Components / Materials of "Garden Stop"
Structure: The column and beam structure
is made of steel channel. It's durable, long lasting and
has about a 99% recycled content.
Roof: Framed with a combination of
salvaged/antique white oak beams and standard dimensional
framing lumber and advantek sheathing. The waterproof surface
is a glued down 60 mil EPDM rubber membrane roof. The roof
is rimed in painted western cedar with copper drip edges.
The shallow 1/12 roof slope is sliced at a five-degree angle
along the low end of the slope to funnel rainwater to the
copper scupper box and down the downspout.
Green Roof: "Greengrid" is a lightweight
4 ½" deep modular green roof system developed by Weston
Solutions. The module flats (2'-0" x 2'-0") were grown locally
with a mix of base sedums plants combined with several various
blooming sedums and aloes. Designed to hold about 1.5" of
rainwater on the roof for the sedums and to slow down and/or
eliminate adding any additional run off from the roof into
Lexington's already overburden storm sewage system.
Ceiling: The sloped portion of the
ceiling is covered with reclaimed yellow pine tongue and
groove flooring salvaged from various houses demolished
in the Lexington area. The majority of small homes that
have been razed over the years along Linden Walk surely
would have had this type of flooring. The flat soffit area
of the ceiling is covered in reclaimed metal barn roofing
salvaged from a dismantled barn in Franklin County and trimmed
in native sassafras harvested in the surrounding counties
of Casey, Pulaski and Adair.
Green screen wall: A lightweight painted
steel tube structure with woven wire mesh that serves as
an armature for the native honeysuckle planted in the planter
to grow upon. The screen is meant to provide both a visual
screening of the surrounding surface parking lot and to
offer shade along with some protection from the prevailing
winds and rain.
Concrete planter / basin: The long
concrete planter is poured in place using concrete with
a 20 percent fly ash content which replaces a portion of
the Portland cement used in the concrete. The solid 4"downspout
from the roof scupper is connected to 4"perforated drainpipe
that is set in a bed of recycled crushed concrete gravel
just beneath the soil along the full length of the long
concrete planter. The long planter area is planted with
several varieties of grasses, including some native grasses,
ground cover and ornamental perennials along with the honeysuckle
meant to climb the screen wall. The 42" diameter manufactured
pre-cast concrete riser pipe is set in a bed of gravel and
is located directly under the roof scupper box and is planted
with native grasses and bamboo.
Wood / Glass wall panels: Built to
provide some protection from the elements (sun, wind, rain
and snow). The frame of the wall panel on the east end of
the structure is made from reclaimed antique poplar from
the demolished buildings known as 'Morton Row' along Upper
Street (circa 1840's). The wood paneling on that wall panel
is made of native sassafras on one side of the wall and
native red locust on the other side, both locally harvested
in nearby counties. The wall panel on the west side is covered
on one side in reclaimed cypress salvage from large vats
used in the process of making bourbon from a distillery
demolished in Lawrenceburg in the mid 1980's. The other
side is covered in reclaimed white oak salvaged from barn
timbers in Franklin County. The small window is framed in
native walnut harvested in Jessamine County and the sill
is made of black locust. The ¼" wire glass is held in place
with 1" painted steel channel.
Bench: The 11'-0" long bench is made
from reclaimed white oak timbers salvaged from a dismantle
barn structure in Franklin, County. Held together with stainless
steel threaded rods with a walnut cap covering each end
of the bench. The steel structure and a single painted steel
and locust leg support the bench.
Lighting: Two 3-watt low voltage LED
light fixtures are installed in the flat section of the
ceiling. The small painted panel in the sloped ceiling allows
for access to the low voltage driver and a 365-day timer
to control both fixtures.
Concrete / brick paving: The poured
in place concrete slabs have a 20 percent fly ash content
poured over recycled # 57 crushed concrete gravel. The Brick
pavers are left over from larger projects and were found
in the bone yard of a local supplier and are set in a bed
of sand over recycled crushed concrete dense grade.
Ground Plantings: The round concrete
riser is planted with a medium height native grass, bamboo
and a low ground cover. The screen wall is planted with
a native honeysuckle and meant to climb and cover the metal
screening. The long concrete planter area is planted with
more of the same medium height native grass, some of the
same low ground cover and Siberian irises. The ground area
between the 'Garden Stop' and the parking lot is to be planted
with additional plant material by John and Claudia Michler
of Michler's Gardens and Greenhouses in the near future.
Announcements Poles: Salvaged white
oak timbers from a Woolen Mill (circa 1860's) in St. Mary's,
Ohio, planted in the soil near the bus stop to be used as
a place to staple community flyers and announcements:
