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Blooming with Color Nearly a year since planting, Outrigger’s landscape refresh comes to life!
National Cemetery of the Pacific, Ala Moana Beach Park, and Doris Duke’s Shangri La. While Thompson’s original design for the Club focused primarily on green and white tones, reflecting the more restrained palette of Hawaiian landscapes at the time, the refresh introduces a burst of color into certain areas— something Gordon believes Thompson would have approved of. “She’s quoted as saying that she lamented there wasn’t more opportunity to do color.” As we near the one-year mark since the planting, Gordon believes the landscape will continue to mature beautifully. "This summer in August, it’ll have caught and be flushing out. It should start to really make its most impactful contribution to the experience of the Outrigger."
➳ In 2023, Outrigger Canoe Club took steps towards honoring its rich history with a thoughtful landscape refresh led by Loriann Gordon Landscape Architect, LLC. The redesign aimed to bring the property back to its original look, as designed by Vladimir Ossipoff in 1941. Loriann Gordon, who worked closely with the Club, emphasized the unique significance of this project. "What is truly unique about this property is that not only is it an Ossipoff property, but the landscape architect on it is Catherine Thompson," said Gordon. "I thought it was worth trying to restore the historic sensibility— her historic sensibility—to this property." Thompson was the first licensed landscape architect in Hawai‘i, and her legacy continues to be celebrated for her work on projects like the
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