GENERAL DESCRIPTION: This project completes the landscaping at the Brower Student Center Renovation, incorporating the donated lion sculpture into the landscaping between the BSC and the Art & IMM Building.
DESIGN TEAM:
- LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Bryan Hanes Studio
- TCNJ DESIGN MANAGER: Mark Kirchner
- TCNJ CONSTRUCTION MANAGER: Matt Bonomo
CURRENT STATUS: This project was completed in 2018 by M&M Construction
LANDSCAPE NARRATIVE:
The new landscape between the Brower Student Center and the Art and Interactive Multimedia Building replaces a vehicle drop-off area and worn seating area.
Paved walkways pinwheel through a bluestone court, with the William M. McLagan ’87 Lion given pride of place in the center. The warm hues of the bronze lion are picked up in the custom wood-topped benches that ring the edges. The courtyard is nestled into a canopy of 27 hawthorn trees, which bloom in spring, enveloping the court on three sides in a cloud of delicate white flowers. A carpet of sedges grows under the hawthorns.
From the reconfigured drive, an open lawn dotted with three large American elms rises to meet the courtyard, leading the eye towards the lion, with the grove of hawthorns as a backdrop. The canopy trees and lawn offer both sunny and shady spots for lounging, reading, or bringing a lunch outside. A weathering-steel retaining wall holds back the raised lawn edge. Banks of evergreen shrubs frame the entrance to the Brower Student Center, interspersed with low-growing sumac, which provides spectacular fall color.
Trees Removed: 9 (some sickly, none over 20ft tall)
Trees Relocated: 7 (to housing)
Trees Added: 58
For more information about the lion sculpture, visit: TCNJ spirit is now cast in bronze
Design Plan: August 2017 Design
PLANT SELECTION:
MATERIAL SELECTION:
PLANT INVENTORY:
| Qty | Botanical Name | Common Name | Distinguishing Characteristics (Mature Height, spread, color) |
| Lions Court Trees | |||
| 27 | Crataegus Viridis ‘Winter King’ | Winter King Hawthorn | 25-35ft tall, 25-35ft wide, White flowers in May, red berries in fall. Drought tolerant |
| 5 | Gymnocladus Dioicus | Kentucky Coffeetree | 60ft tall, yellow fall color, located near AIMM Loading Dock |
| 3 | Ulmus Americana ‘ Valley Forge’ | American Elm | 100ft tall, Yellow Fall color, disease resistance, on banked lawn |
| Lions Court Sedges | |||
| 3,000 | Carex Eburnea | Bristle-Leaf Sedge | 6-12”m, resilient groundcover, drought tolerant, low maintenance |
| 4,000 | Carex Pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Sedge | |
| 3,000 | Carex Texensis | Texas Sedge | |
| Lions Court Bulbs | |||
| 260 | Colchicum Autumnale ‘Autumn White’ | Colchicum | Fall blooming. Dispersed in sedges |
| 260 | Galanthus Nivalis | Snowdrops | Spring blooming. Dispersed in sedges |
| BSC West Entrance Shrubs | |||
| 118 | Ilex Glabra ‘Shamrock’ | Inkberry Holly | |
| 131 | Lonicera Pileata | Privet Honeysuckle | |
| 65 | Rhus Aromatica ‘Gro- Low’ | Low-Growing Sumac | Spectacular fall color |
| 11 | Lindera Glauca Var. Salicifolia | Willow-Leaved Spicebush | Planted in row along the BSC brick wall. |
| BSC Front Terrace | |||
| 4 | Gleditsia Triacanthos ‘Skyline’ | Skyline Honeylocust | Complete existing Campus Walk treeline |
| BSC Loading Dock | |||
| 19 | Carpinus Betulus | European Hornbeam | 40-60’, Dense loading dock green screen |
| 5 | Ilex Verticillata ‘Red Sprite’ | Winterberry Holly (F) | |
| 1 | Ilex Verticillata ‘Jim Dandy’ | Winterberry Holly (M) | |
| 10 | Prunus Laurocerasus | Cherry Laurel |