Roosevelt Island’s iDig2Learn Celebrating 10 Year Anniversary With Two Exciting Upcoming Webinars, March 31 Designing Your Garden To Attract Pollinators And April 7 Creating Urban Habitats:Roosevelt Island As An Ecosystem – Register Now, Space Limited
20 years ago they teamed up to see if there were enough floral resources in
the Bronx for the Monarch butterfly and found out there wasn’t. Their answer
involved creating the Butterfly Project NYC. Together with neighbors they
built out Monarch butterfly corridors by planting to attract pollinators and
to date they have given away over 75,000 free native plants to the
community.
iDig2Learn is thrilled to celebrate our 10th anniversary with this special free webinar Thursday, March 31st at noon. RSVP a must, space is limited – email “Pollinators” to idig2learn@gmail.com to secure your spot and get the Zoom link. Don’t miss this one.
Ursula Chanse is the Director of Bronx Green-Up and Community Horticulture at The New York Botanical Garden. Since 2005, she has managed Bronx Green-Up, the community gardening outreach program of The New York Botanical Garden. This program provides horticulture education, training, and technical assistance to Bronx residents, community gardeners, urban farmers, local schools, and community organizations. Ursulas background includes ecological horticulture, public health, community education, organizing and advocacy work.
Chrissy Word is Director of Education at City Parks Foundation and oversees
the development of dynamic STEM programs for youth in the most underserved
neighborhoods of NYC: Green Girls, Coastal Classroom, Learning Gardens, Seeds
to Trees and Career/College Readiness for high school interns. Chrissy has 20
years of experience and training in student centered pedagogy, child
development and experiential learning. She has developed and implemented a
number of successful citizen science projects for high school youth on the
Bronx River and as co-founder of Butterfly Project NYC, a grassroots
conservation organization, she initiated a pollinator curriculum guide for NYC
teachers.
Creating Urban Landscapes: stunningly beautiful gardens can also contain
thriving wildlife habitat in the heart of an urban setting.
A free virtual lecture sponsored by RI Community Garden in partnership with
iDig2Learn, Cornell Tech, and Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation.
Rebecca McMackin is an ecologically obsessed horticulturist and garden designer. She has spent the last decade as Director of Horticulture of Brooklyn Bridge Park, where she manages 85 acres of diverse parkland organically and with an eye towards habitat creation for birds, butterflies, and soil microorganisms. Rebecca lectures and writes about landscape management, pollination ecology, and designs amazing gardens.
Urban residents interested in the green spaces around you and professionals
working in parks, landscape, or building management are invited to hear more
about how:
Ecologically managed, beautiful urban spaces provide quiet for nesting
birds, host plants for butterflies, pollen for bees, and life-restoring
moments for humans.
Creating and curating city spaces as ever-changing natural ecosystems aligns
well with art, sports, and daily community life.
Watch this video of Ms McMackin speaking on developing a thriving ecosystem at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
