Heritage Landscapes, LLC is a leader in the planning, implementation and management of diverse cultural landscapes, and has collaborated on projects at the municipal, regional, national and international level. The firm specializes in reclaiming the vibrancy of valued public spaces through planning and green design. Principal Patricia O'Donnell maintains offices in Charlotte, Vt., and Norwalk, Conn., with a team of five professionals. The firm has completed some 500 successful projects over 26 years and earned 66 professional awards for planning, implementation and management of community projects, park and parkway systems, civic spaces, museums, historic sites, cemeteries and battlefields.

Camden Garden Amphitheatre, Library Grounds & Harbor Park, Camden, Maine

From 1997 to 2006, Heritage Landscapes planned and implemented projects to preserve and revitalize the Camden Library Grounds and Amphitheatre, designed by Fletcher Steele (1928-1931), and the adjacent Harbor Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.'s firm (1930-1935). The final project restored the Fauns Garden sculpture, pool and plantings, and installed Steele's Compass of the Winds, 75 years after it was approved. Townspeople and tourists make daily use of this revitalized green space.

 

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Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, Vt.

Heritage Landscapes contributed to the historic sustainability of Shelburne Farms for 14 years through planning and implementation projects. Stewardship planning for the 1,400 acres of lakefront property of this National Historic Landmark applied modern best practices, including replanting of historic all????(R)???(C)es, integrated pedestrian trails, reconstructed drives in historic alignments, renewed woodlands, a solar orchard, stabilized Lake Champlain cliffs and a restored Inn Garden.