Walking Tours

Ranger-led tours of Olmsted-designed landscapes in the nearby Boston metropolitan area are offered periodically during the year. These may include focused walks in the Back Bay Fens, Riverway, Jamaica Pond, Arnold Arboretum, and the Franklin Park portions of Boston's famed "Emerald Necklace” park system.  

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Slide Programs

Frederick Law Olmsted and the Massachusetts Legacy

The Olmsted firm worked on some 1,200 landscape design projects throughout Massachusetts, from 500-acre public parks to intimate private gardens. This program explores Olmsted landscapes from the sands of the Atlantic to the forests of the Berkshires.

Domesticity in Green: Olmsted and Suburbia

Reinforced by his belief that "great towns cannot exist without great suburbs," Frederick Law Olmsted sought to change the way Americans lived. This talk explores Olmsted's views on suburbia, focusing on factors that influenced his designs. Broad conceptual ideas are shown through an examination of Riverside, Illinois, one of this country's first planned communities. A look at "Fairsted," Olmsted's Brookline home, reveals more intimate details of his design work.

These slide programs are available for groups by reservation. Please call (617) 566-1689 ext. 221 for more information

 

BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA SALUTES FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED

Orchestra to Perform New Composition

“The Story of Frederick Law Olmsted” in Neighborhoods Throughout The City

The Boston Landmarks Orchestra will present a newly commissioned orchestral work highlighting the life of Frederick Law Olmsted as part of its summer season, including performances at The Landmarks’ Festival At The Shell, its Neighborhood Concert Series and its Concerts for Children Series. The Orchestra will perform the new piece at five concerts throughout the summer:

Neighborhood Concert Series

Presented by City of Boston, Thomas M. Menino, Mayor, Parks and Recreation Department and ParkArt.       

Sunday, July 26: World premiere in Jamaica Plain, Great Lawn at Jamaica Pond at 6PM

Sunday, August 9: Dorchester Park, Upper Ball Field at 6PM

Concerts for Children Series

Wednesday, August 5: Dorchester Boys and Girls Club, 9AM and 10:30AM

Friday, August 7: Boston’s Yawkey Club of Roxbury, 9:30AM and 11AM

Festival At The Shell:

Wednesday, September 2: Green Masterpieces concert, The DCR Hatch Shell at 7PM

 

Call 617-566-1689 ext. 221 for more information.