S.U.N. Native Plant Park 

Seattle, Washington

ROLE: landscape architecture

SCOPE OF WORK: public process facilitation, concept through schematic design

STATUS: completed 2009 

CONSTRUCTION COSTS: $120,000

PROJECT TEAM:

	Johnson|Southerland (landscape architect)
	Ragen Associates (landscape contractor)

CLIENT: Saving Urban Nature, Cascade Land Conservancy

A community group and the Cascade Land Conservancy engaged Johnson|Southerland to design a native-plants themed neighborhood park in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of Seattle. The park showcases native plants, their features, associations, traditional uses, and how they can be used in garden design. The park is both an interpretive trail and a community gathering place with low-profile signage, benches, meandering paths, a dry stream bed, and a "lookout rock". Supported by the City of Seattle, Johnson|Southerland conducted a series of public meetings as part of the schematic design process.