Historic Designed Landscape

Historic Designed Landscape - a landscape that was consciously designed or laid out by a landscape architect, master gardener, architect, or horticulturist according to design principles,or an amateur gardener working in a recognized style or tradition. The landscape may be associated with a significant person(s), trend, or event in landscape architecture; or illustrate an important development in the theory and practice of landscape architecture. Aesthetic values play a significant role in designed landscapes.
Preservation Brief 36 Protecting Cultural Landscapes: Planning, Treatment and Management of Historic Landscapes Birnbaum, 1994

Featured Projects

Central Park Conservancy
Meridian Hill Park
Weymouth CLR II
Weymouth CLR I
Tregaron

Additional Projects

  • Weymouth Heights – Historic District – Nomination
  • DC World War I Memorial Restoration*
  • Bamboo Brook, Spillway Restoration*
  • Camden Harbor Park Restoration and Renewal*
  • Camden Amphitheatre Restoration *
  • Fort Wayne Memorial, Swinney, and Lakeside Park CLR*
  • Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest – Viewshed Analysis*
  • Shelburne Farms Landscape Stewardship Plan*
  • Village of Riverside –NHL Update*
  • The Homestead – Preservation Guidelines, Homestead Preserve
  • Historic estate. Asheville, North Carolina – Multiple rehabilitation projects