First built in 1977, Pellier Park in the heart of downtown San José underwent a redesign from the roots up. Where orchards once covered the park and its surrounds, Volume collaborated with SWA (who led the entire park redesign) to create a 115-foot-long history wall that tells the history of Louis Pellier, known as “The Prune King,” who introduced the French Prune to the Santa Clara Valley in 1856.
The design system also includes ground markers delineating Pellier’s home’s original location on park grounds and interpretive panels for the park’s historic plum trees.
