What artist so noble...as he who, with far-reaching conception of beauty, in designing power, sketches the outlines, writes the colors, and directs the shadows of a picture so great that Nature shall be employed upon it for generations, before the work he arranged for her shall realize his intentions.

Frederick Law Olmsted

 This is FLOs signature
A celebration of the life and work of
Frederick Law Olmsted, founder of
American landscape architecture.

Christopher Glynn Parker
An young view of FLO. Click here to view Olmsted's life and times.
LIFE (Biography | Related Sites | Books)		 An older view of FLO. Click here to view Olmsted's work
WORK (Planned Communities | Landscapes)