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Underutilized Trees for Urban Use: American Smoketree
A young single-stem specimen and adjacent mature multi-stem one can be found on the Hofstra University campus on Long Island. Photo by Michelle Sutton During her 2014 New York ReLeaf Conference plenary talk, Urban Horticulture Institute Director Nina Bassuk lifted up some underutilized trees for urban use. One [...]
Underutilized Trees for Urban Use: Maclura ‘White Shield’
As part of her plenary talk at the 2014 ReLeaf Conference at Hofstra, Urban Horticulture Institute Director Nina Bassuk held up some underutilized trees that have worked well for her in Ithaca's urban environs. Among them was 'White Shield' Osage orange (Maclura pomifera). In future posts we'll cover others she [...]
Nina Bassuk, Part II: Behind the Scenes in the Bassuk-Trowbridge Landscape
Nina Bassuk and Peter Trowbridge, rear center, participate in landscape installation along with students in their “Creating the Urban Eden” class. In this second blog post about Nina Bassuk, we learn about her extensive home landscape. She is also an accomplished flutist who graduated in 1969 from the [...]
For NY Communities with New UF Programs: Quick Start Grant Apps Due Dec 2, 2014
Shantung maple (Acer truncatum) on Canisius College campus in Buffalo. Photo by Michelle Sutton QUICK START GRANTS! “The New York State Urban Forestry Council has taken another major step forward in its mission to support the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Urban and Community Forestry Program. [...]
NYS DEC Cost Share Grants & The Fayetteville Example
Trees in Fayetteville’s Beard Park were pruned as part of the Village’s successful grant. Photo by Kristen Pechacek About the NYS DEC Cost Share Grant Program NYS DEC is committed to providing support and assistance to communities in comprehensive planning, management, and education to create healthy urban and [...]
Nina Bassuk Part I: The Early Days of Our Council
Previously we featured super dynamo Council cofounder Nancy Wolf. Continuing in that series, we talk here with another beloved Council cofounder and current board member, Cornell Urban Horticulture Director Nina Bassuk, who prefers to go by “Nina.” We asked her about her recollections about the early days of the Council. [...]
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