David Reed Landscape Architects

With Austin Veum Robbins Partners
This garden celebrates the contributions to our freedom made by our Veterans. The central gathering place includes the Veterans Circle and a small amphitheatre. An 18-foot bronze replica of the B-24 Liberator Bomber hovers above a reflecting pool. Visitors are greeted by rows of red and white border roses, accented by cobalt blue Agapanthus. The poppy garden, designed with Flanders Poppies, the symbol of Veterans’ organizations, brings a sense of annual renewal.

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Design work and site construction for this 1 acre neighborhood park includes a tot lot, basketball court, curved trellises, play lawn, specimen white fruiting Persian Mulberry trees and a rainbow of flowering trees & shrubs in pinks, blues, reds, yellows and white. Construction was completed July, 2007.

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Nestled squarely in the middle of the Village of Hillsborough at Otay Ranch, this 1+ acre park is truly a neighborhood focus. The sloping site required careful finessing of grades to maximize function and play, while maintaining a safe environment for children. Site features include a large play structure, and curving steel trellis, post-tensioned basketball court, large sculpted play lawns and dense border plantings.

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Complete restoration, including fountains, walls, walks, lighting, and formal landscape in the historic gardens that were part of the 1935 Exposition in the center of Balboa Park.

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One of the largest artificial turf fields in California, this project saves 8 million gallons of water per year. It also contains 2 full sized FIFA World Cup rated soccer fields.

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This park design is intended to draw from the traditions of small town America and the grandeur of 19th Century parks. A first class modern play structure is at the very center of the park, with gathering space, tables and benches under a curving pergola. A vestigial orchard flanks the main entry. The remainder of the park is devoted to curving paths and gently rolling lawns inviting passive or active use. The park opened in March, 2001.

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This 3 acre Joint Use project includes baseball and soccer fields, running track and new accessible parking and ramp at an existing school site. Work also included surface and subsurface drainage, bleachers and two cantilevered shade structures.

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A 2 mile long garden-like median enhancement requiring extensive community involvement, complete with enhanced paving, community signage, flag and lighting.

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Sports field planning and design of a proposed 3.3 acre multi-purpose athletic fields improvement that will be a joint use between San Diego Unified School District and the City of San Diego. Both phases were completed by July 2002.

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There are few sights more transformative than a street full of Jacaranda trees in bloom. This 1-1/2 acre park is surrounded by Jacaranda trees two and three rows deep (There are 65 in all). The large oval play lawn is appointed with a promenade, trellises and a large play structure. Formal garden elements mark the corners of the site.

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The gateway to Pacific Beach, this median design emulates the patterns in beach sands exposed by the ebb and flow of the tides. Strands of pavement are seeded with mica, to sparkle in the sunlight just as the beach does. Waves of feather grass, emulating sea grass, are the thematic planting element.

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A 1.5-mile section of this vital artery was dug up for the mid City pipeline, a new 48″ diameter water pipeline feed to the City and a subsidiary 16″ water main. Afterwards, the heart of the College area community was restored with a new landscaped median and community signs with solar powered lighting. Drifts of flowering shrubs and groundcovers in rich colors and textures offset a maintenance strip built to emulate native cobblestone. The tree palette offers flowers in Spring and Summer, and fall foliage color.

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A 3/4 mile long street reconstruction in the heart of Little Italy, including piazzas, enhanced street and sidewalk paving, public art, signage, landscape and lighting, requiring extensive community involvement. The first phase of work was completed in 1999.

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In the planning phase; will be a LEED certified project. Landscape improvements surround and appoint a proposed Jewish Student Center at the University of California San Diego. Improvements include a public park space with a bike and pedestrian trail, using Torrey Pine trees and an all native plant palette.

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A major sidewalk and streetscape renovation over basement encroachments in the heart of downtown San Diego.

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This makeover for a 3-1/2 acre swim club in the heart of Eastlake included: new tile paving, colored and stained concrete paving and new furnishings, to create a resort feel and upgrade the facility.

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This proposed addition to the Water Conservation Garden resulted from a workshop of distinguished participants, including child development experts, and is designed to increase water use and conservation awareness in children.

The fanciful journey through this garden features an amphitheater with butterfly shades, an intermittent rain curtain, a cave, a small lagoon with shadoufs, a dry alluvial fan, a large treehouse and a children’s play station.

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Design and construction documents for various site improvements to existing facility including new orchestra pit and entry, backstage parking and loading dock.

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for the City Heights Community Development Corporation

This proposed alley closure is designed to create a new urban pocket plaza in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego for events, outdoor gathering, a possible marketplace, and a pedestrian connection to El Cajon Boulevard, all from a blighted alley. Design included brightly colored interlocking pavers, a 2 story cabled vine arbor, enhanced lighting and a Street tree and lighting plan for the entire block.

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Design of 2+ acre soccer fields for Highlands Elementary School PTA and the American Youth Soccer Organization.

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Additional planting and landscape improvements at one of San Diego’s newest Branch libraries.

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Master planning for expansion of an existing 13.12-acre joint use facility that includes new fields, a new restroom building and several track and field functions previously ran on a bleak decomposed granite lot.

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Work for this project included schematic design for 2 joint use sports fields, totaling 3.6 acres, in this park deficient area.

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Work for this sports complex included a Landscape Master Plan and renderings for on site improvements for the long term tenant, the Mission Bay Sports Center.

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Schematic concept and master plan for 3.4 acre joint use site.

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Master planning, ballfield improvements and landscape concept for an existing 4-1/2 acre site. Work included siting of future buldings, bleachers, picnic and play areas, circulation and parking, batting cages and entry monuments.

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Some consulting and a preliminary park design for a gated community sorrounded by open space, wildlands and wetlands.

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Completion of this 6 acre Neighborhood park included a revised General Development Plan, with design of a playground/tot lot, parking lot, ball field expansion, picnic area and natural trail.

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Re-construction for this 2 acre, heavily used sports field includes subsurface drainage, a hybrid root zone profile, and new irrigation layout. Work is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2008.

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