Olmsted Parks Grow Locally and Celebrate Nationally
Learn MoreNew Digital Exhibition and Report about Nationally Significant Cultural Landscapes Associated with African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Peoples that are Threatened and At-Risk Louisville’s Chickasaw Park has been included in Landslide 2021: Race and Space, an annual thematic report on threatened and at-risk landscapes in the United States released by The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s […]
Monday, April 25 at 6 pm is the second and…
Olmsted Parks Conservancy recommends converting Cherokee Golf Course back into…
There was so much interest in our member birding hike…
Olmsted Parks Conservancy is toasting Frederick Law Olmsted for his…
Donate to Olmsted Parks Conservancy during our Spring Membership Drive…
We are hiring! Our Team for Healthy Parks is looking…
Thank you to everyone who completed the survey, attended a…
February 2022 Olmsted Parks Conservancy is soliciting requests for proposals…
200 years after Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth, Olmsted Parks Conservancy…
The Photography Contest will consist of five categories, each of…
Funds to be Used to Purchase 25 acres of Land…
Help get the tennis courts at Tyler Park completed and…
UPDATE: KYTC I-64 CORRIDOR STUDY RELEASED I-64 CORRIDOR STUDY –…
Jun 11 5:00 pm – Jun 11 8:00 pm
Jun 18 5:00 pm – Jun 18 8:00 pm
The Photography Contest will consist of five categories, each of which will have one Winner and two Honorable Mentions, and a grand “Best of Show.” This year’s theme is Focus on Olmsted Parks. Photographs will be judged on visual appeal, creativity and by category – Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall and Smaller Park (under 100 acres). […]
OPC Diversity Statement At Olmsted Parks Conservancy, we value diversity…
Funds to be Used to Purchase 25 acres of Land…
The early 20th century witnessed the flourishing of parks in Louisville,…
When Frederick Law Olmsted was commissioned to design a park…
When Frederick Law Olmsted was commissioned to design a park system for Louisville in 1891, he was already the acknowledged father of America landscape design, famous for his work on Central Park in New York, the U.S. Capitol Grounds, and the Biltmore estate grounds. Olmsted’s greatest achievement, however, was his concept of creating a system of parks connected to tree-lined parkways, instead of freestanding parks as was the common practice. His concept was most fully realized in Louisville, the ultimate park system of his career, and one of only four completed such Olmsted systems in the world.