Public Open Space Guidelines 2.17 Mb - Devonport City Council

Use of garden beds.• Priority for placement of garden beds should be to enhance activity nodes,to highlight entrances or gateways, and to create focal points.• Placement and design of garden beds must consider:• The need to maintain a mown area between garden beds andadjacent residences; (3 metre minimum)• The need to maintain a mown firebreak; (10 metre minimum)• Preserving desirable views and vistas through the landscape;• Surveillance of open space to reduce vandalism;• Maintaining visibility within open space to ensure user safety;• Screening of undesirable views.• Where garden beds are placed at entrances and path junctions, only lowshrubs (