Strata Gardening Guidelines
1. These guidelines apply to the exclusive use of planter boxes on levels one to four (inclusive) on the eastern, northern and western elevations of the Rochford strata scheme.
2 Allowable species: Lot owners must choose plant species with growth habits and sizes appropriate to the space available in and around their planter boxes.
Examples include small to medium shrubs, succulents, perennials, herbs, vegetables.
Plants which should not be chosen include vines and creepers which will attach to the building perimeter, or trail below the bottom edge of the planter and obscure the outlook of adjoining lots.
Also unsuitable are trees and plants with vigorous growth habits which may cause damage to the structure of the planter. For example rubber tree plants, larger forms of strelitizia, fiddle leaf fig. Where these plants might grow inadvertently from seeds, lot owners will be responsible to ensure they are removed.
Also unsuitable are plants which may cause nuisance to other lots by excessively spreading seeds (eg nasturtium and many decorative grasses) or excessively dropping leaves or shedding plantmatter to other lots.
3. Planting density. Plants should be selected based on the appropriate size for the planter and surrounding area. Plants should be regularly trimmed and maintained of an appropriate size for the space available. Plants should not be allowed to grow higher than the floor above or to cascade below the bottom of the planter exterior. No creeping plants or vines (eg creeping fig, Boston Ivy) which would attach to the exterior of the building are permitted to be planted in the planter boxes.
4. Related standards: lot owners enjoying the exclusive use of planter boxes should be considerate of other lot owners in the management and care of their plants. The plantings should be cared for by regular watering, weeding, trimming and pruning and the removal of excessive growth or dead plant matter.
2 Allowable species: Lot owners must choose plant species with growth habits and sizes appropriate to the space available in and around their planter boxes.
Examples include small to medium shrubs, succulents, perennials, herbs, vegetables.
Plants which should not be chosen include vines and creepers which will attach to the building perimeter, or trail below the bottom edge of the planter and obscure the outlook of adjoining lots.
Also unsuitable are trees and plants with vigorous growth habits which may cause damage to the structure of the planter. For example rubber tree plants, larger forms of strelitizia, fiddle leaf fig. Where these plants might grow inadvertently from seeds, lot owners will be responsible to ensure they are removed.
Also unsuitable are plants which may cause nuisance to other lots by excessively spreading seeds (eg nasturtium and many decorative grasses) or excessively dropping leaves or shedding plantmatter to other lots.
3. Planting density. Plants should be selected based on the appropriate size for the planter and surrounding area. Plants should be regularly trimmed and maintained of an appropriate size for the space available. Plants should not be allowed to grow higher than the floor above or to cascade below the bottom of the planter exterior. No creeping plants or vines (eg creeping fig, Boston Ivy) which would attach to the exterior of the building are permitted to be planted in the planter boxes.
4. Related standards: lot owners enjoying the exclusive use of planter boxes should be considerate of other lot owners in the management and care of their plants. The plantings should be cared for by regular watering, weeding, trimming and pruning and the removal of excessive growth or dead plant matter.