Cornell Botanic Gardens Graduate Fellowship in Public Garden Leadership

05/25/2019

We’re getting ready to celebrate Casey Morgan and Bailee Hopkins-Hensley our 2019 Public Garden Leadership Masters graduates!

06/02/2017

Hi Public Garden Leadership fellows - past, present, and friends! Who is going to APGA next month? Any interest in a meet up?

10/28/2016

Cornell’s living botanical and natural areas collection is getting a new name.

Cornell Botanic Gardens was officially approved Oct. 28 by the Cornell University Board of Trustees.

Cornell Chronicle: Daily news from Cornell University

08/24/2016

Here's a handy map to get you from the Botanic Garden to Call Auditorium and back again for tonights lecture and Garden Party.

A night with Gary Snyder and a Garden Party in the botanic garden - it doesn't get much better than that. Hope to see you there!

05/09/2016

PGL co-director Sonja Skelly dropped by to see one of our recent graduates, Erica Anderson, who is the new Associate Curator of Education and Garden Programs for Winterthur. Winterthur is an amazing place and their gardens were in full spring bloom!

04/19/2016

It’s spring and we see the difference every day as buds appear, leaves unfurl, and the first daffodils blossom at Beebe Lake. Today you can make a difference for Cornell Plantations with a gift to help grow our gardens, preserve Cornell’s iconic natural areas, and connect more people with nature.

Please give now to keep Cornell Plantations growing forward: It’s spring and we see the difference every day as buds appear, leaves unfurl, and the first daffodils blossom at Beebe Lake. Today you can make a difference for Cornell Plantations with a gift to help grow our gardens, preserve Cornell’s iconic natural areas, and connect more people with nature.

Please give now to keep Cornell Plantations growing forward: http://bit.ly/PlantationsGivingDay16

03/10/2016

Sonja Skelly, Director of Education at Cornell Plantations, gave a Horticulture Section lecture at Cornell Universityon Monday. She discusses how Plantations is leading the way on creating a garden for climate change education. Learn more about our Climate Change Demonstration Garden: http://bit.ly/1LesGjP

Creating a Garden for Climate Change Education Sonja Skelly, Director of Education, Cornell Plantations Horticulture Section seminar series March 7, 2016 Mor...

02/23/2016

Interested in earning your MPS from Cornell University?

The Cornell Graduate Fellows Program in Public Garden Leadership (PGL) is an intensive one-year Master of Professional Studies program focused on public garden professionals wishing to advance their knowledge and career preparedness at an internationally recognized research university. The program provides an educational and experiential framework emphasizing leadership, strategic decision making, and financial/business management that prepares students for leadership and managerial roles in the public garden field.

Learn more: http://bit.ly/CornellUniversityPGL

01/12/2016

Cornell Cornell Announces New Model for Graduate Program in Public Garden Leadership

The Cornell Graduate Fellows Program in Public Garden Leadership (PGL) is an intensive one-year Master of Professional Studies program focused on public garden professionals wishing to advance their knowledge and career preparedness at an internationally recognized research university. The program provides an educational and experiential framework emphasizing leadership, strategic decision making, and financial/business management that prepares students for leadership and managerial roles in the public garden field.
The program co-directors work with each student to develop a course of study and to identify an action project topic and approach. Students enroll in Cornell coursework during the fall and spring semesters and conduct the majority of the work on the action project between the end of the spring semester and the completion of the program.
The PGL group travels each spring break for an in-depth study at a number of public gardens. Opportunities also exist for each PGL student to work one-on-one with a Cornell Plantations staff member on a one semester project. Each student is also matched to a leader in the public garden field who serves as that student’s mentor, counseling him or her on action project, public garden issues, and career development.
Individuals accepted into the PGL program are responsible for paying the required tuition and fees. Partial scholarships are available on request.

Applications are being accepted and are due by February 1, 2016.

For more information about the Cornell Graduate Program in Public Garden Leadership click here:
http://www.cornellplantations.org/learning/graduate-fellowships

06/23/2015

Check out Erin Marteal in the Washington Post. Erin is the Executive Director of the Ithaca Children's Garden, a graduate of the CP Public Garden Leadership Program, and so serves on the Plantations advisory council. Way to go Erin: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/06/19/this-director-of-an-overworked-nonprofit-wants-a-four-day-week-for-all-heres-how-shes-doing-it/?postshare=3801434731886033

Erin Marteal thought she just needed to learn time management tips to move her non-profit staff to a four-day work week. Instead, she's looking for a new office

06/17/2015

Hi everyone - who will be at the APGA conference next week??

Anyone interested in trying to gather for dinner on Tuesday or Wednesday night?

Looking forward to seeing some of you there! -Sonja

03/25/2015

Today's the day! Whether you love our gardens, hike our gorges, reconnect with nature in our green spaces OR GRADUATE FROM A TOP NOTCH PUBLIC GARDEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM we hope that you will consider making a gift to Plantations in honor of ! It's so simple - just click this link: https://givingday.cornell.edu/?college=cornell-plantations

On March 25, Cornell alumni, parents, and friends worldwide will join together for one momentous day of giving. In just 24 hours, we’ll have the chance to show exactly what difference one day can make.