June 2012
The vision for the Visitor Center’s landscape reached well beyond the Center’s immediate project site borders to demonstrate an appropriate larger contextual integration with the Garden. HM White developed a phased implementation strategy that established workable project budgets and construction sequences.
The site design approach is organized around a series of water collecting and cleansing planting features. A new landscape typology of riparian plant communities are introduced to withstand and thrive within a range of moisture fluctuations. Rain and woodland infiltration garden features weave together to create a contextual landscape framework which serves as a new pedagogical tool for the Garden.
