Category: Ecology & Sustainability
Conservation & Advocacy
Olmsted parks and places adapt in the face of climate change
As landscapes contend with the realities of climate change, the Olmsted Network and our coalition of partners embrace Olmsted’s nature-based solutions.
Olmsted & the Olmsted Firm
The Olmsteds and the Development of the National Park System
Rolf Diamant— the co-author of "Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea"— explores the Olmsted family's ties to the National Park Service.
Conservation & Advocacy
FLO Honored on Capitol Hill with Tree Dedication Ceremony
Recently, Congress planted a Kentucky coffeetree to memorialize Frederick Law Olmsted's powerful impact on the U.S. Capitol Grounds and America's physical and social fabric.
Conservation & Advocacy
The Olmsteds’ Conservation Legacy
The Olmsteds' Conservation Legacy aired on C-SPAN in 2022.
Ecology & Sustainability
A Path Forward: Finding a Solution to Stormwater Runoff
Olmsted Linear Park in Atlanta, GA, works with local partners to address issues like stormwater runoff.
Ecology & Sustainability
Biltmore’s Bass Pond: Re-Creating the Missing Island
Biltmore’s horticulture team restores an original “islet” in Bass Pond.
Conservation & Advocacy
Midway Plaisance Advisory Council faces threatened destruction of wetland
In the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, development continues to threaten Frederick Law Olmsted’s historic parklands.
Ecology & Sustainability
Concert Grove and London Planes – A Look Inside Prospect Park
Prospect Park Gardener, Jesse Brody, here muses on the London Plane Tree that provides the canopy in Prospect Park’s Concert Grove.
Ecology & Sustainability
Olmsted’s Leadership in Fostering Livable Communities
Ecology & Sustainability
Fairsted Plant List Inspires Horticulture Conference
