Living Laboratory: Green-Wood’s 2024 Environmental Research Fellows
February 4, 2025 , 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Over the past year, Green-Wood’s 2024 Environmental Research Fellows have been hard at work, using the Cemetery as their living laboratory. Join us for a special virtual presentation of their methodologies and findings.
In hopes to build a more climate resilient city forest, Dr. Nina Bassuk of Cornell University’s Urban Horticulture Institute tested tree species that may be better adapted to our warmer, drier climate. Her team tracked the success of hybrid oaks that had previously been developed at Cornell and planted additional oaks for trial.
Price: Free. Registration required.
A Zoom link will be in your confirmation email upon registration.
Meanwhile, Dr. Emily Herstoff and Dr. Michael Tessler focused on the tiny insects and fungi that live on Green-Wood’s trees—comparing their presence on native and non-native species—to assess impacts on biodiversity. Learn how their findings will help guide Green-Wood (and other urban forests) grow healthy, resilient ecosystems into the future!
The presentation will be led by Sara Evans, Green-Wood’s director of living collections and curator.
These researchers were the recipients of Green-Wood’s Environmental Research Fellowship Award which was officially launched in 2022. You can read more about their projects here.
Free. Registration required. Please consider a $10 donation to the Green-Wood Historic Fund so that we can continue to offer free and low-cost programs throughout the year. A Zoom link will be in your confirmation email upon registration.