If The Forest Could Talk … Symposium ( 1 hour ), Oct 1, 2024. This symposium explores what we can learn from the forest, how its ecosystem functions above and below ground, what it needs for forest advocates, and what it needs to become self-sufficient again. The discussion includes a brief description of the new Forest Resilience Framework for Rock Creek Park. This framework, the first of its kind in the National Park System, is designed to help a struggling forest thrive again. It will be used as a template for other Parks across the United States. Speakers include Sophia McCrocklin, artist; Brian Joyner, Acting Superintendent of Rock Creek Park, National Park Service; Jeanne Braha, Executive Director of Rock Creek Conservancy; Melanie Chokes-Bradley, naturalist/author; and Executive Director of Sierra Club of MD; Josh Tulkin.
If Ferns Could Talk…, June 14, 2022
If Ferns Could Talk… is a 3.07min presentation about why the ferns in the understory of the forested areas in Washington DC captured my attention, and how I create large t-scale botanical sculptures of them, and why these ancient plants are vital to the understory.
If Ferns could talk… Symposium (1 hour), June 23, 2022
This symposium explores what we can learn from these ancient plants today. Speakers include: Sophia McCrocklin, artist; Julia Washburn, Superintendent of Rock Creek Park, National Park Service; Eric Eric Schuettpelz, research botanist, Acting Chair of Botany, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian; Paula Posas, Sierra Club deputy Director for the state of Md; Jeanne Braha, Executive Director for Rock Creek Conservancy; and Ana Chuquin, botanist, Rock Creek Park (NPS)