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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 here in the heart of the Bronx. One of the Garden's remarkable leaders, Todd Forrest, Arthur Ross Vice President for Horticulture and Living Collections, has dedicated himself to the development and reimagination of many well-loved areas within these 250-acres for over 20 years, including the Benenson Ornamental Conifers, the Native Plant Garden, the Azalea Garden, and the Thain Family Forest, as well as the annual Orchid Show and many interdisciplinary exhibitions.

Hear from Forrest as he reveals the role landscape architecture plays in enticing visitors to return every season. He will share how his collaborations with distinguished landscape architects and designers—such as Laurie Olin, Signe Nielsen, Lynden Miller, Madison Cox, Susan Cohen, Piet Oudolf, Sarah Price, Shavaun Towers, just to name a few—have brought varied artistic visions to NYBG.

We offer Continuing Education credits (CEUS) for LA CES and APLD for successful completion of this lecture.

Support generously provided by the Heimbold Family.

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Schedule:	Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Times:	06:30pm-07:30pm EDT
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Meeting Date Start Time End Time Tuesday, September 16, 2025 06:30pm 07:30pm Meeting Date Start Time End Time Tuesday, September 16, 2025 06:30pm 07:30pm
Instructor:	Todd Forrest 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.
Location:	Online-Live,
Session Number:	262LEC801BO

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025
06:30pm-07:30pm EDT
	Non-Member : $41.00 Member : $37.00	Ticket Quantity

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