Plant Chats with Val- Olmsted Elm

Duration:

2 minutes

Former Park Ranger and Volunteer Extraordinaire Val Wilcox shares interesting facts and stories about plants associated with Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site. Here she teaches us about the history of the Olmsted Elm (an American Elm, Ulmus americana) as well as the Jefferson Elm (Ulmus americana jefferson). This video was filmed on the South Lawn at Fairsted, the historic home and offices of the Olmsted family in Brookline, Massachusetts.