[Gardener Chaz Perea] went back to Europe three more times over the next four years, visiting Spain, Italy and Greece, and each trip just deepened his admiration for the way Europeans have integrated art and plants throughout their cities. “These people have been here 2,000 years figuring things out and they have an appreciation for beauty we don’t have,” he said. … Perea’s vision was to create a water-wise landscape that will introduce thousands of stadium visitors to the beauty of California native and other drought-resistant plants and water-saving irrigation techniques.