Browning, Armistead W., Jr., 1938-1987

Born in 1938, Armistead Willis Browning, Jr., was a landscape architect, environmentalist and teacher who dedicated his life to environmental preservation and education. Browning was the founder of Turtle Creek Designs, a landscape design consulting firm in Pocopson, Pennsylvania. The firm did residential work and large-scale environmental studies. Browning worked extensively with the Brandywine Conservancy in Chadds Ford and Pocopson Township, producing landmark studies of the scenic, historical and natural features of the Brandywine Valley Region. From 1977 until his death in 1987, Browning taught courses in landscape design and native plant horticulture at the University of Delaware. His weekly column, "Notes from Turtle Creek," appeared in The Kennett Paper . He was also an accomplished and prolific photographer of the landscape and the natural world.

Armistead W. Browning, Jr. was the son of A. Willis Browning and Mary Harvey Browning, and the nephew of Edmund H. "Ted" Harvey, the founder of Delaware Wild Lands, Inc. Ted Harvey served as "an early inspiration for Mr. Browning's commitment to the preservation of ecosystems," ( News Journal ). He was raised in Chester County, Pennsylvania and spent a large part of his life exploring the woodlands, wetlands and meadows of the Brandywine River Valley. Browning earned a B.A. in English literature from Williams College in 1962, an M.A. in History of Architecture in 1967, and an M.A. in Architecture (with a focus in landscape architecture), from Columbia University in 1971. He also studied at Yale University School of Forestry, where he was a special student in ecology in 1975.

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