City Park Golf Course

City Park Golf Course lies in the middle of a flood plain where increased stormwater volume caused frequent neighborhood flooding affecting thousands of homes. The challenge: redesign a historically designated 1913 public golf course in the heart of an urban environment without changing its character or removing a significant amount of existing tree canopy, while providing green infrastructure.

The landscape architect worked seamlessly with the golf course architect, civil/stormwater engineer, an arborist and the clubhouse architect to shape an integrated design solution. The result: environmental and community benefits including newly constructed wetland habitat areas, preserving the majority of the existing trees, introducing a new urban forest succession plan, converting potable irrigation water from the City’s new reclaimed grey water system, and improving golf course layout and playability with a new clubhouse amenity open to the public.