蓝月基金会是一个私人慈善基金会，致力于应对不断变化和变暖的世界，建立人与自然的抵抗力。 NBW为这个具有前瞻性的企业建立了一个高度语境的花园，这个企业将住宅和工业城市面料相结合，采用区域材料，特色原生植物，并在现场管理雨水。位于南街的住宅规模和仓库区的工业结构之间，花园旨在通过仔细考虑的材料和工厂调色板弥合两者之间的差距。
唤起周围的工业语言，一系列板式混凝土墙体定义了新的花园。 CorTen墙壁通过有节奏的进程在墙壁之间产生空间，从而对相邻的铁路线路进行了描述。最明显的设计手法是连接从后方停车场的访客到下层露台的线性木板路。沿着木板路的经验包括通过河桦树林，示范草地，雨水渗透花园和一系列梯田多年生床。步行终点在新装修的会议室外的石头露台上。
寻求区域材料的硬景观，包括下层露台的青石和与板式混凝土墙相接合的当地的Alberene肥皂石巨石。选择负责任的FSC认证的硬木木板路和屏风墙。
植物选择继续描述该网站的二元性。从第一个继任植物群落中选出的原生物种存在于遗址的后方，逐渐过渡到更多的国内选择。示范草地包括原生草和野花，如安德罗宾，小蓝丝菊和紫锥菊。草地不仅作为教育部分，也是野生动物吸引力。
Blue Moon Fund is a private philanthropic foundation dedicated to building human and natural resilience in response to a changing and warming world. NBW created a highly contextual garden for this forward-thinking enterprise that bridges residential and industrial urban fabrics, employs regional materials, features native plants, and manages stormwater on site. Situated between the residential scale of South Street and the industrial fabric of the Warehouse District, the garden aims to bridge the gap between the two through carefully considered materials and plant palette.
Evoking the industrial language of the surrounds, a series of board-form concrete walls define the new gardens. CorTen walls generate spaces between the walls through a rhythmic progression, an allusion to the adjacent rail road lines. The most pronounced design gesture is the linear boardwalk that connects the visitor from the rear parking court to the lower terrace. Experiences along the boardwalk include passage through a grove of river birch, a demonstration meadow, stormwater infiltration garden, and a series of terraced perennial beds. The walk terminates at the stone terrace outside the newly renovated conference room.
Regional materials were sought for the hardscape, including the bluestone for the lower terrace and the local Alberene soapstone boulders which engage the board-form concrete walls. Responsibly harvested FSC Certified hardwoods were selected for the boardwalk and screen wall.
Plant selections continue the narrative of the site’s duality. Native species selected from the first successional plant community are present at the rear of the site and gradually transition to more domestic selections. A demonstration meadow includes native grasses & wildflowers such as Andropogon, Little Bluestem, and Echinacea. The meadow not only serves as an educational component, but also wildlife attractor.
