MGBC hosts: "The NJ Meadowlands: Joke to Jewel" Tues. 5/19 7:30 PM

Do you ever wonder about the environmental and cultural influences that shaped the Meadowlands region? Katy Weidel, FASLA (Fellow in the American Society of Landscape Architecture), LLA (NJ licensed Landscape Architect), will highlight some of the area’s lost stories and some of the environmental success stories of this urban wilderness parkland called the Meadowlands. The Meadowlands has a rich history.

Join fellow gardeners to learn about this special place often referred to by the NJ Meadowlands Commission as the region’s ecological Times Square!

Ms. Weidel is the Senior Landscape Architect and Supervisor of Park Planning for The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC). Her work involves transforming derelict sites into compelling destinations for recreation, eco-tourism and environmental education opportunities.

Her projects deal with the reclamation of sanitary landfills, disturbed wetlands, and mismanaged uplands into ecologically productive and diverse habitats for wildlife and habitat diversity. There is a compelling sense of common environmental purpose in all her work where the landscape itself provides the critical nexus to a charged environmental ethic.

Refreshments 7:00 PM, Announcements: 7:20

Directions: mgofbc.org

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