15th Annual Ina & Lewis Heafitz Endowed Lecture Series presents: Adventures in Ecological Horticulture (Sold Out)

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Gone are the days when a garden could be ornamental alone. We now understand the impact our land care practices have on the ecosystems around us and recognize the importance of encouraging biodiversity. The good news? We don’t have to sacrifice beauty when we invite butterflies and songbirds into our gardens. Discover how ecological approaches to gardening can transform both spaces and communities with Rebecca McMackin in this year’s Ina & Lewis Heafitz Endowed Lecture Series.

Rebecca McMackin has cultivated gorgeous landscapes in the toughest environments possible: urban parks, school playgrounds, and the sidewalks of New York City. She will take lessons from her work at Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Brooklyn Museum, and decades of research to share how those of us who are fortunate enough to care for land can do it beautifully and ecologically.

General admission to the Gardens is included in your registration, so please feel free to arrive at your convenience with your ticket in hand.

Special Presentation: All Levels

Presenter Biography:

Rebecca McMackin is an ecologically obsessed horticulturist and garden designer. She writes, lectures, and teaches on ecological landscape management and pollination ecology, as well as designs the rare public garden. She is currently Lead Horticulturist for the American Horticultural Society, an Associate with the Harvard Divinity School’s Thinking with Plants and Fungi Initiative, and Consulting Arboretum Curator for Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, NY.

Rebecca spent a decade as Director of Horticulture of Brooklyn Bridge Park, where she managed 85 acres of diverse parkland organically. Their research into cultivating urban biodiversity and ethical management strategies has influenced thousands of people and entire urban park systems to adopt similar approaches. She has been published by and featured in the New York Times, Gardens Illustrated, on NPR, and PBS. Her garden for the Brooklyn Museum recently won the PPA’s Award of Excellence, and her TED Talk has been viewed over a million times. She holds MScs from Columbia University and University of Victoria in landscape design and biology, and recently completed the Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.