Tour of Olmsted Brothers’ Landscape Design Being Restored at East End

Join RoAnn Costin and William (Ned) Friedman, Director of Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, for a tour of her property, Rose Nest, which she is restoring to the original Olmsted Brothers landscape design.
In the late 1920s, the legendary Olmsted Brothers Firm of Brookline, MA. created an elaborate landscape design for the George E. Hardy property overlooking Island Pond (later owned by the Mallory and O’Keefe families).
RoAnn invites you to tour the grounds!
When: Saturday, August 22, 2026
Time: 4 pm
Place: Costin house at the East End
Reception to follow.
Please register to secure a spot by contacting the Ferguson Museum by phone (631-788-7239) or by e-mail (info@fergusonmuseum.org).
ABOVE PHOTO: Lot design for Hardy property, originally named Winkath.
Please note related talk “Evolving Landscapes: Olmsted, Design, and the Arnold Arboretum” on Sunday, August 23 by William (Ned) Friedman, Director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, who will take us on an exploration of Frederick Law Olmsted’s design legacy embodied at one of his most renowned and best-preserved landscapes: the Arnold Arboretum.