The Process

Greenwood Park’s current features:

• 2000 feet long by 2000 feet wide
• 5 Pavilions with bathrooms (20 by 60 feet each)
• Lighting throughout the park

Current problems:

• No trees, shrubs, or flowers
• Broken equipment includes: playground, football goals, soccer goals, baseball backstop, bleachers on the soccer/football and baseball fields
• No baseball bases, benches, trash cans, grills, etc.

The park is falling apart and in dire need of your help! Because this is such a big task, each person in your group will take on a specific job. These jobs will be: landscape designer, sports/recreation designer, and facilities designer.

The Roles

Each role links to all its information and worksheets.

Landscape Designer

Sports/Recreation Designer

Facilities Designer

Putting It All Together

After all group members have finished gathering their information, it is time to put it all together to renovate the park. Follow these steps to complete the park renovation.

Step 1:
Meet with your group members and present your findings. Make a final decision on your individual items.

Calculate the total cost of the project. This will be the total cost of the facilities, landscaping, and sports/recreation portions. Use the following worksheet.

Total Budget Worksheet (PDF)

Step 2:
Create a poster of your park.

• Include visual representations of trees, equipment, etc. They may be drawn or taken from the Web. You must cite the Web sites from where you get the pictures. Put these citations on the back of your poster.
• Include dimensions of the major facilities in the park to make sure it all fits. In other words, mark on your poster how long and how wide each facility is.
• Poster must have 5 pavilions that include picnic facilities and bathrooms. These pavilions are 20 feet wide by 60 feet long.
• Remember, the park is 2000 feet by 2000 feet. This is a lot of space, so you want to make sure it does not look empty. If you feel that you need more facilities and landscaping to make it look better, do it! Make sure to add these additions correctly on to the respective worksheet. So if you want to add more trees, find the best prices and place them on the landscape worksheet. Also, do not forget to add this to the total cost!
• Place the total cost of the park renovation in the upper left hand corner of the poster.

Step 3:
Present your proposal to the class.

• Each member will explain various costs within their designing stage and anything that was added that was not required.
• Explain the reason for your chosen park layout. Be specific. (i.e. Placement of facilities, landscaping, etc. in relation to each other)
• Present the total cost.