Smithfield, VA: Windsor Castle Park Longleaf Pine Demonstration Area Expansion Conceptual Site Master Plan

In 2014, the Town of Smithfield, the non-profit Windsor Castle Park Foundation, and representatives of the Virginia Department of Forestry decided to explore the possibility of creating a forest of native species on approximately 3.5 acres of Windsor Castle Park’s farmland adjoining the Route 10 bypass. The project would serve to reintroduce species such as the Virginia Longleaf Pine.

In 2020, the Community Design Assistance Center worked with a Stakeholders Committee comprised of different agencies such as the Windsor Castle Park (WCP) Foundation, Windsor Castle Park, the Town of Smithfield, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF), and the Nature Conservancy (TNC) to develop the conceptual site master plan for the 3.5 acre demonstration area.

In 2022, it was decided that they needed a conceptual site master plan that depicts the expanded planting of longleaf pines and additional walking trails in Windsor Castle Park in the ~8.7 acre field north of the existing 3.5 acre planted area. The Community Design Assistance Center (CDAC) worked with a stakeholders committee to create the conceptual master plan for this area.