THE HISTORY OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN IN AMERICA at Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens

With cultural roots from Spain to Florida, England in Virginia and New England, France in Louisiana and The Netherlands in New York, America's horticultural traditions extend back to royal European enclosures. Through Jefferson's expansion into the Louisiana Territory, past the urban greening of Olmstead's Central Park, into the Belle Epoch of grand country estates and through two World Wars, America continued to embrace the notion that the great outdoors can be captured in residential gardens, urban oases, and commercial retreats. Since the GI's return and Levittown's spread across the suburban landscape, American gardeners have been striving to restore nature's order. And in concluding this fast-paced, visually expansive presentation, the lecture imagines the future of landscape design in America and the hope for its sustained and sustainable influence around the world.

Kirk R. Brown (author, horticulturist, and green-industry businessman) is executive officer for Garden Writers Association. He and his recreations of John bartram and Frederick Law Olmstead tour the country with motivational keynote presentations to international conferences and symposia. His message of sustainability carries through all of his design, business, dramatic and horticultural lectures. He can be read at www.JohnBartramLives.com.

The lecture is free of charge and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.

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