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From coast to coast, we have events for you. Conferences, tours, concerts – and more — will introduce you to the enduring work of the Olmsted firm and how Frederick Law Olmsted’s ideas can help address today’s challenges.
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Conversations with Olmsted: Making Room for Recreation
Upcoming Events
2027 Conference Planning Kickoff
Join the Olmsted Network as we kick off preparations for our next Annual Conference, coming to Atlanta in early October 2027! Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision of parks as essential public spaces for health, community, and democracy remains as relevant today as ever. As communities continue to advocate for the preservation, expansion, and equitable access to […]
Atlanta, GA
Quarterly Partner Meeting
The Olmsted Network hosts quarterly partner meetings throughout the year to support shared learning and collaboration across our network. These meetings alternate between Idea Exchanges, featuring partner-led flash presentations and discussion, and Skills Labs focused on building practical capacity in areas such as communications, fundraising, and engagement. 2026 Meeting Dates:• February 19• May 21• August […]
Conversations with Olmsted: Making Room for Recreation
Balancing Change and Preservation in Historic Parks From pickleball courts and athletic fields to playgrounds and peaceful retreats, public parks are being asked to accommodate an ever-widening range of recreational activities. But how can historic parks accommodate today’s recreational needs without compromising the landscapes and experiences they were designed to provide? Join the Olmsted Network […]
Mary Louise Curtis Bok, the Olmsted Brothers, and the Creation of Harbor Park
We invite you to travel back in time to 1930s Camden, during the depths of the Depression. It was then that publishing heiress, philanthropist, and progressive activist Mary Louise Curtis Bok hired the Olmsted Brothers firm—America’s preeminent landscape architects—to bring her vision for Camden’s harbor shorefront to life. Drawing on documents and photographs from the Camden Public Library’s Walsh History […]
Experiencing the White City: A Virtual Tour of the World’s Columbian Exposition
This webinar explores Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, one of Frederick Law Olmsted’s most famous projects. As landscape architect, Olmsted joined Director of Works Daniel H. Burnham and a veritable who’s who of American architects at the end of the nineteenth century to conjure up an ephemeral city from the muddy marshlands of Jackson […]