Spotlight on Design: TERREMOTO

Radical Gardens of Love and Interconnectedness David Godshall and Jenny Jones, principals of Terremoto’s Los Angeles office, share the firm’s approach to landscape architecture through the lenses of land, labor, materials, and plants. The program highlights projects including private gardens, public parks, and experimental stewardship initiatives, emphasizing design processes rooted in care, community, closed loops, and kinship with all beings. Attendees will see how Terremoto integrates ecological sensitivity and social engagement to create landscapes that are resilient, socially meaningful, and deeply connected to place. Program Schedule 6pm Doors Open 6:30pm Program Starts 7:15pm Audience Q&A 7:30pm Light Reception 8pm Program Ends About the Speakers David Godshall David Godshall is a landscape architect, horticultural theorist and the design director of the Terremoto office in Los Angeles. David’s strategic approach to design is inherently rooted in philosophy and the idea that ecology, horticulture and landscape have transformative physical and metaphorical impacts upon a person and a place. David received a master’s degree Cum Laude from UC Berkeley after receiving a BA Cum Laude from UC Santa Barbara. Prior to founding Terremoto, David worked at Peter Walker and Partners and was a project manager at Surface Design. Jenny Jones Jenny Jones is a principal in the Terremoto Los Angeles office. She grew up in Virginia and received her BA in Environmental Studies and her MLA and MUEP from the University of Virginia. She previously worked at OLIN and RIOS. Her work is rooted in ecology, localization, process, and community, working on private gardens, public parks, and schools in California and beyond. Jenny co-founded Test Plot, an ongoing experiment in stewardship and restoration of public landscapes, and also co-leads the Land & Labor internal working group at Terremoto. Image courtesy Terremoto, photo by Caitlin Atkinson. Spotlight on Design is presented by…