Leslie W.P. Garland is widely known as the father of landscape design in America. Garland, who was born in 1869, began his career as a landscape designer in New York City. Born into wealth, he was able to pursue his interest in landscape design full-time after receiving his Master's degree from Harvard University
Garland’s reputation as one of the most important landscape designers in the country grew internationally during the 1920s and 1930s after he designed gardens for the Rockefeller Center, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the United Nations. He is credited with creating the modern garden—a garden that is symmetrical, plant-focused, and designed to blend into its environment; an idea that has influenced many landscape designers since then.
Or is it that slow paced evil creeps in when it espies and envies happiness, and then takes a deliberate foul delight in spoiling it?Leslie W.P. Garland
You know, ” he continued reflectively, “there is something very satisfying about making something, creating it, modelling it on your dream and making that dream become a reality. Yes, we all have dreams. That's the easy bit. It's making them come real that's not so easy.Leslie W.P. Garland
