Table 2.

Site Observation Matrix

Design	Positive Observations	Negative Observations
10th @Hoyt	rain message clear in hardscape elements: downspouts, stepped runnels, level spreader, horizontal runnels rain message remains lively and eye‐catching rain message clarity near plants is retained through plant editing, trimming	silt deposits in river stone
The Dell	rainwater trail clear in hardscape elements: raised channel to level spreader to pond; upper pond to forebay to lower pond rain message clear in signage
Growing Vine	rain message clear in hardscape elements: planted downspout; downspout to “Beckoning Cistern”; stepped basins below cistern “Beckoning Cistern” and planted downspout remain eye‐catching	some algae buildup in concrete scuppers of stepped basins river stone rainwater trail no longer evident in Pea Patch plant growth obscures rainwater trail in Pea Patch
High Point	rain message clear in hardscape elements: “raindrops” incised in sidewalk; downspouts to salmon splash blocks; curb cuts to swales rain message clear in signage	plant growth obscures rain message in planted swales some algae buildup in salmon splash blocks
Historic 4th Ward	rain message clear in hardscape elements: river rock lines in walls denoting 100‐year and 500‐year storm levels	uncontrolled and weedy plant growth in many areas weeds and sediment in spiral runnel debris blocks large pipe opening to major runnel river stones embedded in major runnel largely removed by water flow
Kansas State ISC	rain message clear in hardscape elements: scuppers from gutter signage explaining native plants helps to mitigate perception of weediness flowering of native plants helps to mitigate perception of weediness	plant growth obscures rain message in rain‐receiving bowls and rain garden cells leggy, uncontrolled plant growth in many areas
NE Siskiyou Street	rain message clear in hardscape elements: curb cuts into curb extensions rain message clear in signage	plant growth obscures rain message in curb extensions clay and riverstone checkdams replaced with concrete
Oregon Convention Center	rain message clear in hardscape elements: scuppers from wall; abstracted riverbed; weirs rain message clear in signage rain message clarity near plants is retained through plant editing, trimming	some debris in rainwater trail
Outwash Basin at the Stata Center	rain message clear in signage	dramatic plant removal changes appearance
Pierce County Environmental Services	rain message clear in hardscape elements: scupper from roof; spiraling water channel rain message clear in signage	plant growth obscures rain message in many parts of system weeds and sediment in rock‐lined swale some faded, scratched signage
Queens Botanical Garden	rainwater trail clear in hardscape elements: fountain to rainwater stream; concrete channel rain message clear in signage	weeds in pavers along rainwater stream
Ridge and Valley Terrace	rain message clear in hardscape elements: butterfly roof to wall scupper; rainwater drop from scupper to incised rivers and streams in terrace rain message clear in signage
Shoemaker Green	rain message clear in hardscape elements: trench drains to curb cuts into rain garden rain message clear in “Discover Penn” cell phone audio tour recording	significant plant change obscures rainwater trail in rain garden extensive plant growth and loss in rain garden displacement of river stone in rainwater trail renders trail invisible
Southwest Recreation Center	rain message clear in hardscape elements: wall scuppers to bowls to runnels to rain garden sculptures and hardscape rainwater trail reman eye‐catching rain message clear in signage for sculptures
Stephen Epler Hall	rain message clear in hardscape elements: downspouts to rain boxes to scuppers to runnels to sunken planters	debris at water pipe entry into planters
Swarthmore Science Center	rain message clear in hardscape elements: water wall to raised runnel to stone‐filled basin; stepped runnel to raised runnel to stone‐filled basin rain message clear in signage	some encroachment of plants obscures part of one runnel some algae buildup in concrete stepped runnel
Washougal Town Center	rain message clear in hardscape elements: aqueduct to splash sculpture to level spreaders to planter box; downspouts to level spreaders to planter boxes rain message clarity near plants is retained through plant editing, trimming, some replacement with river stone