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29 04, 2023

Urban Eden Demonstration Videos from Cornell Horticulture Institute Director Dr. Nina Bassuk

By |2023-04-29T09:47:26-04:00April 29th, 2023|Categories: Arboriculture, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Innovative Projects and Programs, Urban Horticulture Institute, Webinars & Online Workshops|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Urban Eden Demonstration Videos from Cornell Horticulture Institute Director Dr. Nina Bassuk

In one of the Urban Eden video series, Nina Bassuk, and Zac Rood of the Cornell Landscape Architecture Department, demonstrated how to select for the best containerized woody plant material. Urban Eden Demonstration Videos from Cornell Horticulture Institute (UHI) Director Dr. Nina Bassuk Nina Bassuk [...]

14 07, 2022

The Nina Bassuk Retirement Interview

By |2022-07-21T11:25:13-04:00July 14th, 2022|Categories: Arboriculture, Innovative Projects and Programs, Member Profiles, Organizational News, Research, Tree Planting, Underutilized Urban Trees, Urban Horticulture Institute|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

by Michelle Sutton The Council’s beloved Dr. Nina Bassuk (who prefers to go by “Nina”) will formally retire from Cornell at the end of this August (2022). When the world’s foremost authority on street trees and urban forestry retires after 42 years, there’s significant anxiety among those [...]

16 04, 2022

Fall Planting, Bare Root & Container Considerations, and a More Nuanced Look at “Fall Hazards”

By |2022-04-21T10:28:17-04:00April 16th, 2022|Categories: Arboriculture, Bare Root, Technology, Tree Planting|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Bare root harvested trees retain a much higher percentage of fine roots (right) than balled-and-burlapped trees (left, with soil removed), but not all street tree species survive bare root transplanting well. Dr. Nina Bassuk and her team looked not just at how many roots a harvested [...]

19 01, 2022

Remembering George Schichtel, with Nina Bassuk and Andy Hillman

By |2022-01-19T12:05:06-05:00January 19th, 2022|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |2 Comments

George Schichtel receiving a Lifetime Member award from PLANT WNY: The Professional Landscape & Nursery Trade Association. Photo from PLANT WNY (plantwny.com). Schichtel’s Nursery scion George Schichtel passed away on December 31, 2021 at age 93. Here, Nina Bassuk and Andy Hillman share their histories [...]

30 12, 2020

Top Five NYSUFC Blog Posts of 2020

By |2021-02-27T23:05:58-05:00December 30th, 2020|Categories: Essays and Reflections, Tree Planting, Underutilized Urban Trees|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

B&B (balled-and-burlapped) trees are useful for certain species at certain sizes in spring vs. fall, but bare root is often a workable, much more affordable and volunteer-friendly alternative. Photo Courtesy Nina Bassuk #1 Transplanting and a Deeper Look at “Fall Hazards” This post resonates! It’s been [...]

14 09, 2020

Underutilized Trees for Urban Use: Quercus michauxii

By |2021-02-27T23:06:31-05:00September 14th, 2020|Categories: Underutilized Urban Trees|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Author Jean Zimmerman with one of Ithaca’s thriving swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) street trees, about 15 years old. Council Board Member and Commercial & Consulting Arborist for SavATree Jean Zimmerman provided this superb story and photos. Jean is also an extensively published author (jeanzimmerman.com), [...]

14 09, 2020

Nina Bassuk/Peter Trowbridge ISA New England Talk

By |2021-02-27T23:06:32-05:00September 14th, 2020|Categories: Urban Horticulture Institute, Webinars & Online Workshops|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Nina Bassuk gave this talk on her and Peter Trowbridge's behalf for the recent virtual New England Chapter ISA Conference. This video provides the very latest synthesis of their research on and experience with creating sustainable urban landscapes.

28 12, 2018

SMA Announces 2019 Urban Tree of the Year

By |2018-12-28T17:23:29-05:00December 28th, 2018|Categories: Recommended Urban Trees, Society of Municipal Arborists, Underutilized Urban Trees|Tags: , , , , |2 Comments

American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) coping admirably well with the heat on the student union patio at Virginia Tech. Photo by Eric Wiseman Each year, members of the Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA) vote for the SMA Urban Tree of the Year. Praise for this year’s winner, American [...]

31 07, 2017

Updated Guide to Shrubs for Stormwater Retention

By |2017-07-31T12:21:09-04:00July 31st, 2017|Categories: Urban Horticulture Institute|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Cornell’s Urban Horticulture Institute (UHI) has released the second edition of its Woody Shrubs for Stormwater Retention Practices (Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions). The updated and expanded 57-page guide is an essential resource for choosing plants that can provide low-maintenance, attractive cover for filter strips, swales, rain gardens, and [...]

1 01, 2016

Top Five Blog Posts of 2015

By |2016-04-26T15:37:18-04:00January 1st, 2016|Categories: Arboriculture, Essays and Reflections, Innovative Projects and Programs, Member Profiles, Organizational News, ReLeaf Conference, Research, Top Blog Posts|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Our Council blog was viewed more than 14,000 times in 2015! Here are the top five posts: Sumana Serchan: Get to Know Her! Sumana Serchan is an urban forester with NYC Parks and Recreation. Sumana has a master’s degree in Environmental Management from the Yale School of [...]

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