Category: Parks & Public Spaces
Field Notes
Laurel Hill Association celebrates Olmsted with annual tradition
Olmsted served as the honoree for this year’s Laurel Hill Day, an annual event held in a beautiful native glen in Stockbridge, MA.
Field Notes
Olmsted City of Greater Utica focuses on raising funds for restoration projects
Run entirely by volunteers, Olmsted City of Greater Utica has taken tremendous steps forward in educating its community and raising funds for restoration projects.
Field Notes
Village of Riverside’s volunteers include Gold Award Girl Scout
The Village reflects on two projects— improving Triangle 55 and planting a grove in honor of Olmsted’s bicentennial.
Field Notes
Rhode Island Historic Society celebrates 200th anniversary with massive “Putting Down Roots” project
On its 200th anniversary, the Rhode Island Historical Society undergoes many changes to ensure its future success.
Field Notes
Exciting upgrades come to Louisville’s Olmsted Parks
Olmsted Parks Conservancy unveils new recreational opportunities and continues making progress on the Beargrass Preserve at Cherokee Park expansion.
Field Notes
Olmsted-Beil House debuts map project and welcomes Eagle Scout volunteer
The Friends of Olmsted Beil House offer new educational and ecological offerings at Olmsted’s Farmhouse.
Field Notes
Highland Park Conservancy successful in campaign to reconstruct Children’s Pavilion
Rochester, NY celebrated Olmsted 200 by announcing an important restoration project and hosting a summer of Olmsted-themed events.
Olmsted & the Olmsted Firm
Olmsted City of Greater Utica: A Treasure in Central New York
Glorious – and underappreciated – designed landscapes by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and the Olmsted Brothers Firm make Utica a very special community in central New York.
Parks & Public Spaces
Portland’s Forest Park: An Olmsted Vision and Treasure
Eliza Davidson and Marcy Cottrell Houle explore the link between Forest Park and John Charles Olmsted.
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.
Landscape Architecture & Design
The Olmsted Legacy in Chicago
Olmsted 200
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Employs Augmented Reality
Landscape Architecture & Design
Sheepscapes and Mr. Olmsted
Parks & Public Spaces
Memorial Park Association completes projects and receives awards
