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Following the success of our 10th anniversary initiative, in which we supported 10 local charities over the course of a year, in 2014 Floura Teeter launched an annual program to support the community where we do business. Each year, our Community Grows Here (CGH) program supports one local non-profit with a year of pro bono services or financial or volunteer support. The support provided to the winning organization is determined by the nature of its request and its most urgent needs.

2014 WinnerCivic Works: Baltimore’s Service CorpsCivic Works is Baltimore’s urban service corps and an AmeriCorps program. Their mission is to strengthen Baltimore’s communities through education, skills development, and community service.

As the first project under the Community Grows Here initiative, Floura Teeter developed a design that helped Civic Works receive a $50,000 grant as one of seven winners of Baltimore’s Growing Green Design Competition: Vacant Lots Transformed.

Working with Civic Works, Floura Teeter completed a design to revitalize the Dayspring Programs Facility parking lot. Floura Teeter designed a safe, green parking lot and pocket park for the facility. The design enhances the space by celebrating an olive branch, a symbol of hope and peace and an embodiment of the Dayspring Programs’ mission. Design services and support for the project included organizing workshops for children of the Dayspring Programs who will assist in planting and maintain-ing the project. Sustainable design objectives included net-zero stormwater runoff through best management practices, reduction of heat island effect through grass grid paver system or reflective paving materials, and increased vegetation.

2015 WinnerThe League for People with DisabilitiesThe League for People with Disabilities (League) serves more than 2,500 people annually through nine therapeutic programs that help individuals with disabilities gain independence, increase self-sufficiency and improve their quality of life.

Floura Teeter’s services began with a meeting with League person-nel to learn about their campus, clients, services, and mission. After the initial tour and meeting designers performed a site analysis and identified goals for the campus to enhance the building’s and site’s visibility in the community. Floura Teeter’s recommendations included using native grasses and perennials along E. Cold Spring Lane to focus on the existing entrance signage; prominent new signage, a mural, and banners to enhance the building’s facade; and a revamped and rejuvenated interior courtyard garden to be used as an additional amenity feature for League participants. The courtyard is currently used by participants for exercise, therapy sessions, soaking up the sun, and socializing. Improvements to the garden will augment these activities and provide a stimulating, year-round sensory experience.

GrowinG Green Competition

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Pedestrian Circulation

Vehicular Circulation

PLANTING PLAN

BETULA NIGRA HERITAGE YELLOW TWIG DOGWOOD

RUSSIAN SAGE LIATRIS BLUE SEDGE GRASS

ILEX VERTICILLATA ECHINACEA

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The parking lot olive branch motif symbolizes hope and peace and is intended to be seen from the the Dayspring building from the upper building levels

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SITE PLAN

Design Objectives

Support the needs of the women of Dayspring by providing a safe environment to park their cars

Acheive net-zero runoff by introducing best management practices

Reduce the heat island effect by including grass grid paver system or re-flective paving material and increase vegetation

Provide an aesthetic to the neighborhood that is functional as well as fit the context of the site

Engage the women and children, as well as the community in the creation and installation of design featuresCIRCULATION

-Crosswalks provide a pedestrian-friendly environment-Angled parking spaces and one-way vehicular circulation

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2016 WinnerBoard of Child Care

Headquartered in Baltimore, the Board of Child Care provides a variety of services for Maryland, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia fulfilling their purpose of “enriching communities, one family at a time.” Their core areas of focus are providing residential services for youth and young adults; outpatient mental health therapy; special education via a private school; and an early learning program. The 26-acre headquarters campus includes both residential services for up to 109 youth, the private school, Strawbridge, as well as the offices for its treatment foster care and adoption services programs.

In coordination with Board of Child Care staff, Floura Teeter provided pro bono design services to re-imagine the patio space located behind the administration building on their Baltimore campus. The patio is used for Strawbridge School graduations, informal staff meetings, and other campus functions but the existing space is disjointed and calls for an improved layout to better serve the youth and staff on campus. Floura Teeter devel-oped two concept designs incorporating shade structures, event spaces, new paving, new seating, new plantings, and flexible event spaces. Recommendations also included proposed connections to other parts of the campus.

2017 WinnerRoland Park Elementary/Middle SchoolFloura Teeter Landscape Architects assisted the community at Roland Park Elementary Middle School (RPEMS) in the develop-ment of a master plan for the school grounds. Roland Park is a PreK – 8 Baltimore City Public School with a student body of approximately 1,300 students. As a City school, RPEMS is for-tunate to have green space surrounding the building including a connection with the adjacent Stoney Run stream valley. A recent project to replace the roof of the school has negatively impacted the grounds and gardens of the school, necessitating extensive renovations to the exterior space.

It has long been a goal of RPEMS to facilitate outdoor learning and connections with nature on campus. Floura Teeter is working with a group of stakeholders which include parents, staff and school administrators to create a master plan that lays out a path for restoration of the grounds. This restoration will streamline the circulation of the campus, restore the existing native plant gardens and create spaces for outdoor study, and flexible spaces for play. As an Arts Integration school, student created artwork will be included in all parts of the campus. The projects identified in the master plan can be prioritized, funded and implemented to create opportunities for hands-on learning in a beautiful, natural campus.

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2018 WinnerHighlandtown Community Associa-tionThe Conkling Street Garden, located near the intersection of E. Baltimore Street and S. Conkling Street, is a community-driven small-plot urban garden on land leased by the Highlandtown Community Association (HCA). Funded by Healthy Neighborhoods, the Baltimore Community Foundation, and the Parks & People Foundation as a catalyst project for the Highlandtown neighborhood, the committee that operates the garden is made up of the di-versity represented throughout the community. Floura Teeter worked with HCA to develop a master plan for the Conkling Street Garden.

The existing garden has a dozen raised planting beds, space for community functions, and a native plant garden. The community’s goals for the space are to increase the number of planting beds available for community mem-bers to rent and better utilize the space for events and fundraising. The project started by meeting with several key members of the community association and their partners at the Southeast CDC to understand their wish list and the site’s opportunities and constraints. The garden is divided into several distinct parts - the entrance with existing metal trellis, the ground level with planting beds, a 4’ elevated platform with three existing-to-remain shipping containers, and a rear section that is slightly disconnected from the rest of the garden. Goals included removing part of the elevated section to increase the gathering area, adding more planting beds, and creating better access and connectivity throughout the entire site. The final master plan includes an expanded entrance with space for events; amphitheater seating and a demonstration kitchen area; better access to the remaining elevated section of the garden with additional planting beds; relocation of the storage shed; native plant gardens; and clear access through the site from end to end. The HCA can utilize the master plan to gain grants and funding to implement the vision.

11 / 30 / 2018Highlandtown Community AssociationConkling Street Garden

FRONT ENTRANCE

Native plant

garden

Existing shade structure

Event / Gathering Space

Trash enclosure

Seating wall

Fire pit

Coloredconcrete

Big tree

Existing tree

Main entrance

Existing tables

Stones andwoodchips

Evergreen shrubs

Shade trees

Fence

Seating wall

Fence

Coloredconcrete

Outdoor Kitchen

BMORE lights

Ampitheater Seating

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