Working with The Center's Environment, Food and Garden team at OUSD and TPL, BASE developed a concept plan for The Center’s community garden, nature play area, farm, and interpretive trail that evolved out of significant research and a series of community engagements with OUSD staff and students, the surrounding Community, and local urban agriculture experts.

 

As a part of the research that went into the development of the concept plan, BASE compiled a report on urban agriculture management models to inform the management model for the farm and community garden. BASE was also engaged to summarize the existing soil conditions on the site, synthesizing several soils reports that had previously been completed. This led to the expansion of BASE’s scope to include research into how phytotechnologies could be used on the site to remediate and mitigate soil, groundwater and air pollution.

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The concept plan weaves together input received from the community engagements and interviews, and responds to the complex needs of the community, district, students, and the land.

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TPL is currently going after grant funding for the project's next phases, which we hope will begin soon.​

client. The Trust For Public Land (TPL), Oakland School Unified District (OUSD)

team. BASE Landscape Architecture

year completed. Ongoing

size. 2 acres

scope. Research, Community Engagement, Concept Design

Awards. 2024 ASLA NCC Merit Award for Community  Impact , 2024 EDRA Honorable Mention for Place Planning

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