Public Garden Management
Faculty contacts: Don Rakow, Sonja Skelly
M.P.S. candidates in the Cornell Plantations Public Garden Management program conduct a variety of research projects as part of their degree requirements. Some recent projects include:
- Ethno-botanical interpretation at public gardens
- The impact of large-scale events at public gardens
- Plant Diversity Conservation in the Hawaiian Islands
- Preserving Historic Gardens
- Sustainability in Public Gardens
- Designing public gardens with education in mind
- Creating Physical Links: Public Gardens and Their Communities
- Children's garden projects & the Ithaca Children's Garden
- How public gardens are referencing current botanical names and how they approach changes in plant nomenclature
- Certificate Program Evaluation at Public Gardens.