The Anglo-American narrative continues as Laird traces attempts to interpret the horticultural past of Chief George Johnson s nineteenth century parkland at Chiefswood on the Six Nations, Ontario. Griswold considers this question as she describes the translation of remains from seventeenth and eighteenth century colonial plantations, farms and homesteads into Colonial Revival landscapes. The anticipated recovery of this landscape will result in a richness, profusion, and diversity of plantings and provide inspiring spaces in which to stage public education programs. Meier describes National Park Service plans to rehabilitate the Longfellow grounds, emphasizing the application of new methods in historic landscape preservation and treatment. Our outdoor reception at Longfellow House captures the spirit of landscape enjoyed by many occupants through the centuries including Washington and Longfellow.
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