This is the controversial ‘off leash dog area’ specifically built for their exclusive use. This was contentious. Dog owners wanted a much larger area. This surface was designed to hold up to their year round use, no mud, ever. To do this it has its own drain system which also isolates the movement of dog waste and associated bacteria so that it doesn’t flow into they City’s sewer system, as per BES requirement. Concentrate anything into a small area and it becomes ‘waste’. In the foreground are Katsura Trees with a simple groundcover mass planting. Will it resist weed invasion?