Turf Management Plan for Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Kinderhook, New York PDF
Preview Turf Management Plan for Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Kinderhook, New York
National Park Service U.S. Departmentofthe Interior 29.2:T 84 I ClemsonUniversil — f. .<^^ - -3i^y|L^J| /..Vr ^ i •, m X; L.^T^^J—i - —^^- ,•1 -I^^'M-.t^•H .. 1 .^^i ... ;-V:.>a y > >' .7 '^ . Turf Management Plan FOR Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/turfmanagementplOOquir Turf Management Plan FOR Martin Van Buren National Historic Site KiNDERHOOK, NEW YORK HistoricalOverview Existing Conditions LawnPreservationGuidelines LawnMaintenance Guidelines MatthewQuirey ConservationAssociate Olmsted CenterforLandscape Preservation CharlesPepper Project Lead,Manager, PreservationMaintenanceandEducation Olmsted CenterforLandscape Preservation A. MartinPetrovic ProfessorofHorticulture CornellUniversity OlmstedCenterforLandscape Preservation NationalParkService,Boston,Massachusetts,2010 TurfManagementPlanforMartinVanBurenNationalHistoricSite TheOlmstedCenterforLandscapePreservationpromotesthestewardshipof significantlandscapesthroughresearch,planning,and sustainablepreservation maintenance.TheCenteraccompHshesitsmissionin collaborationwithanetworkof partnersincludingnationalparks,universities,governmentagencies,andprivate nonprofitorganizations.Techniquesandprinciplesofpreservationpracticearemade availablethroughtrainingandpublications. OlmstedCenterforLandscapePreservation BostonNationalHistoricalPark CharlestownNavyYard,QuartersC MA Boston, 02129 wwfw.nps.gov/oclp/ PublicationCredits:Graphicsfrom sourcesotherthan federalrepositoriesmaynotbe reproducedwithoutthepermissionoftheownersnoted inthe captions.Other informationinthispublication maybecopiedandusedwith the conditionthatfull creditbegiventotheauthorsandpublisher. Appropriatecitationsandbibliographic creditsshouldbemadeforeachuse. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-Publication Data Quirey,MatthewJohn, 1980- TurfmanagementplanforMartinVanBurenNationalHistoricSite,Kinderhook, NewYork/MatthewQuirey,CharlesPepper,A. MartinPetrovic. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. \. Van Buren,Martin, 1782-1862—Homesand haunts.2. Turfmanagement--New York(State)—MartinVan Buren National HistoricSite.3. MartinVan Buren NationalHistoricSite (N.Y.) I. Pepper,CharlesL.II. Petrovic,A. Martin (Anthony Martin) III.OlmstedCenterforLandscapePreservation (U.S.) IV.Title. SB433.16.N7Q572010 635.9'6420974739-dc22 2010034965 National ParkService,DenverTechnicalInformationCenterreportNPS460/104797 CoverPhoto: Lindenwaldandfront lawn,nodate.HistoricAmerican Buildings Survey. TitlePage: Lindenwaldand frontlawn,nodate,HistoricAmerican BuildingsSurvey. TableofContents TABLE OF COMTEMTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS V FOREWORD VII ACKMOWLEDCMEMTS IX iniTRODUCTIOni 1 1. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 3 Site History 3 LawnHistory 6 Summary 14 2. EXISTiniC CONDITIONS 17 Setting 17 Climate 17 Soils 17 Light 18 TurfComposition 18 MaintenancePractices 18 LawnUse 21 3. LAWN PRESERVATION GUIDELINES 23 ManagementPhilosophyandObjectives 23 4. LAWN MAINTENANCE PRACTICES 29 Overview 29 PreservationMaintenance 29 Integrated PestManagement 35 MaintenanceCalendar 41 Record Keeping 42 REFERENCES 43 APPENDICES 45 A. SiteAnalysisResults 45 B. EvaluationofHistoricLawnsand HighCutMowers 53 C. DirectionsforSoil Sample Collection 61 TurfManagementPlanforMartinVanBurenNationalHistoricSite VI Foreword FOREWORD ThecompletionofthisplancomesatanopportunetimeastheMartin VanBuren National HistoricSiteisundergoingits firstGeneral ManagementPlan.The GeneralManagementPlanwillusethebestinformationavailableincurrent scholarshiptodevelopseveralalternative visionsforthe future ofthesite.The Olmsted CenterforLandscapePreservationhasalreadycontributedtwoCultural LandscapeReportsandaCulturalLandscapeTreatmentPlanforthehistoric core,keydocumentsuponwhichtheNPS hasreliedformanagingVan Buren's Lindenwald.Thisfascinatingreportwillcertainlybeanimportantpartofany discussionregardingthe Lindenwald cultural landscape. Iwouldliketo conveythe park'sgratitudetotheOlmsted CenterforLandscape Preservation,inparticularCharliePepperandMatthewQuirey,forbuilding uponearlierworkbyMartyPetrovicatCornell Universitytoproducethisuseful reportprovidingfirst-ratescholarshipandpracticalguidelinesformaintenance ofthehistoric lawn. Implementationoftheplanwillnotonlyresultinamore accurateappearanceforLindenwald,butwill alsobetterprotectlandscape resources andenhancethevisitorexperience. Daniel Dattilio J. Superintendent MartinVanBurenNational HistoricSite TurfManagementPlanforMartinVanBurenNationalHistoricSite Acknowledgments ACKNOWLEDGMEniTS Manyindividualscontributedtothecompletionofthisreport. AttheMartin VanBurenNational Historic Site,wewouldliketothankDanDattilio, Superintendent;PatriciaWest,Curator;andJonColson,FacilityManager,for providingprojectdirection;informationonthehistory,managementand stewardshipofthe site;assistingwithfieldassessments;andreviewingdraft documents. AtCornellUniversity, CollegeofAgricultureand LifeSciences,Departmentof Horticulturewewouldliketothank SaraKlee,formerGraduate Student,forher assistancewithestablishingon-sitetestplotsforevaluatingdifferent compositionsofturfgrasstypestobestreflectthe desiredhistoriccharacter, documentingexistingturfconditions,providingvaluableinformationonthe historyofAmericanturfgrassmanagement,and contributinginitial turf maintenancerecommendations. AttheOlmstedCenterforLandscapePreservation,wewouldliketothank MargieCoffinBrown,Lead,PreservationPlanning,forsharingvaluable informationonthehistory,significanceandpreservationofthecultural landscapeatthe MartinVanBurenNational HistoricSiteandreview comments based onherlong-standingworkatthesite;TimLayton,Historical Landscape Architect,forhisassistancewithreportformatting;andKathleenFitzgerald, Historical LandscapeArchitect,forprovidinginformationonthe Facility ManagementSoftware Systemanditsinterfacewithmaintenance recommendationsinthisreport.ThanksalsotoAndrewLouw,Intern,for assistingwiththepreparationofbaseplans. TurfManagementPlanforMartinVanBurenNationalHistoricSite
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