Fountain Plaza And Art Gardens

Abstract

Redeveloping Fountain Hills, Arizona downtown district into an Urban Agricultural Greenway, Fountain Farms will provide commerce and produce to the city. Is it possible to use Urban Agriculture to mend a broken downtown center and make it a productive landscape that provides food, entertainment, and therapy to residents and visitors? Can the elderly benefit from an urban agricultural installation? Through the research, case studies and literary reviews, I will prove that urban agriculture can revitalize Fountain Hills, Arizona. This will help the field of landscape architecture by providing an example that urban agriculture can be done anywhere in any climate. Through the research, exploring the topics of permaculture, therapy gardens, and urban revitalization all contribute to how Fountain Farms will function. Transforming an empty lot into a downtown center for gathering and commerce, Fountain Farm will promote, revitalize and restore the sense of pride in Fountain Hills.