Landscape Design 5
Planting Design
In this course, plants and plant groups are studied as basic design elements in the landscape. Instruction emphasizes the arrangement of plant materials for defining, sequencing, and articulating space. Ecological and cultural contexts are examined as determinants for sharply focused design concepts.
Instructor
PAMELA BRIEF
Project Location
SISTERS OF SOCIAL SERVICE
ENCINO/CA
judges
ALISON TERRY – TERRY DESIGN INC.
CATHERINE MCLAUGLIN – FARMSCAPE
HALALEH BEHNAHANI – HB LANDSCAPE DESIGN
SCRIBES
KATJA PEPE
TATE PERRINE
Project 1: Sister of Social Service
SCASLA Achievement Award
Good graphics, nice enlargements, and good use of callout style. Companion plants with chill hours are great. Very impressive, effective, and professional. Design is beautiful.
Healing and Nourishing Garden Planting Plan
Student: Callie Ham
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Malibu Creek State Park Visitor’s Center
Student: Holly Cory
Healing garden at the Sisters of Social Service Retreat Center honors the site’s legacy of compassion, justice, and care for women, children, and the greater community. Rooted in the Benedictine tradition and inspired by the Universal elements of AIR, WATER, EARTH, FIRE and SPACE, the design invites both public and private reflection through a series of interconnected spaces.
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SCASLA Honorable Mention
Thoughtful, thorough work with proper photo credits, a lovely knot garden at the center, a nice key plan, and perspectives that convey scale. Clear vision and lots of care.
An Extravagant Welcome Plant Redesign for the Holy Spirit Retreat Center
Student: Kristin Byrd
The big idea of my garden is to extend an extravagant welcome to anyone who visits, to extend hospitality with a nourishing garden and place for reflection and recovery with healing gardens and water features. The gardens are a place of abundance, with healthy foods grown on site to be enjoyed during community gatherings. The gardens rely primarily on California native plants to create an inviting setting for both people, birds, and wildlife.
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Sisters of Social Service Planting Plan
Student: Nikki Rinehart
Healing the earth through Community, Resiliency, and Habitat for all.
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HOLY SPIRIT RETREAT CENTER
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION, ECOLOGICAL RESPONSIBILITY & EMPOWERING WOMEN.
Student: Patrese Winter
A landscape of spiritual reflection and ecological responsibility that empowers women, fosters healing spaces, celebrates edible abundance, and restores biodiversity for a sustainable future.
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SCASLA Achievement Award
A beautiful—if somewhat esoteric—big idea, presented with a highly effective opening spread: tree knowledge, sizing, and usage that go beyond blooms show real planting-design understanding. The tight palette, clean circles aligned to graphs, and professional, guidebook-quality pages make the set feel “done for us” in the best way—concise and compelling. Groupings are strong, 1/4″ plant callouts are helpful. The section is charming. The three maintenance sheets are a smart inclusion, and overall the package invites the viewer to read.
Sisters of Social Service Planting Plan
Student: Tate Perrine
Redesign a portion of Sisters of Social Service site. Consider plant palette and plant placement.
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SISTERS OF SOCIAL SERVICE
A HEALING JOURNEY THROUGH NATURE
Student: Victoria Stover
This landscape design offers a healing journey through nature to visitors and residents of The Sisters of Social Service.
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SCASLA Excellence Award
Clear, well-read site analysis and a thorough, conceptual approach beyond simple bubbles, supported by beautiful imagery and effective existing photos. The narrative from photo to plants to plan works, and the renderings—especially the immersive perspective—bring us into the space; overall graphics are engaging and a pleasure to interact with. Lots of work here—creative, pretty, and graphically strong.
Sisters of Social Service Planting Plan
Student: Zoe Marans
Inspired by the Sisters of Social Service’s commitment to welcoming diverse people, this design uses the universe as a guiding theme to convey unity, acceptance, and spiritual healing, universal human challenges and experiences. The Celestial Garden is composed of three distinct areas: the Zen gardens for quiet contemplation in which all plants have a secondary purpose either culturally, medicinally, or edible; the Water gardens to promote energy and vitality among visitors while providing habitat for local wildlife; and the Nourishing gardens with citrus groves, raised beds, espaliered walkways, and an herbal tea meadow, which offer a therapeutic gardening experience and providing food for residents and visitors.
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