The Field

For those looking ahead to spring and summer travel, Professional Practice Network (PPN) members’ responses to the question what is your favorite place that may not be familiar to others? might give you a few new spots to explore this year. In the previous post recapping the results of the 2015 PPN survey, we reviewed the most popular responses and international locations mentioned. This time, we’re focusing on places across the United States, from parks and gardens to wilderness areas and mountain passes. Take a look and see if you’ve been to any of these lesser-known spots, and which ones you’ll need to add to your list of places to go.

Northeast

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site – Cornish, New Hampshire

The courtyard at the Boston Public Library – Boston, Massachusetts

Halcyon Lake in Mount Auburn Cemetery – Cambridge, Massachusetts

“The Robert Treat Paine Estate, an amazing shingle style home in Waltham with landscape designed by Olmsted.” – Waltham, Massachusetts

Lake Waban – Wellesley, Massachusetts

Truro and Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Storm King Art Center – New Windsor, New York

Trenton Falls, New York

The Met Cloisters – New York City

Paley Park – New York City

Socrates Sculpture Park – Long Island City, New York

Old Westbury Gardens – Westbury, New York

“Long Island’s North Fork – wineries, farms, beaches” – Long Island, New York

“The rolling hills of eastern York, Pennsylvania.”

The Sunken Gardens of the Schwab Estate – Loretto, Pennsylvania

Fall Run Park – Glenshaw, Pennsylvania

Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania‘s campus – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

South

Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary and Patuxent River State Park – Prince Georges County, Maryland

Meridian Hill Park – Washington, DC

Dolly Sods Wilderness – eastern West Virginia

Ramsey’s Draft Wilderness – West Augusta, Virginia

James River Park Pipeline Trail – Richmond, Virginia

Falls Park on the Reedy – Greenville, South Carolina

Callaway Gardens – Pine Mountain, Georgia

Olmsted Linear Park – Atlanta, Georgia

Granite outcrops in Georgia

University of Georgia’s Founders Memorial Garden – Athens, Georgia

Coco Plum Inn – Key West, Florida

Vizcaya Museum & Gardens – Miami, Florida

Devil’s Den State Park – Winslow, Arkansas

Dixon Gallery & Gardens – Memphis, Tennessee

Rip Van Winkle Gardens – Jefferson Island, Louisiana

Caddo Lake – on the border between Texas and Louisiana

Fort Worth Water Gardens – Fort Worth, Texas

Sundance Square – Fort Worth, Texas

Harry Moss Park – Dallas, Texas

Phil Hardberger Park – San Antonio, Texas

Midwest

Washington Park – Cincinnati, Ohio

W. J. Beal Botanical Garden at Michigan State University – East Lansing, Michigan

“Door County, Wisconsin. Beautiful shorelines, harbor towns, farm lands, woodlands. Breathtaking in any season.”

The Memorial Union Terrace at UW-Madison – Madison, Wisconsin

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

The South Garden at the Art Institute of Chicago (designed by Dan Kiley) – Chicago, Illinois

Hackmatack Natural Wildlife Refuge – Woodstock, Illinois

Missouri Botanical Garden – St. Louis, Missouri

Table Rock Lake – Kimberling City, Missouri

Eagle Point Park and Mines of Spain – Dubuque, Iowa

West

“A small mountain stream high up in the Rockies.”

“August in the Colorado high country.”

Cameron Pass, Colorado

Gore Pass, Colorado

Crestone, Colorado

Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon – Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Thunder Basin National Grassland – Douglas, Wyoming

Gila Wilderness – Glenwood, New Mexico

Slide Rock State Park –Sedona, Arizona

Mount Lemmon Scenic Byway – Tucson, Arizona

Sunset Park – Las Vegas, Nevada

California Coast north of San Francisco to Mendocino County

The Presidio – San Francisco, California

“A couple of the local creek beaches and meadows in the redwoods near my home.” – California

Fitzgerald Marine Preserve and its walking trails through the eucalyptus forest – Moss Beach, California

Icehouse Canyon – Mount Baldy, California

Tuolumne Meadows – Yosemite National Park, California

Lassen Volcanic National Park – Mineral, California

Santa Rosa Plateau – Murrieta, California

Ossagon Trail in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park – Orick, California

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden – Claremont, California

Guadalupe River Park – San Jose, California

Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge – Plush, Oregon

Forest Park – Portland, Oregon

Hoyt Arboretum – Portland, Oregon

Keller Fountain Park – Portland, Oregon

The Shire – Skamania County, Washington

At the start of 2015, a questionnaire was sent out to members of ASLA’s Professional Practice Networks (PPNs). The theme: creativity and inspired design. As you can imagine, responses were varied, and included many insightful comments and suggestions. Synopses of the survey results were originally shared in LAND over the course of 2015, and we are now re-posting this information here on The Field. For the latest updates on the results of the annual PPN Survey, see LAND’s PPN News section.