Instructor: Todd Forrest

Todd Forrest
Todd Forrest is Arthur Ross Vice President for Horticulture and Living Collections at the New York Botanical Garden. He oversees the team of managers, curators, and horticulturists who steward the Garden's natural landscapes, plant collections, gardens, and glasshouses and develop its celebrated horticulture exhibitions.

An advocate for historic trees and forests in urban landscapes and public gardens, Forrest is the primary author of Gardening with Nature at The New York Botanical Garden and The Magnificent Trees of The New York Botanical Garden and contributed essays to The Conservatory: Gardens Under Glass, The Trees of North America: Michaux and Redoute's American Masterpiece, and Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time.

He earned a BA in Philosophy at Wesleyan and worked as a curatorial assistant at Boston's Arnold Arboretum before receiving his Master of Forest Science from Yale University's School of the Environment. With knowledge of international gardens, he also completed a course on the art of Japanese gardens, in Kyoto.

Classes by this instructor


The 27th Annual Landscape Design Portfolios Lecture Series welcomes three outstanding professionals—NYBG's very-own Todd Forrest, award-winning landscape architects Mikyoung Kim, and Walter Hood—to present innovative landscapes that enhance quality of life and satisfy our innate desires for nature and community.
262LEC801AO 10/14 Tu 6:30pm-7:30pm Forrest
Hood
Kim
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The New York Botanical Garden has been a connective hub among people, plants, and the planet since 1891. Since inception, millions of visitors have made the Garden a part of their lives, exploring the joy, beauty, and respite of nature more...
262LEC801BO 10/14 Tu 6:30pm-7:30pm Forrest
ONLINE