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Gardens - Landscape Architecture

Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life

December 6, 2019 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Marta McDowell discusses her book about a 19th century American poet, Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life. McDowell was gardener-in-residence last year at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts. [Read more…] about Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Books, Gardens - Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Literature, Podcasts

Heritage Gardening Program at Sullivan Co Museum

March 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

local gardening in the 1930sHeritage vs. Heirloom Gardening, a talk by horticulturist Diana K. Weiner has been set for Sunday, March 10th at 2 pm, at the Time and the Valleys Museum on St. Rt. 55 in Grahamsville, Sullivan County. [Read more…] about Heritage Gardening Program at Sullivan Co Museum

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Agricultural History, Gardens - Landscape Architecture, local farms, Time and the Valleys Museum

Amsterdam’s Green Hill Cemetery

October 23, 2015 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week “The Historians” podcast features Jerry Snyder of Historic Amsterdam League talking about their Ghosts of the Past Tours, which take place in Green Hill Cemetery Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24. Amsterdam’s Green Hill Cemetery, opened in 1858 and expanded in 1865, was designed by Burton A. Thomas, who also designed Vale Cemetery in Schenectady and Albany Rural Cemetery. Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/obudmore/bryan-mackfort-plain-museumthe-historianssunday-october-11-2015 [Read more…] about Amsterdam’s Green Hill Cemetery

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Cemeteries, Gardens - Landscape Architecture, Historic Amsterdam League, Montgomery County, Podcasts

Heritage Hops Benefit Madison Co Historical Society

June 11, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Madison County HopsPotted hop plants are available to benefit the Madison County Historical Society in Oneida, NY for at least a five dollar donation. Hop plants are ready to be planted now.

Available hop varieties include Cascade and “Hedgerow Hops” from the wild stock of the old hop yards near Bouckville, NY where commercial hop growing was introduced to Central New York in 1808. These hedgerow hops are a hardy plant, having survived over 150 winters. [Read more…] about Heritage Hops Benefit Madison Co Historical Society

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Agricultural History, Culinary History, Gardens - Landscape Architecture, Madison County

Roosevelt-Vanderbilt Site Seeks Garden Volunteers

April 6, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Val-Kill garden volunteersThe Roosevelt Vanderbilt National Historic Site seeks volunteer gardeners to assist with the restoration and maintenance of the landscape at the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (Val-Kill). Volunteers will work under the direction of the national parks’ horticulturist on projects throughout the landscape and gardens. The volunteer gardening program takes place on Wednesdays from 9 am – 12 pm. [Read more…] about Roosevelt-Vanderbilt Site Seeks Garden Volunteers

Filed Under: History, Nature Tagged With: Gardens - Landscape Architecture, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt NHS

The Woodlands Historic Site of Philadelphia

January 14, 2015 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldWilliam Hamilton built The Woodlands mansion in Philadelphia in the 1760s. The estate stands as a tribute to the significant architectural and botanical contributions Hamilton made to Philadelphia and the young United States, including a part in the Lewis and Clark expedition.

This week on the “Ben Franklin’s World” podcast we speak with Jessica Baumert, the Executive Director of The Woodlands Historic Site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/011 [Read more…] about The Woodlands Historic Site of Philadelphia

Filed Under: History, Nature Tagged With: Architecture, Ben Franklin’s World, Environmental History, Gardens - Landscape Architecture, Pennsylvania, Podcasts, Public History

Aerial Photos: New York Rural History From Above

January 5, 2015 by Bill Casey 58 Comments

aerial photograph centered in Syracuse Onondaga County New York 1938Aerial photos can be helpful research tools for historians. Google Earth, which provides access to a vast collection of aerial photography stretching back 20 years, is just a sampling of the many aerial photos that have been made since French balloonist Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, known as “Nadar,” took a photo over Paris, France in 1858.

Much of New York Sate was photographed with the camera pointing straight down, an oblique presentation that is less useful to some historians. An effort to capture all of New York in an orthophotographic perspective (corrected to a uniform scale) started in 1936 with a contract to C.S. Robinson of Ithaca, NY. These images are particularly valuable resources for historians of all stripes. [Read more…] about Aerial Photos: New York Rural History From Above

Filed Under: History, Nature Tagged With: Agricultural History, Architecture, Cayuga County, Cortland County, Environmental History, Gardens - Landscape Architecture, Online Resources, Onondaga County, Photography, Seneca County, Tompkins County, Wayne County

Jay Heritage Awarded $500k For Gardens

December 24, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Jay Heritage gardensThe Jay Heritage Center (JHC) has been awarded $500,000 to restore 1.5 acres of historic gardens in Rye, New York at the landmark Jay Estate on Boston Post Road.

JHC was one of 118 organizations in the Mid-Hudson area of New York State to be awarded funding by the Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) process. [Read more…] about Jay Heritage Awarded $500k For Gardens

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Economic Development, Gardens - Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation, Jay Heritage Center, Public History, Westchester County

Fort Fever Series Returns to Fort Ticonderoga

December 8, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

snowshoes13_main3Fort Ticonderoga’s “Fort Fever Series” returns this winter with monthly programs January through April 2015.

Programs take place on Sunday afternoons at 2 pm in the Mars Education Center. The cost for each program is $10 per person and will be collected at the door; free for Members of Fort Ticonderoga. [Read more…] about Fort Fever Series Returns to Fort Ticonderoga

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Fort Ticonderoga, French And Indian War, Gardens - Landscape Architecture, Horses, Lake Champlain, Material Culture, Military History

NYC: Original Central Park Plan On Exhibit

November 24, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

central park map 1863The Museum of the City of New York has put on public display the rarely seen Greensward Plan for Central Park – the original 1858 design by Central Park superintendent and future leading landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and English-born architect Calvert Vaux that won a public design competition to improve and expand the park.

This four-by-twelve-foot map depicting Central Park’s framework in pen and ink has permanently left its imprint on the park and the visitor experience. On loan from the New York City Parks Department, the Greensward Plan for Central Park is now on view at the City Museum through January 2015. [Read more…] about NYC: Original Central Park Plan On Exhibit

Filed Under: History, Nature, New Exhibits Tagged With: Environmental History, Gardens - Landscape Architecture, Museum of the City of New York, New York City, NYC, Urban History

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