Microclimate Mapping and Planting Strategy

by Eric Gonzalez-Payne

Grade 8Ages 13 to 14·Design and geography·Worksheet
Microclimate Mapping and Planting Strategy

Sun, shade, wind, drainage, and reflected heat from buildings, mapped across the site, then a planting strategy that matches species to conditions.

This is the sheet that explains every failed planting on a school site. Things die because they were put in the wrong place, not because anybody did anything wrong afterwards.

The page has the mapping method, a measurement schedule across times of day, a zone classification and a planting matrix. It also asks for a strategy under a warming scenario, which is a live consideration for anyone planting a tree that will outlive them.

Eric Gonzalez-Payne

Eric Gonzalez-Payne

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Ed.M. in Educational Leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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