The Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, a program of the Northeast Region of the National Park Service, in cooperation with the National Association for Olmsted Parks, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and several National Park Service groups including the National Capitol Region, the Servicewide Training and Development Program, and the Park Historic Structures and Cultural Landscapes Program, is sponsoring a workshop on maintaining historic urban parks. Additional support has been provided by The Davey Tree Expert Company.

The three day workshop, will provide a forum to discuss current issues and solutions associated with maintaining our nations significant urban parks.The workshops will explore preservation objectives and operational techniques associated with maintaining historic urban parks including: sessions on preserving historic character applying new technology to historic landscape maintenance retaining turf in high use areas special event planning and recovery achieving preservation goals with limited operational resources.

Participants will have the opportunity to visit key public landscapes during the second day of the program. An optional pre-conference site visit to the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Mount Vernon, and the Lincoln Memorial is planned for Monday, November 5. This full-day tour will provide a behind-the-scenes view into the landscape management challenges, solutions, and operations of these significant resources.

The program is designed for field landscape maintenance staff and mid-level managers involved in the care and preservation of historic urban parks and landscapes.