2003
• Before he ever dreamed of becoming a landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted visited southern England and Wales during a month-long walking tour. He recorded his impressions of the trip in Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England, republished by LALH with a new introduction by Charles C. McLaughlin.
• Robin Karson writes about the landscape architect Fletcher Steele and his innovative designs, including Naumkeag and the Camden Public Library Amphitheatre.
• In preservation news: Belle Isle, Detroit, MI; harborside parks of Camden, ME; and Riverview Park, Hannibal, MO.