THUR-FS-03: Ecological Garden Design in Los Angeles

Field Session Leader(s)

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  Jennifer A. Jones, ASLA

  Principal
  Terremoto Landscape
  Los Angeles, California
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  David Godshall, ASLA

  Landscape Architect, Co-Founder and Principal
  TERREMOTO
  Los Angeles, California

Field Session Presenter(s)

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  Kara Holekamp Foster (she/her/hers)

  Landscape Architect
  Terremoto
  Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles/ Caitlin Atkinson

Explore the unique landscape of Los Angeles through a tour of three distinct gardens. The journey includes a historic hillside apartment complex featuring stunning architecture by Rudolph Schindler, a 1920s Andalusian garden restored with a native palette, and a native gravel garden at a local coffee shop.

Includes transportation. Moderate walking.

Learning Outcomes:

• See examples of ecological gardens in both residential and commercial settings.
• Learn how to use native plants and to foreground habitat within formal and historic gardens.
• Study examples of design solutions for steep hillside gardens.
• Explore a unique approach to garden-making, using improvisation, material reuse, ecology, and labor-forward practices.