Category: Field Notes

Thanks to the diligent research of Elizabeth Hodder, visitors to Bar Harbor’s Ogden Point can learn about the property’s rich history and ongoing efforts to restore the Olmsted design. The history of the property is well-documented, coming alive through correspondence.

In the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, development continues to threaten Frederick Law Olmsted’s historic parklands.

Olmsted served as the honoree for this year’s Laurel Hill Day, an annual event held in a beautiful native glen in Stockbridge, MA.

In New York City, a historically underserved borough is slated to receive a new vibrant and healthful open space. 

The Olmsted 200 campaign has sparked a rededication to parks and landscapes across the country—but the work is far from over!

A call to designate and protect Goodwin’s Wilds in Hartford, CT.

Prompted by The Garden Club of America’s PARKS: Where Nature Meets Community initiative, many clubs across the country dedicated 2021 and 2022 to bettering Olmsted parks and landscapes.

The Friends of Olmsted-Beil House (FOBH) debuts a map project illustrating many of Olmsted's Staten Island locations.

On the cusp of April 26— Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday— NAOP and Olmsted 200 are inspired not only to celebrate the past but to sustain and reimagine public spaces for the future.

The Frederick Law Olmsted Society of Riverside is pleased to announce the Olmsted Overlook— a public park project calling for a “living grove of native trees.” The site will be named in honor of Frederick Law Olmsted as part of the Olmsted 200 celebration in 2022.

In December 2021, Olmsted Parks Conservancy announced the first major park expansion in 100 years, thanks to a generous donation.

On the cusp of April 26— Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday— NAOP and Olmsted 200 are inspired not only to celebrate the past but to sustain and reimagine public spaces for the future.

Library of American Landscape History is celebrating Olmsted 200 by releasing two Olmsted books— Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea by Rolf Diamant and Ethan Carr and Walks and Talks of An American Farmer in England with an introduction by Charles C. McLaughlin.

In honor of both Frederick Law Olmsted’s birthday and Earth Day, the Library of Congress is gearing up for a busy April, displaying an exhibit in the Thomas Jefferson building and hosting weekly crowdsourcing transcription challenges.

Lake Wales Heritage works to revive Olmsted’s vision for the city and to engage the public in its efforts.