Author Archives: Planting Fields Foundation
This Modern Moment: Geodesic Domes at Planting Fields
Nothing screams futuristic more than a geodesic dome. They were popularized by architect Buckminster Fuller.....Read More
Sep
Catalyst 2023: BREACH: Logbook 23 | ROOT
We recently celebrated the opening of our 2023 Catalyst art installation, BREACH: Logbook 23 |.....Read More
Jun
Main Drive Restoration Project
If you have visited Planting Fields in the last few weeks, you will have noticed.....Read More
Apr
Watercolor Workshop at Coe Hall
In connection with the Decisive Moments at Planting Fields: The Photography of Mattie Edwards Hewitt.....Read More
Feb
Olmsted 200: Celebrating the Legacy of the Olmsted Firm
To celebrate Olmsted 200, a nation-wide commemoration of the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick.....Read More
Nov
Celebrating Female Photographers at Planting Fields
As part of nationwide Olmsted 200 celebrations, Planting Fields Foundation opened a new exhibition in.....Read More
Nov
Gerda Wegener: The New Woman at Planting Fields
Although little known today, the artist Gerda Wegener, with a keen eye for fashion and.....Read More
Apr
The Heather Garden at Planting Fields
The Heather Garden at Planting Fields, designed by the Olmsted Brothers, is aptly named after.....Read More
Jun
Performing the Past for the Future
This Feature is an excerpt from curator Meredith Brown’s essay in the upcoming exhibition catalogue.....Read More
Jun
The Olmsted Brothers at Planting Fields
Photo of the original beech tree on the West Lawn. Mattie Edwards Hewitt, c. 1922......Read More
Apr