LA Natural History Museum
The Nature Gardens
Los Angeles, CA • opened 2013

The Nature Gardens are 3.5 acres of urban wilderness where visitors can engage with nature, learn about and participate in real scientific activities.

A variety of habitats throughout the Nature Gardens will allow exploration of the many plant and animal species that live locally in Los Angeles. Interactive areas encourage visitors to change their physical perspective and look closer by digging in the dirt, exploring under rocks and looking into the trees.

Some interactive objects are designed to take an idea in nature and abstract that experience into an engaging and physical form. Other pieces are designed to provide a transformative experience with nature, one that can only be had at the Museum.

Red Cape Studio was hired to develop content and design concepts for the interactive elements in the exhibition.

Cooper-Hewitt People’s Design Award 2013 - Nominee

ASLA Merit Award for Instituional Design 2012