African Savanna

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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

Citation

James H. Bassett and Laura Aumann Kukelhan, “African Savanna,” Bassett Associates Archive, accessed December 8, 2024, https://bassettassociates.org/archive/items/show/625.