The Landscape Horticulture Complex at Merritt College brings new life to an existing, beloved site. Nestled in the Oakland hills where Peralta Community College District has fostered a regionally acclaimed landscape and horticulture education program, the buildings provide support spaces for outdoor activities, rather than the reverse. A central pathway through the site shoots out tendrils to connect classrooms, greenhouses, student gathering spaces, workshops, and teaching gardens. Materials, building massing, and orientation respect and take advantage of the site’s wildland-urban interface setting.