Posted in People, Science on Nov 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Staffer Discovers Home, Resting Place of NYBG Founders on Staten Island
Lisa Vargues is Curatorial Assistant of the Herbarium.
In honor of the 150th birthday this year of Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859–1934), who with his wife, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858–1934), founded The New York Botanical Garden, I set out to retrace some of his footsteps. My pursuit provided further [...]
Posted in Learning Experiences, People on Nov 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
Sarah Lusardi is owner of Engaging Floral Designs and holds a Certificate in Floral Design from The New York Botanical Garden’s Adult Education Program.
In 2003 I opened a wedding planning company, NY Engagements, LLC, for the engaged professional woman on the go. Soon I started incorporating lighting services, linen rentals, and even basic floral work [...]
Posted in Exhibitions, People, The Edible Garden on Sep 10th, 2009 No Comments »
Bronx Green-Up Tours, Harvest Fair on Tap this Weekend
Karen Washington is a community gardener and activist. As part of The Edible Garden final weekend, she will lead a tour of the Garden of Happiness.
When I was 8 years old I used to watch the farm report before Saturday morning cartoons and wish and hope [...]
Posted in People, Science on Aug 6th, 2009 No Comments »
Promotes Dialogue between Traditional and Western Medicine Practitioners
Ina Vandebroek, Ph.D., is a Research Associate and Project Director of Dominican Traditional Medicine for Urban Community Health with the Botanical Garden’s Institute of Economic Botany. She has also conducted research on the medicinal uses of plants for community healthcare in Bolivia since 2000. Photo of Ina by [...]
Posted in Learning Experiences, People on Jul 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Ashley Burke is a second-year student in the School of Professional Horticulture. She is doing her required six-month internship at the High Line in Manhattan, a recently completed elevated public park built on a former rail bed. The School’s internship program is designed to allow students to synthesize and apply what they’ve learned, expand their [...]
Posted in People, Science on Jul 8th, 2009 No Comments »
Wayne Law, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Research Associate who studies ecology, ethnobotany, and conservation in Micronesia. Come speak with him at our Café Scientifique on July 9, from 6 to 8 p.m., in the Conservatory Courtyard as part of The Edible Garden.
When someone asks you to visualize a banana, most people in the United [...]
Posted in People, Science on Jun 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Garden Scientist Participates in the Venice Biennale
Ina Vandebroek, Ph.D., is a Research Associate and Project Director of Dominican Traditional Medicine for Urban Community Health with the Botanical Garden’s Institute of Economic Botany. Photo of Ina by Bert de Leenheer
Every two years, Venice turns into the Cannes of the art world for La Biennale di Venezia: [...]
Posted in Learning Experiences, People on Jun 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
Earns Certificate to Be Awarded at Weekend Ceremony
Stephan Chenault is Director of Science Development.
This Sunday I will receive my Continuing Education Certificate in Botany. I enrolled in the program soon after joining the Garden’s staff, in August 1998. My decision to study botany was based on a love of nature that dates from my childhood. [...]
Posted in Gardens and Collections, People on May 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Carol Capobianco is Editorial Content Manager at The New York Botanical Garden.
On the surface, one would expect that the dozens of volunteers who answered the call to help plant 1,000 trees and 50 shrubs in the Botanical Garden’s Native Forest April 24 and 25 did so in observance of Arbor Day or Earth Week or [...]
Posted in People, Science on May 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Garden Researchers Try to Understand, Address Challenge
Karl Lauby, Vice President for Communications, interviewed Christine Padoch, Ph.D., Matthew Calbraith Perry Curator of Economic Botany, who works with her team in Amazonia to combat agricultural fires that now regularly devastate both forests and farms in the region.
What’s going on with fires in Amazonia?
Fire has been used in [...]
