"An ordinary bus stop in Vallejo has a fresh new look. The local site got a makeover designed by UC Davis students Ashley Gear and Katie Wong, both seniors majoring in landscape architecture.

Solano County Transit (SolTrans), which runs the bus service in Vallejo, recently unveiled its newly transformed bus stop located at Gary Circle and Magazine Street. SolTrans chose the students’ design, which Gear and Wong created last spring for the “Plants in the City” course led by Assistant Professor Haven Kiers.

The bus stop sits on a small, triangular island at an intersection that previously had large trees that were interfering with telephone lines, overgrown ivy and vermin. Wong designed the spot’s new layout while Gear selected an array of plants to incorporate into the landscape."

Read the full story at College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences