Abstract
Abstract The historical relationship between agricultural education and landscape architecture is often overlooked. Agricultural education in the United States is intimatdy tied to the university land-grant system. Landscape architecture has played a role in this system since its inception. Both Andrew Jackson Downing and Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., for example, were instrumental in the establishment of land-grant agricultural colleges and landscape architecture. In the 19th century there were many courses in landscape gardening and design being taught in these colleges, but yet, this history is often overlooked. To provide an overview of that history, this paper reviews the evolution of agricultural education in the United States. This includes the establishment of agricultural and horticultural societies, early formal training in the plant sciences and the agricultural arts, and the founding of land-grant colleges. Next, the development of landscape architecture within those land-grant colleges and the people involved with that process is reviewed. Finally, the future of landscape architecture in relationship to agricultural education is discussed.
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