11 Facts About Samuel Parsons

Samuel Parsons is remembered as being a founder of the American Society of Landscape Architects, helping to establish the profession.

Samuel Parsons's father was the son of Samuel Parsons, who moved to Flushing from Manhattan around 1800 and married Mary Bowne.

Samuel Parsons's father was an accomplished and well noted horticulturist, who was the first to import Japanese Maples and propagate rhododendrons.

Samuel Parsons then went to school at Yale University and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1862, after which he spent several years studying and practicing farming.

When Vaux became the head landscape architect of the New York City Parks Department, with him came Samuel Parsons, who took over the unpaid position of Superintendent of Planting.

In 1899, Samuel Parsons founded the American Society of Landscape Architects in conjunction with ten other well established practitioners on a basis of three tenets:.

Samuel Parsons published numerous magazine articles and at least six books on landscape gardening throughout his life.

Samuel Parsons depended on media publicity to accomplish a goal only once; he sought help from local newspapers to help rid Central Park of shantytowns.

Samuel Parsons was able to maintain his design characteristics in all of his design projects without completely copying his earlier work.

Samuel Parsons remains a founding father of the modern day landscape architecture institution, and his designs are still visible throughout the United States, primarily in San Diego's Balboa Park and New York City's Union Square.

In 1876, Samuel Parsons imported Japanese chestnut trees which he then sold to customers in several states across the country.