Archive for category: Education

Our half-day seminar on Productive Landscapes in the Urban Environment was a great success! Thank you to all of the speakers, moderators, volunteers and participants.

Thank you also to our generous sponsor, Bartlett Tree Experts

Here are the links that were presented or discussed at our 4 CEU’s + a Beer event on March 14

Download a copy of the handout

Photos from the event are currently posted on our Facebook page and will be posted on our website soon.

 

Session 1: Landscape Systems

Speakers:

Iain Kerr, Spurse – After Nature: Thinking Urban Ecological Systems

Spurse: www.spurse.org

 

Matthew Potteiger, SUNY ESF –  Eating Ecologies: Food Systems, Narratives, Networks, and Spaces

Greater Philadelphia Food System Study: http://www.dvrpc.org/food/FoodSystemStudy.htm

 

Robin Elmslie Osler, Grow Studio – Urban Farming Food Chain

Grow Studio: http://www.eoarch.com/work/grow-studio.html

 

Session 2: Productive Landscapes

Speakers:

Kate Bakewell, Bio Cities – Productive Landscapes in the Urban Environments

Bio Cities: http://www.biocities.org/

 

Kubi Ackerman – The Potential for Urban Agriculture in NYC

The Potential for Urban Agriculture in NYC: http://www.urbandesignlab.columbia.edu/sitefiles/file/urban_agriculture_nyc.pdf

 

Alec Baxt, Farmingup – The Potential for Rooftop Crops in NYC

FarmingUp: http://www.farmingup.org/

 

Session 4: The Potential of Urban Agriculture in NYC

Speakers:

Gil Lopez, Smiling Hogshead Ranch – Harvesting the Urban Ecotones

Guerrilla garden on abandoned Long Island City train tracks to go legit:  http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/guerilla-gardeners-legit-article-1.1514689#ixzz2w3VfD3oo

Smiling Hogshead Ranch: http://smiling-hogshead-ranch.tumblr.com/

 

Yvi  McEvilly, NYRP – A conservancy for open space in New York City’s undeserved neighborhoods

New York Restoration Project: http://www.nyrp.org/

 

Rosamond Fletcher, Design Trust for Public Space – Five Borough Farm: Integrating community farms in public parks

Five Borough Farm: http://www.fiveboroughfarm.org/

 

Session 4: Pollinators in the Urban Environment

Speakers:

Dr. Mark Moffett, Pollinator Partnership  – Pollinators around the world

Pollinator Partnership (be sure to download their planting guides by region!) http://www.pollinator.org/

 

Andrew Cote, Beekeeper, Founder of Bees Without Borders & the NYC Beekeepers Association  – Urban Beekeeping in NYC

Andrew Cote The Next List video (part 1): http://vimeo.com/43912134 (part 2): http://vimeo.com/43912133

NYC Beekeeper’s Association: http://www.nyc-bees.org/

 

Heidi Theunissen, CookFox Architects – CookFox Apiary: A Case Study

CookFox Apiary: http://www.cookfox.com/project.php?id=Apiary-and-Three-Sisters-Case-Study