Notable Projects while at the Olmsted Firm:
Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois
Pinehurst, North Carolina
Louisville Park System, Louisville, Kentucky
Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Warren Manning’s lifelong ambition was nothing short of “making America a finer place in which to live." After growing up and working in his father’s nursery in Reading, Massachusetts, he went to work for Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. as a horticultural specialist, leading the planting department. His plant expertise was vital in the planning for the World’s Columbian Exposition, for Biltmore Estate, and for the early park work in Louisville, Kentucky.
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service