Learning Landscape
Here, an experiential educational program and Learning Landscape Tours complement the Seton Legacy Project and Gallery at Santa Fe’s Academy for the Love of Learning. Awarded the 2012 City of Santa Fe Sustainable Award for Water Conservation, this 85-acre Gold LEED-certified project was created to allow for phased implementation.
To date the project includes landform grading that slows erosion and harvests surface water runoff, gray- and black-water purification systems, and a 55,000-gallon capacity rainwater harvesting system. An heirloom orchard and native plantings .
The Academy for the Love of Learning campus in Seton Village.
An inner courtyard features a custom designed and fabricated steel and cable trellis that supports heirloom grape vines.
Sand Love native grass species adorn the welcome driveway.
Native grass and shrub species lead to art studios.
Moonlight Broom shrub species grace the walkway along the front entrance's outdoor meeting area.
A vision for oversized waffle beds in the Seton Castle courtyard
Sand Love grass creates a winter sculpture.
Steel and cable trellis detail
Berms and swales slow and direct surface-water runoff to support vibrant germination and productive vegetation.
A nest gains protection inside the spiny Cholla.
Heavy Metal Switch Grass grows by the Academy's front entrance.
A respite banco sits by the entry circle.
A view of the inner courtyard meditation hall's grasses with a glimpse of grapes.
Buffalo grass adds texture to an inner courtyard.
A willow sculpture by Connie Schaekel graces a circular flagstone patio surrounded by Spring Snow crabapples.