Turf Management in Cultural Landscapes: Part I
Channel: NPS Park Cultural Landscapes Program
Date: 2018-02-09

Part I: Defining Cultural Landscapes and the History of Turfgrass

This video presents an introduction to cultural landscapes and a history of turfgrass management in the United States. 

The history of turfgrass is used to describes the importance of setting expectations and objectives for the management of turfgrass in cultural landscapes. 

Take a look at this set of videos if you are interested to:

-- Understand the definition of a cultural landscape 
-- Describe a brief overview of turfgrass history
-- Consider how historic preservation research, analysis, and planning can help guide turfgrass management
-- Recognize how turf management can help reflect the historic character of a cultural landscape

View Part II: [link]    https://youtu.be/N6BfHwAM09Y


This video was produced from the NPS Sustainable Turfgrass Management Workshop held at Independence National Historical Park in August, 2014.