Intersession Event: Highland Park Conservancy Tour
Event | FULL (Membership Required)
The Highland Park Conservancy (HPC) partners with Monroe County, which manages, operates, and maintains Highland Park and the Lamberton Conservatory. On Thursday, 6/11/26, HPC President JoAnn Beck will lead our tour. We will learn about the park's history, Frederick Law Olmsted's intention for the Park, and its landscape architectural design.
We will meet at HPC, 180 Reservoir Ave., at 9:45 AM on 6/11/26. The tour will be outside and will start at 10 AM, lasting 1 to 1 1/2 hours. HPC will adapt its tour to the mobility needs of our attending members. Parking is along Reservoir Ave., which is usually fine on a weekday morning. Rain date is 6/25.
- Ms. Beck is a Landscape Architect with 35 years of professional experience in public, private and academic practice. She earned an MLA and was a Visiting Assistant Professor at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. While in private practice, her projects in each of the Olmsted Parks engendered her deep appreciation of them. As the former Senior Landscape Architect at the City of Rochester, she administered the design of the Genesee Riverway Trail at Turning Point Park, Lower Falls Park, El Camino Trail and others. She serves as president of the Rochester Olmsted Parks Alliance (ROPA), is on the Board of the Maplewood Neighborhood Association and has served as president of the Board of Highland Park Conservancy since 2015.