The Acacia Group, Inc.
Landscape Architecture - Park and Recreation Planning
  Site Planning - Environmental Assessment - Irrigation Design - Urban Design
Water Conservation Planning - Native Plant Preservation - Desert Revegetation

 

Historic Preservation

bulletArizona Main Street Program. Walt Rogers was selected as one member of a diverse group of consultants specializing in urban design, landscape architecture, architecture, historic preservation, community development, and marketing to serve the Arizona Main Street Program for 1995 to 1996 and 2000 to present. The Arizona Main Street Program, which is part of the National Main Street Program, exists to provide design and management expertise to small towns and communities throughout Arizona.

bulletSaint Phillips Church. Historic research, plant valuation and native plant inventory for historic site affected by Campbell Avenue/River Road intersection widening. Tucson, Arizona.

bulletHistoric Fort Lowell Park. Improvements to this historic park included protective roofing over mud adobe walls, access to a newly opened historic site area, comfort station, a handicap accessible path system, lighting and pruning trees in a pecan orchard. $350,000 construction budget. Tucson, Arizona.

bulletOld Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park. Walt Rogers participated in the development of an authentic reconstruction masterplan for the first Mormon Fort settled in Las Vegas in 1855. Researched historic plant materials and gardens. Developed landscape restoration plan. Las Vegas, Nevada.

bulletUniversity of Arizona Campus Farm. The firm, in a joint venture with a Tucson architecture office, developed a long-range masterplan for the U of A’s unique and historically significant central-city agricultural research and hands-on teaching facility. Tucson, Arizona.

bulletTovrea Castle Historic Site. Walt Rogers participated in preparing the site development masterplan and building site preservation plan. Carried out inventory and evaluation of historically significant cactus gardens. Phoenix, Arizona.

bulletTwo Parking Lots on Main Street in Historic Old Town Cottonwood. Historically sensitive parking lots, street trees, walls, and street furniture were designed under the Arizona Main Street Program. Walt Rogers served as project principal and project designer. Cottonwood, Arizona.

bulletThe Mehl Family Memorial at Foothills Park. The firm was commissioned to design a memorial for the family which perished in a plane accident. Walt Rogers served as project principal and project designer. Tucson, Arizona.



bulletThe Davis House Garden Reconstruction in Historic El Presidio Neighborhood. Researched historic character of gardens and prepared construction documents for landscape restoration. Tucson, Arizona.

bulletFinalist in the Competition for the Historic Carnegie Library Site Plan. One of four finalists in national competition for developing a historically sensitive, adaptive reuse plan for the library and site. Tucson, Arizona.

bulletRonstadt Transit Center. The firm provided landscape design and construction documents for this unique central transit transfer station. The project is constructed from used bricks that were salvaged from buildings removed from the site. It also includes the work of a public-works artist. Tucson, Arizona.

bulletOld Towne Artisans Historic Courtyard in El Presidio Neighborhood. Developed authentic courtyard site plan for adaptive reuse of Sonoran style architecture dating to 1870. Tucson, Arizona.

bulletThe Olcott House Garden Reconstruction in Historic El Presidio Neighborhood. Researched historic character of gardens and prepared construction documents for landscape restoration. Tucson, Arizona.

bulletThe Historic MacArthur Building across from the Southern Pacific Depot. Designed landscaping and irrigation for the adaptive reuse of this historic hotel. Tucson, Arizona.

bulletA Downtown Concept Plan for Historic Florence, Arizona. The firm developed a long-range plan for Downtown Florence emphasizing parking, street furniture and streetscaping. Walt Rogers served as project principal and a project planner. Florence, Arizona.

bulletA Parking Lot on Main Street. A historically sensitive parking lot, street trees, lighting and street furniture were designed by the firm. Walt Rogers served as project principal. Florence, Arizona.

bulletThe Corbett House Historic Site Renovation and Museum Parking Areas at the Tucson Museum of Art. Researched historic character of gardens and prepared construction documents for landscape restoration. Tucson, Arizona.

bulletEl Membrillo Historic Neighborhood Plan. The firm identified the significant historical and cultural attributes of this inner-city neighborhood and developed a plan to deter urban development pressure. Tucson, Arizona.

bulletEl Encanto Estates National Historic District Nomination. Walt Rogers researched the significant streetscape and landscape elements and prepared a background report for the national register nomination. Tucson, Arizona.