by Carlisle | Dec 16, 2012 | Carlisle Flowers
Students, your take-home exam, the final for this semester is as follows: write a five page paper on the best landscape architect there ever was in the United States. In my unbiased view, the answer is Frederick Law Olmsted. Your assignment is to explain how his...
by Carlisle | Feb 21, 2012 | Carlisle Flowers
Gatsby and Beyond: The Fabled Gardens of Long Island’s Gold Coast, A Talk Sponsored by The New York Botanical Garden Originally comprising vast areas of the North Shore of Long Island, the Gold Coast was a favorite retreat of the rich and famous. Beginning...
by Carlisle | Nov 11, 2010 | Carlisle Flowers
Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, his partner, did not plan to have a structure in Central Park. Structures were to be subservient to nature but they modified their original plan and built a terrace, the central staircase that lead to the park’s only...
