Kaiser Permanente Medical Offices

Challenge

Create a plan to build on Kaiser Permanente’s Petaluma location at the southern entrance to the town, surrounded by vast agricultural fields in a scenic, windy corridor

Solution

• Use mass flat plantings of drought-tolerant grasses around parking area to blend with adjacent farm fields
• Use colorful and richly textured plantings in defining pedestrian spaces

Special Features

• Grasses take advantage of winds to create a moving landscape
• Design is easy to maintain
• Drought-tolerant garden demonstrates how a water-wise landscape can be exciting and provide year-round interest