October 2018 Luncheon
Tuesday October 16, 2018.
Frederick Law Olmsted designed Central Park, his first foray into creating public parks in urban spaces. He went on to design parks for the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. and the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Olmsted is widely considered the father of landscape architecture and one of its greatest practitioners. By the time he died in 1903, he had made public parks central to American life.
Horticulturist, lecturer, and re-enactor Kirk Brown will come as Olmsted to give us a dramatic presentation about Olmsted’s work. The talk focuses on the past, but connects to environmental concerns that exist today. Kirk will treat us to a dramatic presentation on the life of the father of Landscape Architecture who created cities out of the American wilderness and began a conservation movement still challenging the world today. Frederick Law Olmsted comes alive in this first person presentation on the issues that will save the planet! Brown is a garden writer, designer and president of the Garden Writers Association.
Horticulturist, lecturer, and re-enactor Kirk Brown will come as Olmsted to give us a dramatic presentation about Olmsted’s work. The talk focuses on the past, but connects to environmental concerns that exist today. Kirk will treat us to a dramatic presentation on the life of the father of Landscape Architecture who created cities out of the American wilderness and began a conservation movement still challenging the world today. Frederick Law Olmsted comes alive in this first person presentation on the issues that will save the planet! Brown is a garden writer, designer and president of the Garden Writers Association.
NY Bus Trip of Olmsted Designed NYC Central Park
The tour is designed to enhance our October 2018 Luncheon experience with Frederick Law Olmsted (the father of American landscape architecture).
The tour is designed to enhance our October 2018 Luncheon experience with Frederick Law Olmsted (the father of American landscape architecture).
The bus will depart from the Buckingham Township Building, 4613 Hughesian Way (off 413), Buckingham PA Parking Lot (park at the end of the lot away from the building) on Sept. 20 @ 9 AM and take us to NYC Central Park. Hagey Hospitality will arrange for us to be greeted at NYC Central Park by two New York City certified tour guides. We will have a guided walking tour of the park, have lunch delivered to us in the park by Hagey Hospitality and continue our day in the park. We will return to Buckingham approximately 5 PM.
