Posts Tagged ‘smithsonian gardens’
Calvert Vaux: The Visionary Landscape Architect Behind Central Park
Creator of Central Park November 19, 1895 Today is the anniversary of the death of the Landscape Architect Calvert Vaux (“Vox”), who died on this day in 1895. Calvert was born in England, but he came to the United States at the age of 24 to work on landscape projects with Andrew Jackson Downing.…
Read MoreSydney Dylan Ripley and the Creation of the Smithsonian Gardens
The Louvre Inspiration It was on this day that the horticulture program at the Smithsonian Gardens was established by Sydney Dylan Ripley, who served as the secretary of the Smithsonian. An American ornithologist and conservationist, Sidney had been inspired by the area around the Louvre in France as a child. With the Louvre always in…
Read MoreFrom Louvre to Landscape: How Sydney Dylan Ripley’s Vision Transformed the Smithsonian
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 31, 1972 On this day, dear garden friends, the horticulture program at the Smithsonian Gardens emerged from the fertile imagination of Sydney Dylan Ripley, Secretary of the Smithsonian and master of institutional…
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