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his project is laden with long-overdue acknowledgements and tributes for an overlooked people.

July 15, 2019 by Mike Welton

At U.Va., a Memorial to Enslaved Laborers

He started in on its eight acres in 2005 and continues to fine-tune it all today.

January 18, 2019 by Mike Welton

InSitu Garden by Land Morphology

When Manteo native Richard “Dick” Bell launched his practice in 1955, he was just a few years out of N.C. State’s School of Design.

October 26, 2010 by Mike Welton

In Carolina, Dick Bell’s Life in Landscape Architecture

By the time it was finished, he’d already designed Monticello in Charlottesville, the state capitol in Richmond, two wings for the White House in Washington, and the campus for the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

October 11, 2010 by Mike Welton

At Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, Landscape as Architecture

It was not in the best condition. He’d purchased about six hundred lots that varied in size from a half-acre to hundreds more.

June 4, 2010 by Mike Welton

George Vanderbilt’s Well-Managed Piece of Land

They are, respectively, director of horticulture and historic gardens manager for thousands of acres on the property.

June 3, 2010 by Mike Welton

At Biltmore Estate, Restoring Olmsted’s Vignettes of Beauty

It’s been in the planning stages for twelve years

April 22, 2010 by Mike Welton

Learning from the North Carolina Landscape