The Ditch Water Discovery Center

How does a watchdog entity, Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, clarify their mission and purpose to constituents? They commission a best-in-class design team to transform a vacant parcel into an outdoor learning environment. Owing its name, The Ditch, to a citywide drainage depression that bisects the property, this edutainment destination supports and promotes the health of the Trinity Aquifer for a 4-county, 5,000-square-mile area. 

The program of interpretive elements comprises mostly discrete interpretive signage, but is punctuated by large-scale artistic installations that interpret the geography and mechanics of the aquifer as well as vital facts about native plant species and their critical role in habitat preservation and water quality.