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Project Announcement: Kay's Garden at the Topeka Zoo

11/22/2019

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We are very excited to announce that we have been working at the Topeka Zoo along with other construction companies as well as Kogi Morimoto, a Japanese Garden Master to create the much awaited Kay's Garden! Total Habitat will be creating all of the water features within Kay's Garden. This project is a legacy gift for the former Kansas Supreme Court Justice Kay McFarland who established a living trust to build and maintain her dream of a world class Japanese Garden in the state & city she served for over 3 decades.
*Read more about Kay E. McFarland here

We are well into Phase 1 of the project which includes all of the upper level streams, 2 ponds, 7 bridges  and 12 waterfalls!  In the pictures below you can see some completed stream rock work, the large rock plates or weir plates are a vital part of the water falls creates that classic cascading effect.
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Phase 2, which will begin in 2020, features a massive koi pond which will circulate over 250,000 gallons of water. The adjacent upper level streams will join back together after their separate journeys through the garden via a large waterfall into the koi pond.

Below you can see our model that was presented before beginning the project, there you can see the stream systems, the 2 upper ponds, and the large koi pond with walking paths throughout.
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The lower half of the garden that ends in the large koi pond
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The upper half of the garden, that starts with the origin pond
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spray-painted bushes for the model
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For more information on Kay McFarland's legacy and vision, as well as a full 3-D rendering walk-through video of the whole project visit the Topeka Zoo's page here.

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