African Savanna
Dublin Core
Title
African Savanna
Description
This colored sketch from page 12 of the Louisville Zoo Botanical Master Plan shows distant trees and a zebra behind a grassy area. Birds and colorful flowers are in the foreground. “As illustrated above, the African savanna will include collections of more onamental grasses in key locations to demonstrate the wide diversity in color, size and texture: glossy red ribbons of blood grass, the large fountain-like foliage of miscanthus and the cool glaucous tints of blue oat grass. Hybrid garden lilies will recall the exotic beauty of the African glory lily, while black-eyed Susan and yarrow provide dry summer blooms. The picturesque character of cockspur hawthron and native honey locust will re-create the distinctive silhouette of African trees, while broadleaf evergreen shrubs such as holly, pyracantha and winter honeysuckle represent the vegetation found among the kopje rock formations along the edges of the plains.”
Creator
James H. Bassett and Laura Aumann Kukelhan
Source
Bassett Associates files
Publisher
James H. Bassett
Date
1992
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license
Format
image/jpeg
Language
en
Type
StillImage
Identifier
zoo_lou_sk_03
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
sketch
Physical Dimensions
2315x1311
Collection
Citation
James H. Bassett and Laura Aumann Kukelhan, “African Savanna,” Bassett Associates Archive, accessed December 8, 2024, https://bassettassociates.org/archive/items/show/625.