HOCKER_IN_DALLAS

Hello! Happy Summer! It is finally jump in the lake after work weather.

Things are still going smoothly in the office. We just got a new Summer intern so it is nice not being the new guy anymore. I just announced my final day and I am so sad to leave this paradise.

Classic intern work featuring cleaning out the old office (it was wretched, especially compared to the new one) and picking up cake for office birthdays.

It was awesome to see my administrator within my firm introduce the legend Raymond Jungles the other night. Great presentation. I didn't realize he learned a lot about what he does working under Roberto Burle Marx. Makes sense with the brazilian Jungle style. Returning landscape design to its native form. This naturalist perspective is the reason I am enjoying designing residential gardens.

I helped with a conceptualizing a new planting plan for one of our projects along Katy Trail that had a lot of vegetation removed.

I identified many oaks, cypresses, elms maples, redbuds, cedars, sages, grasses, palmettos, and even hydrangeas in the area.

Other than that I've been working on a lot of renderings, planting plans, schedules, cd sets, and other things I am sure all of you are so familiar with. Knowing what I know after this internship I feel there should be more connection between 5th years and all the other younger years. There is just so much beneficial knowledge you get from actually working in a firm than doing whatever you can to produce work for final pin up. The biggest thing I have learned here that is most valuable is the ability to systematically organize my files. Other than that I am excited to see us put our newfound photoshop and autocad skills to work next couple semesters.

Planting Update

Asclepias viridis ; Green Antelope horns milkweed have such a cool flower.

Oenothera suffulta ; Roadside Guara filling in the fields.

Torilis arvensis; I can only assume this is some kind of common hedge parsley, but it covers fields.

Solanum dimidiatum; Western horsenettle has a cool flower.

Castilleja indivisa; Texas Paintbrush been giving interesting pops of color Since the Bluebonnets started popping off in May

EX. Pic I took in some native forestry pocket prairies back in early May

Cornus drummondii; Caught the Roughleaf dogwood small window of flowers

Phyla nodiflora; texas frogfruit covering the asphalt.

Aristada purpurea; Purple Three Awn grass in the mix. I attempted to identify each grass I could find in this meadow but there were more than 6 other species I could not identify or get a good picture of.

Acaciella angustissima; epic new mimosa plant I noticed that takes the form of a fern while producing the white flower balls. See image below for mass.

Melilotus; some kind of melilot or sweet clover idk but the flower is cool.

Physostegia pulchella:Beautiful False Dragon’s Head among the rare wetlands in the area.

Ratibida collumnifera; upright prairie coneflower is a common name that actually makes sense

Yucca pallida; field of Pale leaf Yucca

Monarda citriodora ; Lemon Beebalm

Check out this massive patch of Monarda.

I love this flower

North American Wheel bug

Castilleja coccinea; indian blanket forming a very beautiful blanket along this native meadow.

I still have not figured out the difference between eastern red cedar and Ashe juniper, but i have realized the difference between honey mesquite and honey locust. I went on a bike ride during lunch today to go find a Honey Mesquite down by the trinity river greenway but realized only wet trees like Black Willow, Cottonwood, and american elms like to grow within the river basin. Epic views and nice resting spot nonetheless.