Attend an Event

Photography is an effective means to capture the natural and built heritage of Mount Royal, a territory of many faces. With its three summits, the mountain is home to neighbourhoods, founding institutions, cemeteries and many parks including the magnificent Mount Royal Park, a green space spanning 200 hectares of awe-inspiring fauna and flora. The exhibition […]

The Connecticut Green Bank and the Sierra Club Connecticut Chapter in partnership with Bridgeport and Stratford community members, stakeholders, and organizations invite the submittal of designs for Remington Woods to this contest from firms, landscape architects, and designers (regardless of experience) for the purpose of advocating for Remington Woods to be conserved for the public’s […]

Family-friendly neighborhood annual pop-up Beer Garden Series! You’ll enjoy music, lawn games, food and fresh beer from West Sixth Brewery’s draft trailer. 6:00-9:00PM May 26 – Tyler Park June 2 – Cherokee Park August 18 – Tyler Park September 8 – Bingham Park September 14 – Seneca Park September 29 – Seneca Park October 20 […]

Today, the private garden is open on Thursdays for tours at 11:00, 12:30, and 2:00. Reservations and a $20 fee are available online at thebluegarden.org/visiting. The Blue Garden was a garden room on a 30-acre estate designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr, for Arthur Curtiss James and his wife Harriet. The garden opened in 1913 […]

Take a hike and discover why the Middlesex Fells Reservation was created and the Olmsted Firm’s involvement in designing and implementing the Boston Metropolitan Park System. More info here. 

Assist our Master Gardeners with the annual autumn “putting the garden to bed” day. Tasks include cutting back perennials and pulling annuals, raking, mulching, weeding, bringing old plants to the compost area—generally cleaning up the kitchen garden and ornamental garden beds and preparing them for the winter and the next growing season. (Master Gardeners can […]

Please “Save the Date” for the official opening ceremony for the Seaside Gateway Trail. We would love for you to join us for the opening of this accessible walking trail for all Bridgeport residents that truly honors the design and community intent of Seaside Park’s landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted. Meet at the foot of […]

Explore the Converse Memorial Library in Malden, Massachusetts, and discuss the collaborations of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and architect Henry Hobson Richardson. More information here. 

When Frederick Law Olmsted first visited Birkenhead Park— aptly nicknamed the People’s Garden— near Liverpool, England, in 1850, he was astonished to find that the park was wholly and freely accessible to all people regardless of their position in society.   This philosophy stuck with Olmsted and inspired his belief in parks for all people. Nearly […]

The footprint of the Olmsted Brothers firm in the Pacific Northwest is considerable, with John Charles Olmsted front-and-center. From parks and park systems to private estates, college campuses and state capitol grounds, the Olmsted legacy touches landscapes across the Pacific Northwest in places like Idaho, Seattle, Oregon and even Canada. During this program, historian Laurence […]

Learn about the Ante Park section of Franklin Park, the jewel of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Boston Park System, known as the Emerald Necklace. Learn more here. 

Boston Public Library Main Branch at Copley Square hosts Ethan Carr for a talk on his forthcoming book, Boston’s Franklin Park: Olmsted, Recreation, and the Modern City. More information here.

The Olmsted Network is pleased to participate in American Public Health Association’s 2023 Annual Meeting & Expo in Atlanta, GA, on November 12-15.  As part of the conference, we are teaming up with Olmsted Linear Park Alliance to offer APHA members and the park-loving public a complimentary tour of Olmsted’s Druid Hills neighborhood. Local tour […]

Discover Olmsted’s vision for Franklin Park’s Country Park on a walk through the landscapes of Scarboro Pond, Schoolmaster Hill, and the Country Park meadow. More information here. 

Learn about the politics behind the Emerald Necklace and how the neighbors were involved with local politics. Then, burn with more walking, less talking. Learn more here.