The Drendel Gardens connect The Cable Center to the rest of the University of Denver campus with gardens of native Colorado plant varieties, while also providing a tilted outdoor lawn panel for communal movie viewing and small concerts. A projection room is provided at the east end of the gardens to play movies across a pitched lawn. Composed of a layered system approach, the site consists of three main elements: a large gathering space with an inclined turf amphitheater; a “travel and connection experience,” a tapestry of colored paving; and a small intimate space with native and xeric gardens in recessed planting beds that provide abundant texture and color.