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Parks
and Recreation
To design a plan for Powell's Centennial Park, Peaks to Plains Design worked in a collabrative effort with local community members. The park space occupies approximately 8.5 acres of open land on the city's western edge, and provides views of the distant Beartooth and North Absorka mountain ranges and Heart Mountain.
The project team held a public charrette during the early stages of development to receive community input. Attendees were given design options and park functions to choose from, and were also allowed to produce their own ideas for features like miniature golf, playground equipment and a sled hill. One unquie idea produced from the charrette was to create a high-class skate park that will draw visitors from all over Wyoming.
Peaks to Plains Design then completed a plan set that was comprised of grading, hardscape , and planting plans. The finished plan for the park included minature golf, a skateboard park, sled hill, playground, walking trail, and a covered picnic pavillion.
Peaks to Plains Design provided the City of Powell with graphic illustrations of the park's features and a 3D simulation video to market the plan for fund-raising for construction.
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Peaks to Plains Design developed a natural-appearing, low water landscape for the new visitor's center at Pictograph Caves State Park. Local boulders were integrated into the pavement and placed near the foundation of the building, resembling an emergent rock outcropping. The Billings Gazette commented that "The building seems to grow out of the hillside landscape designed by [Peaks to Plains Design]."
Furthermore, the boulders were used to disguise a unique water-catch system, in which no gutters or visible drain inlets are present. Plant selection reflect the existing ecosystem, using only species that are native to the area.
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Peaks to Plains Design has recently completed the newest aquatics facility for the Heights Neighborhood in Billings in over 20 years! The design encompasses a peanut-shaped colored concrete surface with a trench drain that collects the water from the spray pad to a holding pond. The water from the pond becomes an aesthetic feature as well as a reservoir for irrigation water for the park.
The play elements include age-appropriate play apparatus as well as water-conserving nozzles. By far, the water cannons are one of the most popular features on the pad. The system is controlled by a timer that is adjustable for the duration of the features, sequence of the ground sprays and operating hours.
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Peaks to Plains Design has been part of 29 acres of parkland development for the Cattail Creek Subdivision in Bozeman, Montana. The park lands have been developed in four phases since 2001. The parkway includes Cattail Creek, which also holds several small ponds, a walking trail, benches, unprogrammed open space and numerous tree and shrub plantings.
Sandan Park is 3.12 acres of active recreation. It features a large, flat open space, an internal circular sidewalk, benches and a playground, complete with a real boulder climbing wall. The park boundaries are defined with six-foot high berms on the east and west axis.
Cattail Creek Parkway, the Developers, Sandan LLC, and the Design Team have been recognized by the Gallatin Valley Land Trust for outstanding quality as a community park and trail system.
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Peaks to Plains Design worked with civil engineers to design the reconfiguration of the entry road to the Pompeys Pillar National Monument. The landscape architecture included strategic placement of plant material to screen maintenance facilities and frame views. The design included pedestrian sitting areas in the parking lot, design of a large flag display, traffic circle landscaping, and integration of agency signage and native plant materials. A efficent irrigation system was designed for the new road and parking lot using water from an existing well and a newly created well.
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