Becky is right... I remember hearing about this when working with storm water management as part of a project some years ago. Would be interesting to explore how to make this work while implementing some of these ideas.
I think the multi-layered benefit of most of these is just brilliant. I would go out if my way to shop (and eat, and recharge) at such a place.
The problem here is that almost all pavement is not permeable. So water (and air) do not flow through it and the plants in the parking lot often look somewhat less than thrilled to be there. Landscapers choose small plants in hopes they will survive. Permeable pavement is expensive and I'm not sure how successful it is. Perhaps someone else here knows? Even the compression of having trees drive on the roots all day would not exactly be healthy.
You're not wrong! :-) I definitely think the space that the tree sits in needs to be bigger than your average little teeny strip between parking spaces, but yes, maybe some permeable pavement right around the trees too.
Becky is right... I remember hearing about this when working with storm water management as part of a project some years ago. Would be interesting to explore how to make this work while implementing some of these ideas.
I think the multi-layered benefit of most of these is just brilliant. I would go out if my way to shop (and eat, and recharge) at such a place.
The problem here is that almost all pavement is not permeable. So water (and air) do not flow through it and the plants in the parking lot often look somewhat less than thrilled to be there. Landscapers choose small plants in hopes they will survive. Permeable pavement is expensive and I'm not sure how successful it is. Perhaps someone else here knows? Even the compression of having trees drive on the roots all day would not exactly be healthy.
You're not wrong! :-) I definitely think the space that the tree sits in needs to be bigger than your average little teeny strip between parking spaces, but yes, maybe some permeable pavement right around the trees too.