This document outlines a landscape project for constructing a meditation garden. It includes an introduction describing the site and purpose of the garden. Site analysis, concept plans, master plans, planting plans, and maintenance and cost plans are provided. The garden aims to provide a secluded space for meditation with various landscape elements like stone, water, and specific plant species. Diagrams show the site layout and locations of these planned elements. Maintenance and costs are estimated to be around $3,500 per month to support the upkeep of the garden.

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FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILT
ENVIRONMENT
CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPE
GROUP MEMBERS
DARSHIINI VIG (LEADER)
ILHAMI IBRAHIM
NURINA AIDA
MUSTAQIM CHOO
TAN WEN HAO
DANIEL CHOW KOK THENG
TITLE
LANDSCAPE PROJECT
SUBMISSION DATE
8TH AUGUST 2014
TUTOR
MS. NORMAH SULAIMAN

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CONTENT
PAGE NUMBER
INTRODUCTION 3-4
SITE ANALYSIS 5
SITE PLAN 6
CONCEPT PLAN 7
ELEMENTS OF THE SITE 8-10
MASTER PLAN 11
PLANTING PLAN 12-14
MAINTENANCE PLAN 15
COSTING PLAN (BILL OF QUANTITY) 16
CONCLUSION 17

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INTRODUCTION
In this particular project, we are divided into groups of six. We are tasked to
choose a 10mx10m site within Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus compound.
We are to study the site and come up with a landscape planning for the
selected area. Besides than planning, we need to include the site analysis,
concept, master plan, planting plan, maintenance plan and also costing (bill of
quantity.
We are proposing to construct a Meditation Garden for the selected site. This
construction is located in Block E, level 2 where the open space is. This site is
facing the staff parking zone and also the basketball court.
Pictures in the next page illustrates our site.

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SITE ANALYSIS
The site is located on the second floor of Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus’s
Block E. It is facing the staff parking and the basketball court of the university.
The site occasionally receives a lot of wind coming from the south of the site.
From the south side of the site, the sun rises from the east and sets at the west of
the site. Therefore, the site gets more than enough sunlight during the day for
the plants to get enough sunlight for the photosynthesis process to commence.
From east to the west direction, the site has a perfect 180 degree view of the
car park, basketball court and also the lake. Besides than that, the only built
form that exists around that site is the high rises which includes the commercial
block and academic block in the campus (Taylor’s University Lakeside).
OUR SITE

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SITE PLAN

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CONCEPT PLAN
A meditation garden implies a sense of seclusion and personal space. Naturally
a place where one can relax, reflect, unwind, ponder new ideas, and
contemplate in peace and quiet.
These gardens often contain elements, plants, or oddities that are placed to stir
the senses and imagination into thought. The sound and visual of moving water,
decor of interest, something to think about. And in private gardens these
elements are most times personal.
With that in mind, it's easy to understand why the following pictures show so
many themes and varieties for this one type of garden. These gardens are as
varied as the personalities that create them and are named what they are
simply because that's what their creators created them to be.
There is no right or wrong way to make a meditation garden; the whole goal is
to make a garden that both calms and inspires you and when you open your
eyes, inspires you even more. Try to see this garden as an “outdoor room”. It’s a
place where you’ll go to relax, rest, and recline, so it will need to have features
in it that you find comfortable, comforting, and secure from prying eyes.

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ELEMENTS OF THE SITE PLANNING
Stone
Great stones and boulders are viewed
in the Japanese garden as islands.
Stone exists in dozens of other
applications, from bridges to stepping
pads. The role of stone cannot be
over-emphasized because it is the
structural basis of the hardscape
design.
Pebbles
Pebbles in the Asian garden are most
often river-rounded and cobble-like
from pea size to as large as a potato.
They are used to create fields on the
ground, offer a base plane for art, and
to outline stepping stone pathways.

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Sand and fine gravel
In Asian gardens without ponds or streams, sand and finer gravels are used to
create a metaphor for water. Whether composed as a dry streambed, or in the
great uniform seas that are raked to create a flowing or rippled effect, this is a
most common way to cover areas of ground and to serve as the basis for
organizing planting.
Water
Ponds, streams and waterfalls are beautiful elements in the meditative garden.
Created in a natural style with rocks
and plants often found at water’s
edge.

