As a key step in realizing the ecological and educational goals of the Griffith Park Urban Environmental Center at the site of the historic Commonwealth Nursery, the landscape surrounding the Nursery House affords a much-needed opportunity to demonstrate sustainable landscaping in keeping with environmental best practices and the Urban Wilderness Identity of Griffith Park.

By showcasing an ecologically-sound landscape and hands-on "seed-to-landscape" nursery classroom, it will enable us to create an outdoor learning environment meant to engage the Los Angeles community in native plant horticulture and provide a multi-faceted and dynamic model from which other landscape projects throughout Los Angeles can benefit.