The New American Garden, The Landscape Architecture of Oehme, van Sweden (The Cultural Landscape Foundation)

Recollections

Overview

Susan Rademacher, co-author with Wolfgang Oehme and James van Sweden of Bold Romantic Gardens, reflects on the two landscape architects and the 25th anniversary of the book’s publication. read more

In tandem with the production of the James van Sweden Pioneers Oral History, friends, colleagues and clients provided recollections:

Kurt Bluemel

Hilda Brillembourg

Barbara Whitney Carr, retired President, Chicago Botanic Garden

Barbara Downs

David Ebershoff, Editor-at-Large, Random House Publishing Group

Jason Epstein

Cynthia Hamowy

Kris S. Jarantoski, Executive Vice President & Director, Chicago Botanic Garden

Raymond Kaskey, sculptor

Exhibition

About Landslide

TCLF’s Landslide® program, established in 2003, raises awareness about threatened and at-risk works of landscape architecture. This annual compendium is organized on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the publication of Bold Romantic Gardens. Since its publication, nine of the 21 gardens have been lost. This Landslide spotlight serves as a call to action. learn more

About TCLF

The Cultural Landscape Foundation® (TCLF) provides the tools to see, understand and value landscape architecture and its practitioners in the way many people have learned to do with buildings and their designers. Through its Web site, lectures, outreach and publishing, TCLF broadens the support and understanding for cultural landscapes nationwide to help safeguard our priceless heritage for future generations. learn more

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