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PROJECT PROFILE
aliving,
leaRning
wall
MINNESOTA CHILD CARE CENTRE
HOME TO fIRST LIVING WALL
pROJECT
By: CHRISTOpHER LyON
T
he Seward Child Care
Center, located on a
quiet city street, not far
from the bank of the Mississippi River as it passes through
Minneapolis, has been ahead
of its time since it was founded
in 1973. Parents started the
preschool on the high-minded
principals of teaching children
democracy, anti-bias skills and
environmental awareness. They
were challenged to put these
ideals into action recently when
their building required maintenance. It needed a fresh roof,
new flooring, plumbing and
water heating. The cooperative’s plan was to follow LEED
guidelines, so the renovation
would turn the building into an
environmental showpiece.
The undertaking was a challenge for a small, volunteer-led
group with little funding. Hillary Oppmann, a parent with
two children at the school, was
the campaign chair and led
both the fundraising as well as
much of the coordination of the
work. She had been involved
with stormwater mitigation
projects in the past, and believed that they could obtain
a grant from the Mississippi
Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) to address
the roof issue. As part of receiving a planning grant, they connected with Stacy Anderson of
Earth Wizards, a local designbuild contractor specializing
in stormwater mitigation. The
design encapsulates various
stormwater practices such as
permeable pavements, turfstone, and what was expected to
be a green roof but, because of
budget concerns, quickly migrated to a living wall.
As the design evolved, the
rainwater retention system
became an important feature,
although one of the most
problematic. The goal was to
make the path of the water
from the roof to the living wall
“visible” to the children. The
EnginEErEd
Soil HaS
officially MEt
itS MatcH
The MP Rotator provides the perfect solution
for engineered green roof soils. Multi-trajectory
rotary streams cut through wind and slowly apply
water to the growing medium. This provides
optimal plant water use while using up to 30%
less than other overhead spray systems.
Featured: The MP Rotator is the most efficient and
effective choice for overhead green roof irrigation.
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