VINCENT HATEGEKIMANA

A landscape architect designs a garden using drought-resistant plants, bringing life to an arid cityscape.

introduction Lila Hayes, a landscape architect, lived in the scorching metropolis of Eldoria, where the unrelenting heat created a shimmering cloud over every building. Her ambition felt too lofty for the parched reality that was all around her. Drought had destroyed the once-thriving metropolis, and its people—who had previously been lively and sociable—moved through the streets like shadows, their hopes dashed by the unforgiving weather.