With its innovative design and implementation of an ecologically-focused landscape management program, Seneca CITE is a landmark campus project that furthers sustainability and intertwines ecological stewardship with the educational experience. Traditional landscape management practices of large turf areas that require pesticides and frequent mowing were avoided through the use of turf alternatives and plant species communities designed to coexist within the landscape. This further promotes sustainability by redirecting management resources from activities like mowing to selective weeding instead. Working with the client beyond project completion to respond to the evolving landscape elevated CITE from a typical project to a true collaboration that explored how to better design for a changing climate and how to manage that landscape through time.
