Maine’s rich heritage of designed landscapes is rooted in the talents of groundbreaking landscape architects who saw the state’s natural beauty as a muse guiding their work. Numerous public and private landscapes benefited from this design approach, which was carried out by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., and his sons, and by Beatrix Farrand, Fletcher Steele, Warren Manning, and Jens Jensen, among others. Among the benefactors who brought these visionaries to Maine were James Phinney Baxter, Mary Louise Curtis Bok, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

This book showcases the landscapes drawn from a ten-year survey of Maine’s historic designed landscapes conducted by the Maine Olmsted Alliance for Parks and Landscapes and the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. This collaborative effort between the Alliance and Down East Books celebrates the history and legacy of Maine’s historic landscapes, including familiar parks open to the public, private estates, golf courses, rural cemeteries, and designed neighborhoods. Among the landscapes included here are the Asticou Terraces, Asticou Azalea Garden, and Thuya Garden in Northeast Harbor; Capitol Park, the Blaine House, and Blaine Memorial Park in Augusta; Camden’s Village Green, Amphitheatre, and Harbor Park; the Portland park system; Hamilton House in South Berwick; and the campuses of the University of Maine at Orono, Berwick Academy, and Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin colleges.

Theresa Mattor studied printmaking at Syracuse University, and received a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of Oregon. In 1988, she moved to Maine, where she became a registered landscape architect. Based in Portland, she has focused on both historic and contemporary properties, designing parks, subdivisions, and private residential landscapes (which she also installed); preparing comprehensive town plans and master plans for historic landscapes; and researching and writing, and lecturing about contemporary landscape design, native plants, and historic landscapes. She lives in Hollis, Maine.

Lucie Teegarden is a writer and editor who has spent more than 35 years producing college, university, and museum publications and books. She edited school and college magazines before breaking out into design and production. She holds a B.A. in languages from the College of New Rochelle and an M.A. in French from Yale University, and enjoys editing French and English as a Second Language (ESL) materials as well as books on art, history, gardening, and other subjects. Before moving to Brunswick, Maine, in 1983, she lived in Kenitra, Morocco, and in the suburbs of Boston, New Haven, and New York City.

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