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About William Saunders
William Saunders was a Scottish-American horticulturist, landscape designer, and nurseryman. He was among the first landscape architects employed by the federal government, and served for thirty-eight years with the United States Department of Agriculture. Saunders was a founder of the National Grange or Patrons of Husbandry, designed Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, planned and developed the Washington, D.C. park system, introduced many plant species to the United States, and authored several articles on horticulture.
Everything about William Saunders →- Occupation
- botanist, horticulturist, explorer, landscape architect
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 7, 1822
- Died
- September 11, 1900