Start Date
07/21/2022
End Date
07/21/2022
Description
Veronica Tyson-Strait
Randall’s Island, located next to Manhattan, is well known as a home for numerous
public institutions, and as a destination for sports and outdoor music events. That
said, most New Yorkers are unaware that it is also home to many acres of wetlands,
woodlands, meadows, and ornamental gardens that create beauty and sanctuary
on a landscape that is surrounded on all sides by the bustle of New York City. In
this presentation Veronica will show how native gardens were planted to enhance
biodiversity and create greater access for the highly diverse surrounding community.
Angela Kyle
The act of shaping the built environment has historically been the domain of the few
and the privileged. Angela Kyle will show examples from her work in New Orleans,
Louisiana and Pensacola, Florida, using play and experiential learning to shape childfriendly environments, and invite young people and under-represented communities
to the table. She will also illustrate how she has used personal history and narrative to
engage Black residents in the restoration of cultural landscapes historically significant
to the African-American community.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Parks & Recreation
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
2.0
Learning Outcomes
Understand an approach to planting design that integrates native species
and new management practices into existing/conventional design.
Learn that urban green spaces can be as diverse as the people who experience
them.
Understand ways in which ecological landscape designs can be
activated to attract various socio-economic and ethnic groups.
Instructors
Veronica Tyson Strait & Angela Kyle
Course Codes
Provider
New Directions in the American Landscape