The Olmsted Parks of Louisville: A Botanical Field Guide

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Frederick Law Olmsted, popularly referred to as the “Father of American Landscape Architecture,” is famous for designing New York City’s Central Park, the U.S. Capitol grounds, and the campuses of institutions such as Stanford University and the University of Chicago. His celebrated projects in Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Milwaukee, and other cities led to a commission from the city of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1891. There, he partnered with community leaders to design a network of scenic parks, tree-lined parkways, elegant neighborhoods, and beautifully landscaped estate gardens that thousands of visitors still enjoy nowadays.

The Olmsted Parks of Louisville is the first authoritative manual at the 380 species of trees, herbaceous plants, shrubs, and vines populating the nearly 1,900 acres that comprise Cherokee, Seneca, Iroquois, Shawnee, and Chickasaw Parks. Designed for simple reference, this handy field guide includes detailed photos and maps in addition to ecological and historical information about every park. Writer Patricia Dalton Haragan also includes sections detailing the many species of invasive plants in the parks and discusses the native flora that they displaced.

This guide provides readers with a key to Olmsted’s vision, revealing how quite a lot of plant species were arranged to emphasize the beauty and grandeur of nature. It’s going to serve as an crucial resource for students, nature enthusiasts, and the more than ten thousand visitors who use the parks.

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