MIRIDAE

CADA ON-CALL COURTYARD

public agency
SACRAMENTO, CA | 2022

Miridae is the on-call landscape architect for the Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA) and has designed a handful of projects and counting for the public agency, including streetscape and courtyards for their affordable housing units. This courtyard design transforms a compacted dirt yard into a vibrant community space, habitat, and rain garden. The design integrates two new seating areas, defined by social and solitary spaces, and connects the various apartment building entrances.

HIGHLIGHTED PLANTS

Calycanthus occidentalis (Spice Bush)
Carpenteria californica ‘Elizabeth’ (Elizabeth Bush Anemone)
Cornus sericea (Red-Osier Dogwood)
Heuchera maxima (Island Alum Root)
Iris douglasiana ‘Canyon Snow’ (Canyon Snow Iris)
Juncus patens (Common Rush)
Ribes viburnifolium (Catalina Currant)
Sisyrinchium bellum (Blue-Eyed Grass)
Woodwardia fimbriata (Giant Chain Fern)

Images by Miridae