starts at 8pm eastern on american history tv. 2022 marks the bicentennial of the birth of frederick law olmstead the landscape architect who designed many of the most notable urban parks in the united states over 100 years from the 1850s to about 1960. he and then the olmstead firm. he founded completed thousands of landscape projects next landscape architect. lori olin tells the story of frederick law olmsted's career and the work of the olmsted firm culminating in a discussion of the creation and current status of fdr park in philadelphia. the pennsylvania horticultural society provided the video and co-hosted this event with a national association for olmsted parks as part of olmsted 200 a wide-ranging bicentennial initiative. hi, i'm nicole jenny rhodes hi, laurie. good to see you nice to soon and i can

capitol grounds designed by landscape architect frederick law olmstead in 1874. he shows how many elements from olmsted's original design have survived and been adapted as the needs of the complex and congress have changed that starts at 8pm eastern on american history tv. next on american history tv monticello gardeners and plant curators talk about how thomas jefferson planned his gardens and how they recreate those gardens now, they also provide demonstrations of various steps in the gardening process. thomas jefferson's monticello hosted this event and provided the video. welcome to our monticello live stream with curator of plants peggy cornett and manager and curator of historic gardens. jason young today. we are discussing monticello's gardens during both jefferson's time as well as spring planting and plant production at monticello today, please post your questions in the comments and let us know from where you are joining us. so jason and peggy, can you each introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your role in the stewardship of monticello's gardens?

he says you mentioned the frederick law olmstead site. can you talk a little bit more about them and and any future plans for the jfk national site and the frederick law olmsted site? yeah, well i can talk a little bit about them. i'm not a super versed in their content. we're all sort of professionals at our own sites, but we do we do mingle together for training and especially during the pandemic and working through a virtual season. that was really enriching this year the opportunity that our staffs were able to connect and to work together and to collaborate to try distance programs and things of that nature but frederick law olmsted they have a wonderful program for children the good neighbors program, which they run with multiple local schools in the spring and the fall and it's really getting kids to think about designing their own green spaces and what that means whatever represents how green space is make you feel and in 2022, they're celebrating the 200 200th anniversary of frederick law olmsted's birth. and so they're going to

will take viewers on a virtual tour of the capitol grounds designed by landscape architect frederick law olmstead in 1874. he shows how many elements from olmsted's original design have survived and been adapted as the needs of the complex and congress have changed that starts at 8pm eastern on american history tv. next on american history tv monticello gardeners and plant curators talk about how thomas jefferson planned his gardens and how they recreate those gardens now, they also provide demonstrations of various steps in the gardening process. thomas jefferson's monticello hosted this event and provided the video. welcome to our monticello live stream with curator of plants peggy cornett and manager and curator of historic gardens. jason young today. we are discussing monticello's gardens during both jefferson's time as well as spring

however, i'm frederick olmstead had retired and so his son john charles olmstead who had worked with him for decades at that point had started a firm with his half-brother frederick law olmstead, jr. and so they formed the olmsted brothers firm and this is who the leadership in seattle connected with when they first wrote out east to get an expert to come and work on the park system. and so like my first graphic showed, this is quite a ways from brookline, massachusetts particularly if you're relying on train travel, which of course he would have had to and so another stroke of luck that came seattle's way. is that the lewis and clark exposition was planned for 1905 and by the portland board of park commissioners had already contacted the olmsted firm and asked them to design the grounds for this world's fair and so it was a little easier to draw john olmsted out to the west coast because here's two big projects that are waiting for him and they allowed the two cities to share the expenses and benefit from the sort of economy of scale of having two cities work worth to do to make trip out here. and so that was incredibly lucky and john olmstead also did a plan for th

capitol grounds designed by landscape architect frederick law olmstead in 1874. he shows how many elements from olmsted's original design have survived and been adapted as the needs of the complex and congress have changed that starts at 8pm eastern on american history tv. thomas jefferson has been called the sage of monticello next on the presidency historical interpreter bill barker talks from mr. jefferson's own virginia porch. his subject is education and mr. jefferson's views of lifelong learning in creating an educated citizenry capable of self-government. thomas jefferson's monticello hosted this event and provided the video. oh my heavens. well citizens my pleasure indeed my blessings to have you all come visit here this afternoon this 13th day of april, which i am hearing and receiving of the salutations in of my particular birthday. i have steam your interest in recognizing that though. i hope you will realize that personally i prefer not my birthday to the recognized but rather the the birthday of our nation. i consider our nation to be the world's bes

starts at 8pm eastern on american history tv. 2022 marks the bicentennial of the birth of frederick law olmstead the landscape architect who designed many of the most notable urban parks in the united states over 100 years from the 1850s to about 1960. he and then the olmstead firm. he founded completed thousands of landscape projects next landscape architect. lori olin tells the story of frederick law olmsted's career and the work of the olmsted firm culminating in a discussion of the creation and current status of fdr park in philadelphia. the pennsylvania horticultural society provided the video and co-hosted this event with a national association for olmsted parks as part of olmsted 200 a wide-ranging bicentennial initiative. hi, i'm nicole jenny rhodes hi, laurie. good to see you nice to soon and i can't see everyone else. but thank you so much for being here. i'm the director of audience engagement at the pennsylvania horticultural society and we are so excited to tonight learn about the movement and the principles that inspired the creation of philadelphia's only public landscape designed

the one thing that we want as opportunity in 1873 congress commissioned landscape architect frederick law olmstead to design the enlarged grounds of the us capitol next us capitol historical society chief guide and public historian steve livengood takes viewers on a virtual tour of the area. he shows how olmsted's design and many details have survived and been adapted as the needs of the complex and congress have changed the society hosted this event and provided the video. one of the things that the historical society does that we hold dear is our historical tours of the capital itself and the capital grounds and we are gifted with an extraordinary tour guide steve live and good has been doing tours of the capital for 50 years. and when i first came on as the president about it a little bit more than a year ago. he's i said what i'd like to go on one of your tours and he said well, would you like the 10-hour version or would you like a shorter version i opted for a shorter version, but i've been doing