Author: Max Ellinger

Spring is emerging from winter’s shadow, carillon bells are chiming, and the public is flocking to parks across the nation. As we observe National Minority Health Month, the role outdoor spaces play in the health and wellbeing of communities is especially important.

Learn more about Olmsted and Vaux's design for Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY.

Olmsted, the 1893 World’s Fair, and Jackson Park Olmsted’s last great project in Chicago was in Jackson Park. He designed the landscape for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and later returned with his son to create the Jackson Park we know today.

To celebrate the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), the National Association for Olmsted Parks (NAOP) announces a Student Essay Competition.  Frederick Law Olmsted was a landscape architect, author, farmer, journalist, city planner, public official, and creative genius who transformed the landscape of American cities. For over 100 years, he and the […]

The Library of Congress is the home of online primary resources designed to help students, teachers, preservationists and scholars explore the Olmsteds’ many contributions to American life. The Frederick Law Olmsted Papers and the Olmsted Associates Records collections offer thousands of items including letterbooks, newspaper clippings, writings and journals.

To celebrate Olmsted’s legacy, the National Association for Olmsted Parks (NAOP) and Olmsted 200 are sponsoring a carillon composition competition, Inspired by Olmsted. Carillonneurs around the country are encouraged to play the winning compositions throughout the 2022 anniversary year, especially in cities with prominent Olmsted designs. Contest Eligibility and Submission Requirements: Anyone in North America (except […]

Frederick Law Olmsted sought to build “communitiveness” and healing through landscape design. As we mark the first anniversary of the pandemic, we need parks now more than ever.

Olmsted’s parks give us an opportunity to enjoy natural beauty together -- and regain community and connection.

Frederick Law Olmsted is regularly recognized as the brilliant mind behind New York’s Central Park, but just across the East River lies another one of Olmsted’s greatest works in Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

March is Women’s History Month and what better time to celebrate Betsy Barlow Rogers, member of the Olmsted 200 Honorary Committee, and trailblazing first president of the Central Park Conservancy (CPC).  

The 138-acre Lake Park in Milwaukee, WI features rustic bridges, winding paths, waterfalls, lake bluffs and natural ravines.

Welcome to the first edition of the Olmsted Insider – the monthly newsletter of the Olmsted 200 campaign! The countdown has begun… and we want you to join us as we prepare to celebrate the bicentennial of Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth in 2022. Read the newsletter here!

A light breeze, the first splash of tree canopy green and a forest floor dotted with spring’s early wildflowers, it was a perfect afternoon for my walk with Dan Jones, one of the country’s great 21st-century park thinkers and makers. Dan is the visionary behind The Parklands of Floyds Fork, an Olmsted-inspired four-park system on […]

There are many faces of Frederick Law Olmsted. And now we are pleased to introduce the “Olmsted 200 Olmsted” — whose modern feel and vibe are in keeping with the spirit of this bicentennial celebration, marking Olmsted’s birth in 1822. As we like to say, Olmsted 200 is no sepia-toned celebration. We are looking to […]