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URL:https://www.walden.org/events/laurence-cotton-frederick-law-olmsted-th
 e-natural-democracy-of-parks/
SUMMARY:Laurence Cotton: "Frederick Law Olmsted: The Natural Democracy of P
 arks"
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of the “National Parks: Past\, Present\, a
 nd Future” Speaker Series.\n\nFrederick Law Olmsted — considered the f
 ather of landscape architecture in the United States — along with his tw
 o sons and the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm\, designed num
 erous public parks\, private estates and gardens\, residential neighborhoo
 ds\, entire communities\, and institutional campuses in the late 1800s and
  first half of the 1900s. Olmsted was a pioneer in advocating for the prot
 ection of nature and natural beauty for the health and well-being of the p
 eople. His ideas for protecting Yosemite Valley are considered the start o
 f the national parks movement. His son\, Frederick Law Olmsted\, Jr.\, car
 ried on his work by helping to launch the National Park Service. The Olmst
 ed vision remains a guiding force for our municipal parks and national par
 ks today.\n\nLaurence Cotton\, historian and filmmaker\, served as consult
 ing producer for the film Stewart Udall and the Politics of Beauty (2022).
  He originated and co-produced the nationally broadcast PBS film Frederick
  Law Olmsted: Designing America (2014). He is a co-producer of the newly r
 eleased film From Sea to Shining Sea: Katharine Lee Bates and the Story of
  America the Beautiful (2025). As a biographer of Frederick Law Olmsted\, 
 Mr. Cotton has traveled across the U.S.\, presenting his PBS film and deli
 vering a popular PowerPoint presentation about the Olmsted legacy. Raised 
 in eastern Massachusetts\, he has hiked the mountains and paddled the rive
 rs of New England\, and he has lived in the Pacific Northwest for the past
  thirty years\, hiking and exploring the old-growth forests\, glaciated mo
 untains\, volcanoes\, and interior prairies and deserts of the region. Lau
 rence Cotton also serves as a guest lecturer on small ship cruise vessels 
 that ply the waterways and coastlines of North America\, focusing on cultu
 ral and natural history.\n\nThis speaker series is sponsored by RESTORE: T
 he North Woods\, in partnership with Trinity College of Hartford\, Connect
 icut\, Walden Woods Project\, Wildlands Campaign of Climate Action Now Wes
 tern Massachusetts\, and Olmsted Network. Attendance is free of charge.\n\
 nThis event takes place online on Zoom\, and you can register here.
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