Olmsted Network

We are in Washington, DC, for #ASLA2024! On Sunday morning, we co-hosted "Looking Back/Looking Forward: Celebrating and Adapting the Olmsted Legacy in Washington, DC" with our partners at Friends of Fairsted and Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site. We had an amazing time visiting The White House and The US Capitol grounds. Thanks to our session sponsors at APE Original Studio and our friends at the US Capitol Historical Society, BSLA Office, Sasaki and American Society of Landscape Architects. Yesterday, we set up shop in the ASLA Pavilion on the expo floor so that attendees could learn about Frederick Law Olmsted and the Olmsted firm, register for our upcoming group travel trip to Buffalo on Oct 30-Nov 1, grab a brochure on the US Capitol, enter-to-win tickets to Biltmore and more. Our 7-foot-tall Frederick Law Olmsted mascot— Big Head Fred— made his first appearance at last night's 125 ASLA Anniversary Celebration by Land F/X, and he's been out on the expo floor several times today.

We're still flying high from our 2024 annual conference in New York's Hudson River Valley a few weeks ago! Did you miss it? Watch the keynotes and panel discussions here: https://bit.ly/4drY63R

Join us in Buffalo, NY, during peak leafing season! ?????? From October 30-November 1, our travel group will be treated to exclusive tours of Olmsted's Buffalo Park System, the former Buffalo State Asylum (Richardson Olmsted Campus), Forest Lawn Cemetery, Niagara Falls USA and more. Local experts Frank Kowsky, Paris Roselli, Clinton Brown, Nell Gardner, Lauren Becker, Mark Mistretta, Julie Snyder and Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy will join us. Tickets are $350 and include some meals, event transportation and all attraction tickets. Landscape architects can earn 5 LA CES credit hours. Learn more and register now: https://lnkd.in/dPhdTGq9

Last Friday, our partners at the Downing Park Conservancy in Newburgh, NY, hosted a movie night in the park ahead of our conference there this coming weekend. The community was treated to a showing of Olmsted and America's Urban Parks. You can watch the film at home here: https://lnkd.in/eHyFBMAk

Please join us in congratulating our 2024 Award Winners! ? Olmsted Stewardship Award: Christian Zimmerman of Prospect Park Alliance Caroline Loughlin Volunteer Service Award: The Garden Club of Orange & Dutchess Counties and Newburgh Free Academy-West President’s Award: JoAnn Beck of Highland Park Conservancy Certificates of Appreciation: Mary Page Michel of Roland Park Community Foundation Henry Hester of Friends of Keney Park Learn more about our awardees and our upcoming awards ceremony here: https://bit.ly/4d5XIbV

Next Tuesday's webinar— Conversations with Olmsted: Exploring Olmsted Through Art—?will feature four exciting panelists. Let's meet them: The New York Times photographer Ruth Fremson will moderate this discussion and explore the creation of "Olmsted’s Enduring Gift," a special photo essay she compiled for Olmsted’s 200th?birthday in 2022. She also wrote?"An Assignment I Needed: Frederick Law Olmsted’s Legacy." Jane Loeffler is an architectural historian turned painter. In 1972, she curated an exhibition on Olmsted for the National Gallery of Art. It was the first time that the Gallery exhibited landscape plans as works of art and included its first-ever multi-media presentation. Author and landscape architect critic Gary Hilderbrand is a longtime professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a founding principal of Reed Hilderbrand LLC Landscape Architecture in Cambridge, MA. His firm has worked on many notable projects, including the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Anita Morson-Matra is an urban planner and the Director of Community Partnerships for Emerald Necklace Conservancy, where she uses her skills in social justice and public health programming to make the parks better for everyone. As an artist herself, it's no surprise that WBUR 90.9 FM named her 1 of 15 artists and creatives changing the cultural landscape in Boston. Register for free today: https://ow.ly/Z7Zn50SUSh4

Experience Frederick Law Olmsted’s Buffalo like never before when you join the Olmsted Network for our last group travel trip of 2024 on October 30 - November 1. Our Halloween stay at The Richardson Hotel will include expert-led tours of Olmsted’s beloved park system, Niagara Falls USA and the former Buffalo State Asylum. Known today as the Richardson Olmsted Campus, the asylum is considered one of Buffalo’s most important sites, and it brings together the histories of four great men: Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux and Thomas Story Kirkbride. Tickets for this experience are $350 per person and include tours, some meals and transportation around the city. Worth 5 LA CES credits. Space is limited. Register now: https://ow.ly/P28Q50Sz5pu

We are pleased to welcome artist Jane Loeffler for the next installment Conversations with Olmsted on August 20. In 1972, Loeffler curated an exhibition on Olmsted for the National Gallery of Art. It was the first time that the Gallery exhibited landscape plans as works of art and included its first-ever multi-media presentation. Sign up for free now: https://lnkd.in/eAF75HCf

Olmsted’s treasured Emerald Necklace is under siege: From the ongoing White Stadium litigation to plans for a high rise in Longwood, Boston’s linear park is seriously threatened. It’s time to act. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eAX3GQ9N

New on the Olmsted Trail! ?? Dunn Gardens, situated just north of Seattle, WA, was originally the country estate of Arthur and Jeannette Dunn. The summer home was designed by Olmsted Brothers in 1916. Firm member James Frederick Dawson embraced the beauty of the place, creating a landscape that offered curving paths and incredible views of the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. Native conifers and eastern hardwoods, coupled with sweeping lawns, embodied the Olmsted philosophy of designing with nature. In 1993, the E.B. Dunn Historic Garden Trust was created to open the place up for public enjoyment. The property is a Washington State Landmark and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ey2tET4n