BURBANK, Calif. - Disney Legend and retired Imagineer Morgan "Bill" Evans passed away on Saturday, August 10 at a Santa Monica, Calif. hospital. He was 92. Evans started out landscaping the Holmby Hills, Calif. home of Walt Disney in 1951 and hired Bill Evans to help him design Disneyland. He subsequently became director of Landscape Design at Disney Imagineering, where he worked closely with Walt in developing the distinctive landscape design of the park. Evans also headed the landscape design effort for the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. In 1980 he and his former partner, Joe Linesch, created the design for the landscaping at Epcot. Although he retired in 1975, Evans consulted with Imagineering on the landscaping for every other Walt Disney World park. Evans was known for using unusual plants in his environments. In the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland, he planted a group of orange trees upside down, deciding the gnarled roots looked like exotic jungle branches. He once said: "I certainly feel that trees are living, breathing individuals. They're alive and respond to the elements. A building doesn't yield to the breeze. I can see the life in the trees by the way they move. We have some giant bamboo in the jungle that grow to a height of 30 or 40 feet, and in the breeze, you get an effect like a ballet dancer." "Bill Evans defined Disney theme park landscaping, and trained just about everyone who has created theme park stories in living environments," said Mark Sklar, vice chairman and principal creative executive for Walt Disney Imagineering. "He was more than a Disney Legend, he taught generations of Landscape Architects how to do their jobs with passion, skill and tender loving care." In 1992, Evans was named a Disney Legend and in 1996 he was honored by the Landscape Architecture Foundation with a "Special Tribute" award. A Landscape Architect and third-generation horticulturist, Evans was born June 30, 1910 in Santa Monica. After high school he spent a year traveling as a merchant marine. He attended Pasadena City College and Stanford University, and embarked on his horticultural career with his father and brother in 1934. Evans is survived by his wife Natalie, son Pete and daughter Barrie Evans-Blattau; stepdaughters Michele Novak and Stephene Scott; grandchildren, Caitlin, Jackson and Morgan Lili; and great-granddaughter Isabella.