Pioneers

Pioneers of American Landscape Design® chronicles the lives and careers of those who have designed our gardens, parks, streets, campuses, cemeteries, suburbs, and the innumerable other environments in which we live. This dynamic initiative utilizes multiple formats—including biographical profiles, oral histories, tours, and print publications—to educate, inspire, and promote the active sharing of information.

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His designs include the Country Place Era garden of La Toscana, and the planned communities of Rolling Hills and Hidden Hills.

The first female member of the Society of American Foresters, she was instrumental in the campaign to save the Kisatchie National Forest in 1930.

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