Category: Conservation & Advocacy
Field Notes
A New Fight for Sunlight
A proposed 14-story building threatens to put the Brooklyn Botanical Garden's plants and greenhouses in the shade.
Conservation & Advocacy
Olmsted Network Announces 2024 Award Winners
Our six winners champion the living legacy of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
Conservation & Advocacy
Olmsted Network members help delay White Stadium demolition
Thank you! You heard our calls for help and answered with letters to the Boston Parks Commission.
Conservation & Advocacy
Olmsted’s treasured Emerald Necklace under siege
From the ongoing White Stadium litigation to plans for a high rise in Longwood, Boston’s linear park is seriously threatened.
Conservation & Advocacy
Olmsted Network goes West!
Olmsted Network President & CEO Dede Petri recently visited Portland, OR, and Seattle, WA.
Field Notes
Rock Creek Conservancy helps shape future of historic amphitheater
Alliance forms to revitalize the historic Carter Barron Amphitheater in Washington, D.C.'s Rock Creek Park.
Field Notes
Olmsted Now Committee of Neighborhoods Wins BSLA Award
A multi-pronged campaign to establish public spaces as essential infrastructure for democratic exchange and community health is recognized by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects.
Field Notes
“Olmsted Property” Category Submissions Welcome for Annual PGMS Awards
The Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) Green Star Awards includes a category for “Olmsted Property” to recognize management which honors and respects historic properties. It is open to historic properties of all kinds.
Field Notes
Two Olmsted Landscapes in Connecticut Win Awards
Preservation Connecticut recently recognized Waterbury’s Fulton Park and New Britain’s Walnut Hill Park at their annual awards ceremony.
Field Notes
Biltmore’s Azalea Garden: A Tribute to Chauncey Beadle
The Azalea Garden at Biltmore is home to more than 20,000 plants and is the culmination of an estate superintendent’s passion.
Field Notes
Biltmore: The Birthplace of American Forestry
When George Vanderbilt began planning his grand estate in Asheville, North Carolina, more than a century ago, portions of the lush forest that surround Biltmore House now once was overworked farmland and overcut woodland.
Field Notes
Boston: White Stadium Update
Two local advocacy groups— the Emerald Necklace Conservancy and the Franklin Park Defenders— unite to protect Boston's Franklin Park from privatization efforts.
Field Notes
Chicago to Drain Park’s Vital Wetland
Against the recommendations of the Midway Plaisance Park Advisory Council, Chicago is set to disfigure another Olmsted-designed park.
Field Notes
Honoring Joan Bozer, a founding mother of the Olmsted Network
Buffalo city leaders recently named the atrium of the former post office building after preservationist and longtime legislator Joan Bozer.
Conservation & Advocacy
Privatization of Our Parks Is A Real Danger
The Olmsted Network weighs in on the legal challenge to proposed renovations to White Stadium in Boston's Franklin Park.