the house. We put native trees in — took out orange trees and put in palo verde trees. Eight months out of the year I like to grow desert marigolds with blackfoot daisies that spill over like wildflowers. That’s our desert landscape.” 8:30 p.m. >> DREAMING OF AFRICA “I love nature and travel. My favorite place is East Africa. This year, I’ll be taking my 16 th trip to East Africa — my last group photo safari to Kenya. We’ll go to four different parks, the highlight being the Maasai Mara, which is their version of the Serengeti. Then we’ll go to Rwanda and hike to see the mountain gorillas. As I mentioned, my first job was teaching science in Baltimore. I did that for two years and then got transferred to the zoo as the teacher in residence. Everybody in senior management had to lead at least one safari a year for members. I started then and more or less have gone every other year since. I have tens of thousands of photos on my hard drive and probably won’t get to it for years, but some day I’d like to get it down to my top 25. I’ll be in the air on my 65th birthday, which is Aug. 26.” To learn more about Desert Botanical Garden, go to dbg.org . Two photos from the thousands Ken Schutz has taken on African safaris. 16 FRONTDOORS MEDIA | AUGUST 2019 OFFICE DOORS CONTINUED