Landscape Design

This profile of Beatrix Farrand, authored by Maria LoBiondo, first appeared in Princeton: With One Accord, Fall 1998.

An online version of the physical exhibition at the Library of Congress, which ran from November 1996 to February 1997.

Information about "plant hunters, landscape and garden designers, authors of books on gardening down the ages, botanists, garden owners and others with close associations with gardens and gardening", from Sisley Garden Tours.

The Jens Jensen Legacy Project educates and informs the public about the legacy and vision of Jens Jensen, a master of American landscape architecture.

Information from the National Association for Olmsted Parks.

This web site was launched by Tom Turner, a landscape architect and garden historian based in London.

This page has information about the Thomas Dolliver Church collection in the environmental design archives at the University of California, Berkeley.

A designer (1915 - 1971) who worked well into the modern era, Steele was responsible for both private and public garden spaces. The major archival collection is at Syracuse University.

A pioneer in the field, Ms. Shipman designs employed the themes of colonial gardens.

Horticulturist, writer, and, possibly, the first real landscape architecture in the United States.

Lancelot Brown's nickname 'Capability' comes from this description of country houses as bringing a 'capability' for improvement. His popularity declined after his death, but began to recover in the 1890's. His genius has been widely recognized since the 1980's.