. ▁The ▁gard ens ▁were ▁largely ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁school ▁students ▁and ▁were ▁mostly ▁laid ▁out ▁in ▁geomet rical ▁arrang ements ; ▁the ▁her b ▁garden , ▁for ▁example , ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁an ▁Elizabeth an ▁kn ot . ▁Although ▁the ▁natural istic ▁style ▁of ▁Edward ian - era ▁English ▁garden ▁design ▁( emb rac ing ▁both ▁the ▁English ▁landscape ▁garden ▁and ▁its ▁later ▁variant ▁the ▁c ott age ▁garden ) ▁was ▁the ▁prev ail ing ▁a est h etic ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁school , ▁the ▁more ▁formal ▁style ▁of ▁Italian ▁landscape ▁design ▁was ▁also ▁taught ▁and ▁influenced ▁how ▁the ▁gard ens ▁were ▁organized . ▁▁ ▁Low th or pe ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁and ▁placed ▁under ▁direction ▁of ▁a ▁board ▁of ▁direct ors ▁with ▁Low ▁as ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁board . ▁Pat rons ▁included ▁Charles ▁W . ▁Eli ot , ▁President ▁Emer it us ▁of ▁Harvard ▁University , ▁Professor ▁Charles ▁Sp rag ue ▁S argent ▁of ▁the ▁Arnold ▁Ar bor et um ▁and ▁Professor ▁James ▁St urg is ▁P ray , ▁Chair man ▁of ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Land s cape ▁Architecture ▁at ▁Harvard , ▁among ▁others . ▁The ▁course ▁curr icul um ▁was ▁changed ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 5 ▁from ▁two ▁to ▁three ▁years , ▁diplom as ▁were ▁awarded , ▁and ▁the ▁name ▁changed ▁to ▁the ▁Low th or pe ▁School ▁of ▁Land s cape ▁Architecture ▁for ▁Women , ▁dro pping ▁the ▁words ▁Garden ing ▁and ▁H ort icult ure ▁from ▁the ▁title .