Feature Projects
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi
For the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi (TMMMS) plant, located at Blue Springs, MS, Toyota wants to pay more than lip service to the term sustainable. Toyota's vision of a sustainable plant has historically embraced the following concepts:
- Innovative production approaches
- Utilization of renewable energy sources
- Afforestation/reforestation based on naturally occurring vegetation
The TMMMS site could also implement enhanced land?use practices such as sustainable logging of pine and hardwoods, solar collectors for energy production, and harvesting traditional agricultural products such as hay and grasses.
LANDSCAPE ZONES
The vision plan identifies three distinct landscape zones for the TMMMS site. Within each zone there is one or more landscape type. Landscape zones describe the overall intent and function of the landscape, while the landscape types describe the specific elements in the landscape.
Announcement
The announcement zone includes the following landscape types:
- Canopy and Understory Landscape
- Meadow/Grassland Landscape
- Landscape Nodes
Elements in this zone should be organized in large, linear masses that will provide the greatest effect from the perspective of the highway traveler. Improvement to this zone will require coordination with MDOT, but is vital to extend the character of the facility.
Facility Context
The facility context zone includes the following landscape types:
- Landscape Nodes
- Meadow/Grassland Landscape
- Canopy and Understory Landscape
- Agricultural Landscape
The most diverse zone, the facility context zone will require the greatest level of management. However, energy should be focused on key landscape nodes which visitors and pedestrians will come in contact with.
Restoration
The restoration zone includes the following landscape types:
- Meadow/Grassland Landscape
- Forest Landscape
- The restoration zone occurs at the edges of the site and priorities will primarily be Afforestation efforts.
Projects
- Forested Stream Exhibit at the Crosby Arboretum
- Arboretum goes high-tech with app
- County museum shows images of the past, visions of the future
- Department assists Welty House with Landscape Management Plan
- Design Week 2012: Caribbean Eco-Resort
- MSU professor launches book about arboretum
- MSU students offer community development resources in Delta
- MSU workshop teaches how to garden with prairies
- Stormwater runoff focus of MSU design team challenge
- Survey reveals growing niche for native plants
- Sustainable living saves money, energy
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi
- Trial beach site aces Isaac's test
