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America at 250: Democracy and Public Spaces
In commemorating America’s 250th birthday, we must stand together for the public lands that define American life.
Conservation & Advocacy
The Olmsted Network Joins Coalition to Protect West Potomac Park
At stake is not only West Potomac Park but the principle that America’s civic landscapes must be shaped through transparent, lawful, and public processes.
Research & Writings
Friends of Fairsted Announce 2026 Grant Recipients
The Friends of Fairsted have announced Alexa Vaughn and Charles Oropallo as the recipients of the 2026 Charles E. Beveridge Research Grant.
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Personal Reflections
Backing Into Olmsted
Retired Chicago-based attorney John Notz recounts how he “backed his way” into learning about the work of the Olmsted Firm in Chicago and Milwaukee.
Olmsted Insider Newsletter
Olmsted Insider: January 2022
2022 is here — and so is the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted! Olmsted 200 invites you to ring in the Year of Olmsted with a deep dive into our website.
Spotlights
Spotlight on…Stonehurst
The country house of philanthropists Robert Treat and Lydia Lyman Paine, Stonehurst crowns the career-long collaboration between Olmsted and the renowned American architect Henry Hobson Richardson.
Personal Reflections
Making Memories in Memorial Park
Acclaimed photographer Mark Krancer describes how the magic of Olmsted Brothers’ Memorial Park in Jacksonville, Florida, has engaged his life and inspired his art.
Research & Writings
Landscape of a Marriage – How one Olmsted explored her family’s history
Gail Ward Olmsted explains how her family heritage helped inspire a biographical novel on Olmsted and his wife Mary Perkins.
Olmsted Insider Newsletter
Olmsted Insider: December 2021
As we approach the holidays, and welcome the new year as the pinnacle of our celebration, the Olmsted 200 team can’t help but feel a sense of pride at how far we’ve come since our launch in early 2021.
Personal Reflections
Filming a Trail and Finding a Father: A Wild Independence in the Olmsted Family
Olmsted distant cousin and filmmaker Alden Olmsted recounts in a new film how an abandoned mining ditch in California's Gold Country was transformed into the first wheelchair nature trail in the United States by his late father and naturalist John Olmsted. The film debuts this spring at two film festivals.
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Alexander Garvin
Olmsted 200 lauds the life and career of urbanist Alexander Garvin (1941-2021) and mourns his loss.
Olmsted & the Olmsted Firm
Olmsted’s Never-Built Retreat
Olmsted's Never-Built Retreat: The Story of the U.S. Capitol's South Summerhouse
Advocacy
The Olmsted Network Joins Coalition to Protect West Potomac Park
At stake is not only West Potomac Park but the principle that America’s civic landscapes must be shaped through transparent, lawful, and public processes.
Defending America’s Civic Landscapes
The Olmsted Network joins the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s legal efforts to protect the integrity of the White House grounds.
White Stadium Case Heads to Massachusetts’ Highest Court
The Olmsted Network defends Boston’s Emerald Necklace—and public parks nationwide.
Olmsted & Friends
This series of interviews highlights the people who have long championed Olmsted and the Olmsted Network.
Olmsted & Friends Interviews
Olmsted & Friends: Meet David Price
David Price is due to retire in June 2026 after 39 years of service to Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, FL, overseeing the most significant period of growth in the landscape's 100+ year history.
Olmsted & Friends Interviews
Olmsted & Friends: Meet Christian Zimmerman
Over the course of 35 years, Christian Zimmerman oversaw the restoration of Olmsted’s Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY.
Olmsted & Friends Interviews
Olmsted & Friends: Meet Layla George
Layla George, Olmsted Network board member and former Olmsted Parks Conservancy President, shares her appreciation for Olmsted in this brief interview.
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