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Greens
Green plants add lush backdrops for brilliant herbs and flowers. Plant ferns and
foxglove in your meditation garden for shade and for a cooling sensibility.
Imagine perennial green fern fronds reaching up and out, reminiscent of a forest
floor. Plant biennial foxglove toward the back of the garden, taking advantage
of the plant's imposing -- 4 to 5 feet -- shade and thimble-shaped pastel flowers.
Zen Deck
A platform that is used for
meditation purposes. Made up
of bamboo which makes it to
be firm that it is always so easy
to walk on and sit to meditate.

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MASTER PLAN
SHANTI

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PLANTING PLAN
HERBS
SHRUBS
SHRUBS

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PLANTING SPECIES
PLANT NAME CHARACTERISTICS
1. Anise Hyssop
(Agastache
FoeniculuM)
Hyssop is easily grown from seed, either by starting
indoors as you would tomatoes or by sprinkling
outside in spring or fall. Fall-planted seed will
remain dormant and then sprout in the spring; this is
the way mature plants sow their seed.
2. Tea olive tree
(Osmanthus
Fragrans)
Tea olive is also a versatile plant that can make a
great backdrop for other plants. It looks good as a
specimen plant, and its glossy, evergreen leaves
and dense growth habit make it well suited for
screens and hedges. The plants typically flower at
several times throughout the year, with some
bloom cycles heavier than others. Flowers of the
species type are creamy white, while improved
cultivars offer yellow or orange flowers (Osmanthus
fragrans 'Butter Yellow', O. fragrans 'Apricot Gold',
and O. fragrans f. aurantiacus).
3. Mint Plant
(Mentha)
Fast-growing, spreading plants, so you must give
them a place to spread without getting in the way,
or plant them in a pot. Mint sends out runners that
spread above and just below the ground, quickly
forming large, lush green patches. In the right
place it makes a pretty seasonal ground cover.
You can also contain mint in tight places such as
between pavers of a walkway where your feet will
brush against the leaves to release its fragrance.
4. Lotus flower Symbolizes purity, beauty, majesty, grace, fertility,

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(Nelumbo
Nucifera)
wealth, richness, knowledge and serenity. The Pink
Lotus is the National Flower of India. Nelumbo
nucifera is known by a number of common names,
including Sacred lotus, Indian lotus and Sacred
water-lily. The Lotus plant is an aquatic perennial,
native to southern Asia and Australia and most
commonly cultivated in water gardens. The plant
has its roots firmly in the mud and sends out long
stems to which their leaves are attached. The
leaves are sometimes, and Lotus flowers always,
raised above the water surface. The beautiful and
fragrant Lotus flower opens in the morning and
petals fall in the afternoon.
5. Croton Petra
(Codiaeum
Variegatum)
Grown successfully as a house plant or outdoors in
a tropical landscape. It is brightly colored gree,
gold, yellow, rust and red foliage. Grown outdoor
that it can attain to height of 5 – 6 feet , but when
grown indoors, it can be remained as a small
potted plant.
6. Corn Plant
(Dracaena
Fragrans)
Top purifying ornamental plants as declared by the
national aeronautics and space administration. This
plant is widely used in any meditative plants
everywhere.

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MAINTENANCE PLAN
Maintenance ` Quantity Per
Month
Cost
(RM)
Cost Per Month
(RM)
3 Gardeners 12 50.00 1,800.00
1 Supervisor 12 55.00 660.00
Fertilizers 1 100.00 100.00
Pest Control 2 150.00 300.00
Replacing Dead
Plants
4 100.00 400.00
Changing water
for the pond
4 65.00 260.00
Total Per Month 3,520.00

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BILL OF QUANTITY

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CONCLUSION
In this project, it is beneficial to know a lot about landscapes on how
to make it a better place for the convenience of the people.
Likewise, this proposal of constructing a meditative garden is very
useful as anybody can always come to this garden to relax
thenselves in order to distress themselves.
Building this meditative garden in Taylors University Lakeside Campus
will be a great outcome because not only we will be well known for
the education standards of excellence but also the university will be
also well known for its outstanding landscape architecture places
within the campus.