Learning Landscape
Working with the Academy for the Love of Learning, radicle developed an experiential educational program and Learning Landscape Tours to complement the Seton Legacy Project and Gallery. Awarded the 2012 City of Santa Fe Sustainable Award for Water Conservation, this Gold LEED-certified project was created to allow for phased implementation across the 85-acre site.
Completed infrastructure to date includes landform grading to slow erosion and harvest surface water runoff, gray- and black-water purification systems, and a 55,000 gallon capacity rainwater harvesting system, as well as an heirloom orchard and native plantings.
The vision…
Academy campus in Seton Village.
Inner Courtyard with custom designed and fabricated steel and cable trellis supporting heirloom grape vines.
Welcome driveway circle with Sand Love native grass species.
Native grass and shrub species lead to art studios.
Front entrance outdoor meeting area. Moonlight Broom shrub species grace walkway.
Vision for over sized waffle beds at Seton Castle courtyard.
Sand Love grass winter sculpture.
Steel and cable trellis detail.
Berms and swales slow and direct surface water runoff to support vibrant germination and productive vegetation.
Nest protected in spiny Cholla.
Front entrance Heavy Metal Switch Grass.
Driveway circle respite banco.
Inner courtyard meditation hall grasses with a glimpse of grapes.
Inner courtyard Buffalo grass texture.
Willow sculpture by Connie Schaekel graces circular flagstone patio surrounded by Spring Snow crabapples.