Ignatz Pilat: First Gardener of Central Park
Online via ZoomCentral Park guide Ron Korcak introduces us to Ignatz Anton Pilat, selected in 1857 as the park’s first chief gardener. This was no “guy with a shovel”. Pilat came to the U.S. from the Botanical Gardens of the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna. He brought with him a knowledge few in that era could have on the selection of […]