let's celebrate public parks and gardens

Once, it’s April, the international month of landscape architecture, we cannot pass without remember one of the most famous in this art.

This week, was celebrated Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American Landscape architecture.

In his extensive listo f projects, are included the Central Park, Prospect Park, both in New York city, Esmeral Necklace in Boston and Landscape surronding the United State Capitol building in Washington.

He was very important in the development and concept of Public space, created one of the most famous public park in the world.

“The design of central park embodies Olmsted’s social conciousness and commitment to egalitarian ideals. Influenced by Downing and his own observations regardins social class in England, China and American South, Olmsted believed that the common green spaces must always be equally acessible to all citiziens.” (wikipedia.org)