Urban ForestryRachel Grinwis
2016 The Garden Club of America Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry
Rachel M. Grinwis is a student at Michigan State University where she is majoring in Horticulture with an emphasis on Landscape Design and minoring in Urban Forestry. She will test the resilience of a variety of tree cultivars to learn which will perform best in urban environments. She is monitoring twenty trees that were planted in two different locations in Detroit, MI. The project focuses on the best cultivar selection for trees in urban environments that can withstand climate change or problematic planting sites.
The Garden Club of America Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry
To advance the field of urban forestry by encouraging students to study the planning, management, horticulture and ecology of urban forests, and the effect of healthy urban forests on people and the environment.
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