Project Implementation

THUR-FS-03: Terremoto Garden Tour

Thursday, September 17, 2026

12:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

2.50 PDH, LA CES/HSW
Ticket Price: $150 per person

Field Session Leader(s)

Jennifer A. Jones, ASLA

Principal
Terremoto Landscape
Los Angeles, CA
David Godshall, ASLA

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

Field Session Presenter(s)

Kara Holekamp, na

Landscape Architect
Terremoto
Los Angeles, CA

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.