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.
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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.
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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.
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“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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.