Jan Vroom jr.
1893–1958 (age 65)
Biography
Jan Vroom jr., born in 1893, devoted himself to landscape architecture, creating gardens and public spaces that invited reflection and renewal. His careful planning balanced horticultural knowledge with an intuition for how people move through and feel within a space.
Colleagues remembered him for the calm he brought to collaborative projects and for nurturing the natural elements that sustained neighborhoods; he rests at De Eshof, leaving behind a legacy of green places that continue to welcome visitors beyond 1958.