Olmsted, Hartford, and Natural Democracy

Program Type:

Film, Gardening & Nature, Lectures

Age Group:

Adults
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Join us for a presentation about the Olmsted Legacy by historian and filmmaker Laurence Cotton. Frederick Law Olmsted — considered the father of landscape architecture in the United States — was born in Hartford. Along with his two sons and the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm, he designed numerous public parks, private estates and gardens, residential neighborhoods, entire communities, and institutional campuses in the late 1800s and first half of the 1900s. Olmsted was a pioneer in advocating for the protection of nature and natural beauty for the health and well-being of the people. His ideas for protecting Yosemite Valley are considered the start of the national parks movement. His son, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., carried on his work by helping to launch the National Park Service. The Olmsted vision remains a guiding force for our municipal parks and national parks today.

Co-sponsored by the Simsbury Grange, Simsbury Land Trust & Simsbury Public Library