Second Edition

This report is the product of a more than one-year-long effort from concerned members of the University of North Carolina community to ensure that the culturally, historically, & ecologically significant trees & landscaped spaces of the Chapel Hill campus are preserved & maintained in a manner befitting their beauty & grandeur.

At the time of this writing, Carolina is in the middle of the most significant building & renovation period in its history. Such a program poses many significant challenges to the survival & well-being of our cherished trees & landscapes. This report attempts to identify, promote awareness, & provide guidelines for both the protection & enhancement of the grounds of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Furthermore, this report is intended to work within the framework of two earlier documents that help guide development of the campus: the 2002 UNC Master Plan & the 1997 Report of the Chancellor’s Task Force on Intellectual Climate at UNC. We hope that members of the university community as well as outside consultants & contractors will find this information both useful & pertinent.

• Cover, Contents, & Preambles
  
  
• Introduction
  1. Charge To The Task Force
  2. Task Force Recommendations
  3. Who Should Use The Report
  4. Unique Character Of Carolina’S Historic Campus Landscape
  5. A Vision For The Present & Future Campus Landscape
  
  
• Heritage Trees & Landmark Spaces
  1. Definitions: Heritage Trees / Landmark Spaces / Designated Officials
  2. Designation Criteria & Process: Criteria / Process
  3. Protection Measures For Heritage Trees & Landmark Spaces
  4. Removal Process For Heritage Trees & Landmark Spaces
  5. Appendices: Heritage Tree Form / Heritage Tree List & Maps / Landmark Spaces / Significant Trees / Significant Landscapes / Plant Collections / List Of Future Projects
  
  
• Guidelines for Landscape Designers Working on the UNC-Chapel Hill Campus
  1. Who Should Use These Guidelines
  2. The Goal Of The Guidelines
  3. Overall Campus Landscape Objectives
  4. Campus Landscape Design Guidelines: Plan Submittals / Construction Coordination / Cost Estimates / Surveys / Utility Impacts / Tree Protection Plan / Pedestrian Circulation Plan
  5. Planting Guidelines
  6. Hardscape Guidelines: Streetscapes / Parking Lots / Sitting Areas & Seat Walls
  7. Way-Finding
  8. Stormwater
  9. Landscape Characteristics & Guidelines Specific To The Three Districts: North, Southwest, & Southeast
  10. Recommendations For Landscape Designers When Working In Each District: North Campus District / Southwest Campus District / Southeast Campus District
  11. Appendices: Broadleaf Evergreens / Deciduous Native Shrubs / Deciduous Non-Native Shrubs / Deciduous Trees / Evergreen Trees / Invasive Plants

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