The city's landscape architect, John Nolen, led an unsuccessful campaign to stop its construction.
The Formal Garden was designed by George Cooke, and redesigned in 1928 by landscape architect John Nolen for the Marstons’ 50th wedding anniversary.
In 1908, John Olin of the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association contacted Nolen for advice in laying out Madison city parks.
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