Dear Friends,
I am pleased to share the Friends of Fairsted FY2024–2025 Impact Report and Donor List, and to acknowledge—once again and with deep gratitude—the generous support that enables us to serve as the philanthropic partner of Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site. Now more than ever, the National Park Service relies on strong public-private partnerships to sustain essential education programs, preserve historic buildings, landscapes and collections, and engage the public in meaningful ways. We are honored to collaborate with the talented and dedicated staff at Fairsted, and are excited to share highlights of our recent accomplishments.

Over the past two fiscal years, your donations have helped fund many important projects:

• Beveridge Research Grants, supporting scholarship in landscape history, including the most recent cohort of outstanding recipients featured in this report.
• Participation in the 125th Anniversary of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in Washington, DC—raising Fairsted’s national profile and strengthening ties across the landscape architecture community.
• Two public programs that explored the continuing relevance of Olmsted’s design principles and brought new audiences into conversation with Fairsted.
• Direct support to the park, including critical investment in the Olmsted Research Guide Online (ORGO 2.0), ensuring the continued stewardship of key digital and archival resources.
• Continued financial support to the NPS education program, Good Neighbors – Learning Through Landscapes, which teaches third graders about landscape design and community building, using Fairsted as a living laboratory. plant material, expertise, and grants to refresh and sustain the historic Olmsted landscape.
• A pilot education program for middle-school students, offering hands-on learning in landscape design, environmental history, and civic engagement.
• Art in the Park, our beloved summer festival on the lawn at Fairsted, where families and neighbors gathered to celebrate creativity, community, and music.
• A Holiday Open House, welcoming visitors for seasonal refreshments and guided tours of the historic Design Office.
• A special grant to the Library of American Landscape History, made in honor of former Olmsted NHS Superintendent, Rolf Diamant, supporting the production of the new documentary Olmsted and Yosemite.

Your support makes this work possible. As we look ahead, we invite you to help us meet a crucial goal: raising $30,000 to sustain the Beveridge Research Grants, which nurture the next generation of Olmsted scholars and landscape practitioners. While this is a top priority, we are deeply grateful for gifts of any size to any of our projects, especially now, when funding for the National Park System is increasingly in jeopardy. Your generosity ensures that Friends of Fairsted can continue to fill critical gaps, strengthening education, preservation, and public engagement. Thank you for being part of our community; together, we keep Fairsted a place of learning, inspiration, and public benefit for years to come.

With appreciation,

Thomas H. Woodward
President, Friends of Fairsted