Adolph Strauch

[[File:Portrait of Frederick Law Olmsted.jpg|thumb|"I know of no cemetery in the country in which there are any natural effects of landscape gardening, properly so called, except at Spring Grove."<br><br>— Frederick Law Olmsted, 1875{{sfn|Eurich|1890|page=9}}]]

[[File:Portrait of Frederick Law Olmsted.jpg|thumb|"I know of no cemetery in the country in which there are any natural effects of landscape gardening, properly so called, except at Spring Grove."<br><br>— Frederick Law Olmsted, 1875{{sfn|Eurich|1890|page=9}}]]

By the 1860s, Strauch's work at Spring Grove was already highly acclaimed.{{sfn|Vernon|2004|page=14}} Strauch had a world-wide reputation as a landscaper, and Spring Grove was admired throughout the United States as a model cemetery.{{sfn|Eurich|1890|page=8}} French landscape architect [[Édouard André]] highly praised Strauch's work.<ref>{{cite book|last=André|first=Édouard|title=L'art des jardins: traité général de la composition des parcs et jardins|location=Paris|publisher=G. Masson|date=1879|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJTNAAAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|language=fr|page=490}}</ref> [[Frederick Law Olmsted]], the father of American landscape architecture,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/massachusetts_conservation/frederick_law_olmsted.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150502015240/http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/massachusetts_conservation/frederick_law_olmsted.html| archive-date = May 2, 2015| title = Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site—Massachusetts Conservation: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary}}</ref> said Strauch's Spring Grove was the best landscaped site in America.{{sfn|Vernon|2004|page=18}}{{Efn|Olmsted often praised Spring Grove Cemetery, but neglected to publicly acknowldge Strauch as its designer and implementer.{{sfn|Vernon|2004|page=18}}}} Olmsted said that when he needed inspiration, he visited Spring Grove.{{sfn|Simmonds|1928|page=1598}} Famed early 20th century landscape gardener [[Ossian Cole Simonds]], who worked with Strauch at Graceland Cemetery, called Spring Grove "the most beautiful cemetery in the world".{{sfn|Simmonds|1928|page=1598}}

By the 1860s, Strauch's work at Spring Grove was already highly acclaimed.{{sfn|Vernon|2004|page=14}} Strauch had a world-wide reputation as a landscaper, and Spring Grove was admired throughout the United States as a model cemetery.{{sfn|Eurich|1890|page=8}} French landscape architect [[Édouard André]] highly praised Strauch's work.<ref>{{cite book|last=André|first=Édouard|title=L'art des jardins: traité général de la composition des parcs et jardins|location=Paris|publisher=G. Masson|date=1879|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJTNAAAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|language=fr|page=490}}</ref> [[Frederick Law Olmsted]], the father of American landscape architecture,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/massachusetts_conservation/frederick_law_olmsted.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150502015240/http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/massachusetts_conservation/frederick_law_olmsted.html| archive-date = May 2, 2015| title = Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site—Massachusetts Conservation: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary}}</ref> said Strauch's Spring Grove was the best landscaped site in America.{{sfn|Vernon|2004|page=18}}{{Efn|Olmsted often praised Spring Grove Cemetery, but neglected to publicly acknowledge Strauch as its designer and implementer.{{sfn|Vernon|2004|page=18}}}} Olmsted said that when he needed inspiration, he visited Spring Grove.{{sfn|Simmonds|1928|page=1598}} Famed early 20th century landscape gardener [[Ossian Cole Simonds]], who worked with Strauch at Graceland Cemetery, called Spring Grove "the most beautiful cemetery in the world".{{sfn|Simmonds|1928|page=1598}}

With Spring Grove Cemetery, Strauch is widely acknowledged as the creator of the "lawn plan"{{sfn|Vernon|2004|page=18}}, "lawn system",{{sfn|Eurich|1890|page=9}} or "landscape lawn plan" of landscape design.{{sfn|Danylchak|Cothran|2018|page=214}}

With Spring Grove Cemetery, Strauch is widely acknowledged as the creator of the "lawn plan"{{sfn|Vernon|2004|page=18}}, "lawn system",{{sfn|Eurich|1890|page=9}} or "landscape lawn plan" of landscape design.{{sfn|Danylchak|Cothran|2018|page=214}}