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SUMMARY:The Nature of Gardening at the New York Botanical Garden
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LOCATION:New Canaan Library, 151 Main Street, New Canaan, CT 06840, United
  States
ROOM: Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium + Community Room + Kend Kitchen
DESCRIPTION:The New York Botanical Garden is a vital link between the pres
 ervation of historic, picturesque landscapes and the development of sustai
 nable future cities. Just as it preserves legacy designs, including the Pe
 ggy Rockefeller Rose Garden and other spaces that highlight the work of ea
 rly 20th-century landscape designers such as Beatrix Farrand and Marian Co
 ffin, over the last 20 years it has restored approximately 150 acres of la
 ndscape while completely changing its gardening practices to balance horti
 cultural beauty with environmental responsibility. Todd Forrest, Head of H
 orticulture at NYBG will discuss NYBG’s role as a National Historic Land
 mark, and provide insight into how thoughtfully designing, planting, and t
 ending great gardens might be our most effective approach to repairing the
  damage we have done to nature. We are pleased to present this program in 
 recognition of America 250. Todd Forrest is Arthur Ross Vice President fo
 r Horticulture and Living Collections at The New York Botanical Garden. Th
 e 2026 recipient of the Garden Club of America’s Medal of Honor, he over
 sees the team of managers, curators, and horticulturists who steward the G
 arden’s natural landscapes, plant collections, gardens, and glasshouses 
 and develop its celebrated horticulture exhibitions. An advocate for histo
 ric trees and forests in urban landscapes and public gardens, Forrest’s 
 writing is featured in several books including Gardening with Nature at th
 e New York Botanical Garden, Oak: From Seed to Ancient Tree, The Magnifice
 nt Trees of The New York Botanical Garden, The Trees of North America: Mic
 haux and Redoute’s American Masterpiece,and Ancient Trees: Portraits of 
 Time. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Wesleyan Universit
 y and a Master of Forest Science from Yale University’s School of the En
 vironment.  
URL:https://www.newcanaanlibrary.org/event/hold-todd-forest-ny-botanical-g
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