In 1916 at the advice of Edwin Culver
that the grounds was in need of some landscaping attention; Jens Jensen a landscape architect was hired.
His first suggestion was to get rid of the canal system - and then get rid of all the un-natural foliage
in the area and replace it with shrubbery and trees native to the area. Thus by 1917 the drainage ditch
system faded into history.
1929 - November Jens Jensen was still doing work for the Academy - he had a design for an outdoor theater | ![]() |