Author: Victoria Vanhuss

Fort Tryon Park has been a sanctuary and community anchor for 90 years, and the Fort Tryon Park Conservancy is stepping confidently into the future with a rebrand.

Prospect Park’s Olmsted-designed waterways are being adapted for a new era of climate resilience.

The Olmsted Network recently hosted our 2025 Annual Conference— Defending Common Ground: An Olmsted Parks Intensive — and our annual Awards Dinner in Washington, DC.

The Olmsted Network celebrates the life of Ann Satterthwaite—planner, preservationist, and advocate for public landscapes.

From fundraising to final ribbon-cutting, OLPA and local leaders came together to create an inclusive space for all ages.

Honorees from Boston, Buffalo, Queens, Hartford, and beyond will be recognized at the 2025 Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C., as part of our upcoming conference.

The Friends of Olmsted-Beil House bring landscape architecture and Olmsted’s legacy to Staten Island classrooms.

One of the Pacific Northwest's oldest and largest intact private estate gardens, Elk Rock Garden represents the unique vision of Scottish immigrant Peter Kerr and the enduring legacy of Olmsted design principles in Oregon.

The Olmsted Network mourns the loss of visionary parks advocate Betsy Shure Gross.

The Friends of Fairsted announced both Bernardo de Magalhães e Menezes and Joseph James as 2025 Beveridge Research Grant recipients.

The Olmsted Research Guide Online (ORGO) was recently updated to improve accessibility, functionality and research support.

Sweeping budget cuts could weaken parks, trails and green spaces nationwide. Act now to defend funding and keep parks open for all.

The Olmsted Network recently sat down with the contributors of a new book dedicated to Planting Fields—one of the few remaining Gold Coast estates on Long Island, NY.

She brings over 20 years of nonprofit experience and a deep commitment to public landscapes and civic engagement.

Come along as Mark Roessler visits Hartford— Connecticut’s capital city and Olmsted’s birthplace— with historian Jana Colacino.