Mike, as Senior Designer, created a California-themed landscape designed to complement the Los Angeles Zoo’s new Pre-Ticketing Plaza, Entry Plaza and Sea Lion Exhibit.

As the first element to be seen by visitors 
arriving at the zoo, the landscaping will tell a story about California while giving visitors the sense that they have arrived at an exciting destination.  

Use of date palm and olive groves, large coast live oaks, and bold indigenous plantings reflect the historic agricultural patterns and natural communities of Southern California. An “inland foothills” environment has been sculpted into the north side of a grand staircase. An arroyo with water running down the “hills” amidst native plantings give visitors the sense that they are passing through an area similar to the picturesque foothills of the region. On the south side of the grand staircase, a coastal bluff has been designed to fuse a series of terraces that overlook the Sea Lion Exhibit.

*Work completed while with another company.