Hoerr Schaudt’s vision for the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden expresses the unity between people, plants, and the river. The garden’s centerpiece, the Grand Allée Garden, forms a procession of pathways leading to exquisite garden rooms, a green necklace showcasing the myriad ways to combine and accent annuals with trees, perennials, grasses, and ground covers. As central participants in the garden’s reinvention, the firm helped to define the overall vision and participated in fundraising in addition to crafting and executing the master plan.