What’s Out There Weekend: Olmsted on Long Island
Please email Blythe@tclf.org to be added to the waitlist for sold out tours.
Together with Planting Fields Foundation, The Cultural Landscape Foundation celebrates the bicentennial of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.'s, birth by exploring his legacy on Long Island with a weekend of free, expert-led tours. The event will feature more than a dozen sites, including iconic estates, cemeteries, sanctuaries and nurseries, and more. This event is held in conjunction with the October 20 – 21 symposium, Situating the Residential Projects of the Olmsted Firm, at Planting Fields (separate registration).
A guidebook will be produced in tandem with the Weekend.
SATURDAY - October 22
Locust Valley Cemetery | 9:00 - 10:30 AM | led by Amy Driscoll (Locust Valley Cemetery)
Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park | 10:00 - 11:30 AM | led by Patricia O’Donnell (Heritage Landscapes LLC)
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve | 11: 00 AM - 12:30 PM | led by Jessica Brassler (The Caumsett Foundation)
Dosoris Cemetery | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | led by John Melillo (Dosoris Cemetery)
Memorial Cemetery of St. John’s Church | 12:00 - 1:30 PM | led by Patricia O’Donnell (Heritage Landscapes LLC)
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Campus | 12:30 - 2:00 PM | led by Daniel Miller (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Campus)
The Creek | 2:00 - 3:00 PM | led by Thomas Dunne (Independent Historian and Author)
Nassau County Courthouse | 2:00 - 4:00 PM | led by Daniel G. Looney (Deputy Executive Assistant District Attorney)
SUNDAY - October 23
Bayard Cutting Arboretum | 9:00 - 10:30 AM | led by Kevin Wiecks (Bayard Cutting Arboretum)
Munsey Park Incorporated Village| 10:00 - 11:30 AM | led by Andrew Cronson (Village of Munsey Park)
Welwyn Preserve | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | led by Mrs. Jolanta Zamecka (Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center)
Lattingtown Gold Coast Estate | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | led by Henry P. Davison III
La Selva| 12:30 – 2:00 PM | led by Debra Del Vecchio (La Selva)
Conklin Amphitheater (Seminary of the Immaculate Conception) | 2:00 - 3:30 PM | led by Bruce Baumann (Seminary of the Immaculate Conception) and Stephen Ubertini
Oheka Castle | 4:15 - 5:45 PM | led by Paul Mateyunas (Gold Coast Historian)