FENCE ME IN competition guidelines

By kmmcwhorter ( August 30, 2009 at 8:54 am) · Filed under Garden Start-up, Gardens, Uncategorized

FENCE ME IN

Thanks for your interest in the Fence Me In design competition! We’re excited to see your ideas and hope that this competition will lead to fun and beautiful fences not just at the Festival Beach site but around Austin.  For Festival Beach site photos and more information, see the link to your left. For the full site plan view this PDF file. 

We are looking for practical design solutions as well as the wild, wonderful and utterly unbuildable. Deadline is October 15th at 5pm. Entries can be sent electronically (pdf or jpg) to festivalbeachgarden@gmail.com or mailed to Festival Beach Garden c/o 1200 Garden Street, Austin, TX 78702. Entries will be judged by a panel made up of representatives from the Festival Beach community garden and neighborhood, Austin Parks and Recreation, Sustainable Food Center, a local landscape architecture firm and a local arts organization. All entries will be displayed online and at the Festival Beach Garden kick-off party (date TBD). And the winning design(s) will be built by a great team of volunteers at the new Festival Beach Community Garden!

Design guidelines:

We are looking for a “kit of parts” fence that can be made to be as long or as short as we need it and that includes:

  • permanent, durable perimeter fencing
  • a truck gate (8’ minimum clear opening, lockable)
  • a pedestrian gate (3’ minimum clear opening, lockable)
  • seating, shade, signage and plantings can be incorporated
  • Easy to construct with low-skilled labor (you and me)
  • Not too spendy (low-cost — salvaged, recycled, donated materials ideal)
  • Keeps the vegetables in and would-be invaders out (suggested height is 6’)
  • Lasts forever (or at least ten years) with no or low maintenance
  • And delights the neighbors!

Submission guidelines:

Please include the following:

o Cover sheet: Designer’s name, email and phone number

· Title of project

· List of materials per 5 foot section

o Drawings: Drawings of each section of the fence (fence, pedestrian gate and truck gate), including how the fence will stay up

o Details: Close-up drawings of the way pieces are connected to each other

Questions?

Email festivalbeachgarden@gmail.com or call 512 917 8688. Thanks!

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