Year: 2023
CJ serves as the educational director, horticulturalist and project manager for the O’Hara Nature Center and Irvington Woods Park. In these roles he designs curricula supporting camp and school visits, Eagle Scout and Girl Scout projects and the Irvington Vocational Independence Program that offers middle and upper school vocational students hands-on, independent learning in landscape management and horticulture. CJ also created Xeriscape, Rain, Bog and Meadow Demonstration Gardens to encourage the use of native plants.