Johann Heinrich Gustav Meyer

Johann Heinrich Gustav Meyer often just referred to as Gustav Meyer, was a German landscape architect and garden historian. As director of the gardens in the city of Berlin he designed parks and green areas for the city and use by the citizens. He also wrote a gardens manual Lehrbuch der schönen Gartenkunst: mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die praktische Ausführung von Gärten und Parkanlagen (1873) which included a historical view on gardening styles from Arabia, China, England, Italy, France and Holland.