Jens Jensen

Maker of Natural Parks and Gardens

By: Robert E. Grese

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Paperback | 14 July 1998

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Jens Jensen is considered one of America's greatest landscape designers and conservationists. This text draws on Jensen's writings and plans, interviews with people who knew him, and analyses of his projects, to present a portrayal of his efforts to enhance and preserve native landscapes. Using native plants and "fitting" designs, Jensen advocated that gardens, parks, roads, playgrounds and cities should be harmonious with nature and its ecological processes - a belief which was to become a major theme of modern American landscape design. This volume stresses the many valuable lessons that Jensen's legacy holds for modern conservationists.

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""A meticulous piece of research, thoroughly documented with an extensive bibliography, a complete listing of Jensen's design work, and definitions of names and terms of all the people and ideas relevant to Jensen and his work. The book places Jensen in the context in which he worked and ties landscape architecture to the reform movements of society to which he was so committed. It is an excellent book for readers interested in the Midwest landscape and the people who shaped cities and parks in the twentieth century.""

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Preface and Acknowledgments
Jensen's Early Background	p. 1
A Cultural Context for Jensen's Work	p. 10
The European Roots of American "Native" Landscape Design	p. 11
Frederick Law Olmsted and the "Natural" Style	p. 15
Formalism and the Search for an American Style	p. 22
The Chicago Landscape	p. 28
The Prairie as a Regional Style	p. 44
The Emphasis on Native Plants in Design	p. 52
Jensen's Design Career	p. 62
Chicago's West Park District	p. 62
Residential Design Work	p. 94
Public and Institutional Work	p. 103
Conservation Efforts	p. 120
The Clearing: Ravinia, Illinois, and Ellison Bay, Wisconsin	p. 136
Jensen's Design Style	p. 151
The Use of Native Plants	p. 151
Spaces	p. 159
Light and Shadow	p. 165
Movement	p. 168
Water	p. 172
Stonework	p. 174
Council Rings	p. 176
Players' Greens	p. 178
Formal Gardens	p. 180
Time and Change	p. 182
Jensen's Legacy	p. 187
Appendix A: Jensen's Projects	p. 199
Appendix B: Key Names and Terms	p. 221
Notes	p. 257
Bibliography	p. 277
Index	p. 295
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