Memory Grove Reconstruction - Landmark Design, Inc.

Landmark Design recently completed work on Phase I of Memory Grove Reconstruction. The project focuses on re-establishing the Traditional Park area damaged by a 1999 tornado, and creating a more environmentally-appropriate park in the process.

In addition to planting several hundred new trees and repairing sidewalks and other features damaged by the tornado, the design introduces three new plazas, reconstructs historic steps on the west hillside, repairs memorial features, and introduces water-saving planting materials and demonstration areas throughout the site. The water-saving approach is demonstrated by the west hillside, which was a steep and difficult to manage lawn. The hillside and large segments of the rest of the park have been converted into water-conserving gardens, and will eventually include interpretive signs and other features to educate the public about the possibilities of drought-tolerant plant materials and design.

Other elements of the project include the removal of trees damaged by the tornado, stabilization of eroded and denuded steep slopes surrounding the park, introduction of coordinated system of lighting and park furnishings, development of a connected and fully-accessible system of pathways, and re-establishment of formal tree rows along both sides of Canyon Road. Construction was completed in November 2002.