subgrade materials. P&S carried out a site investigation, provided specifications for soil amendments, drainage and turf grass blends, and oversaw the reconstruction of this high use, high visibility, public lawn area.
 
 
Representative Lawn & Turf Projects
 

Copley Plaza Lawn Area, Boston, MA
Analysis of problems with recently renovated public lawn area. Recommendations for new soil mix and subsurface drainage system.

Radcliffe Quadrangle, Cambridge, MA
Analysis of poor turf on newly reconstructed focal lawn area for college. Recommendations to correct over-compaction problems.

Esplanade Exercise Area, Boston, MA
Area study and specifications for soil and turf grass blends.

Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, MA
Assessment of existing soil and turf conditions and development of soil specifications for rehabilitation.

Leo Martin Golf Course, Weston, MA
Turf pathology analysis. Soil and turf analysis for reconstruction of tees including specifications and construction observation.

Public Theater at Herter Park, Brighton, MA
Analysis of existing soil and turf conditions. Design of rehabilitation specifications.

Franklin Park Children's Zoo, Boston, MA
Design of new soil mixes and turf grasses for construction of extensive exhibition area.

Chelsea Naval Hospital Park, Chelsea, MA
Soils and vegetation analysis, design of new planting mix and turf grass specifications.

Soldiers Field Road, Storrow Drive, VFW Parkway, Victory Road Park,
McGrath Highway, and Memorial Drive, Boston and Cambridge, MA Soil testing and vegetation analyses to evaluate turf conditions and plant materials along major thoroughfares.

 
 

Additional Recent Soils and Horticulture Projects
Harvard University: various campus landscape projects
Hudson River Parks, New York: master specification for five miles of water front parks
Dartmouth College: campus redevelopment
Wellesley College: campus renovation
Fresh Pond, Cambridge: naturalized park development
Battery Park City: park developments
Illinois Wesleyen University: landscape development
Vassar Street, Cambridge: sand-based structural soil for streetscape
Greenwich Academy: lightweight rooftop planting
Tunisia: landscape development for U.S. embassy
Boston Convention Center: rooftop, park and streetscape plantings